I love 3D, and they do add to the experience, so
rogert eberert = fail

This

"It is unsuitable for grown-up films of any seriousness. It limits the freedom of directors to make films as they choose."

is very true and the main reason I'll skip the current 3D era altogether (except for 3DS) and keep waiting for flying cars and holographic chess boards. http://www.postmodernclog.com/archives/let%20the%20wookie%20win.jpg

Yeah i agree with him as well.

3D FTL!

Gimmicky? Sure. But the same was said of sound and of color. So I think he's still wrong, though it's at least a bit better thought out...

It's seems that a number of you haven't read the article before commenting one of his main gripes with 3D movies is that it can't be used in serious movies and I totally agree with him on that I can't see a movie like The Pianist, Hotel Rwanda, Schindler's List or The Shawshenk Redemption being made in 3D because it would cheapen the experience.

Except that it's not a way of life. Its just popular. He doesn't have to watch movies in 3D. Cinemas don't have to upgrade their existing technology and charge customers more and movie makers don't have to film it that way. They just want to because they enjoy it. Sorry you don't enjoy it so much Ebert.

1.  Just as artificially adding a 3d layer can be distracting it can be accentuating and immersive.  

2. Was it necessary, no.  But many would argue that most films themselves aren't necessary.  Thinking back on some of my favorite movie going experiences I can see how some of them might have been helped with 3D. 

3. Any tool a director has at his disposal can be distracting.  It's up to good directors to use those tools for the right situation

4. Legitimate concern

5. Once again up to directors 

6. If you are mad about people creating technology and trying to push it as standard then it seems like you are mad at more than 3D movies

7. God forbid companies wanting to make money back from investing in expensive technology.  

8. Just because you can't imagine it doesn't mean there aren't people who can.  Imagine shawshank redemption but you feel as if you too are in the rain that soaks anthony robins character as he emerges from the underground.

9. So you are mad them for doing what you think they have been doing all along? 

Though I love his opinions on movies and he has helped find some amazing films i might have never found otherwise I must remember that he is a critic.