PG-13 movies...WTF???

[IPD]

what makes you say that about tron? too subtle?

[DK77]

3D movies are getting better. At first it was completely a gimmick, until Cameron actually utilized it like it should be. Half of what made Avatar as good as it was is the great 3D effect. I didn't like Tron's 3D as much because it seemed like half the movie was shot regular. I also just went to see Drive Angry, which I thought utilized 3D quite well. Really though, 3D originally was just a way for the movie theater to justify charging you an extra 20 to 40 percent to see the movie.

[IPD]

3D movies are getting better. At first it was completely a gimmick, until Cameron actually utilized it like it should be. Half of what made Avatar as good as it was is the great 3D effect. I didn't like Tron's 3D as much because it seemed like half the movie was shot regular. I also just went to see Drive Angry, which I thought utilized 3D quite well. Really though, 3D originally was just a way for the movie theater to justify charging you an extra 20 to 40 percent to see the movie.

i agree with this assessment. part of the reason 3d gets a bad rap is because of the shovelware movies that use it. (pretty much like how the wii gets a bad rap). i thought tron was a pretty good movie overall; but you're right, the 3d wasn't utilized as much as it could or probably should have been. there was more 3d effects in captain EO than in tron 3d.

[i3igpete]

Sorry, but I did not like Avatar

it doesn't matter if you thought the storyline was garbage. i thought it was crap too. the depth of the visuals still blew me away. gimmicky 3D movies give it a bad rap, the best part about avatar was how subtle it was. Nothing ever jumped out at you, but you could feel the depth of how far away things were.

[IPD]

to be fair though; even if you thought avatar's storyline was hogwash--how is that any worse than any of the re-recycled garbage that hollywood has been spewing out for the past several years (if not longer).

[NickS VR4]

what makes you say that about tron? too subtle?

Yeah, I didn't like that I paid extra to see a 3D movie that I couldn't even tell utilized the technology. Many times during the movie I took off the glasses, and I could still watch the movie because there was no 3D. A movie like Tron should have, and could have been much more exciting in 3D.

[CoreyB]

I own a 3d tv and love it. I agree its you dont want to watch 3d all the time, I probably use 3d a 10th of the time but its mind blowing when you do. Black ops in 3d is rediculously good.

[beepbeep]

watch avatar in imax 3D and your perceptions will change.

Negative there, Ghostrider. And I caught the whited text, too.

Avatar is the only movie I have ever watched in 3D and I was not overly impressed, not by the visuals nor the storyline. I do remember when 3D was a huge thing back in the 70's and then it died out. I am hoping for a similar death to re-occur.

And, IMHO, a horror or suspense flick just ISN'T the same without the cussing and boob shots. But, hey, what do I know.............

I'm just sick of the teenybopper-ghey-ass flicks that we are being fed these days.

[CoreyB]

Agree with the bs pg13 crap, but this kind of 3d didnt exist in the 70s.

[stealthee]

Negative there, Ghostrider. And I caught the whited text, too.

Avatar is the only movie I have ever watched in 3D and I was not overly impressed, not by the visuals nor the storyline. I do remember when 3D was a huge thing back in the 70's and then it died out. I am hoping for a similar death to re-occur.

And, IMHO, a horror or suspense flick just ISN'T the same without the cussing and boob shots. But, hey, what do I know.............

I'm just sick of the teenybopper-ghey-ass flicks that we are being fed these days.

:high five: the 3d gimmick needs to DIE