Erk!

[bunn]

Just clicked on link for The Hobbit movie, and discovered that Vue cinemas have it all ready set up in their Coming Soon section - in 3D. But not in not-3D. The only cinema listed on their site as showing it in 2D is in Birmingham.

This must, I hope, be a booking engine glitch? I have seen 1 film in 3D, and it was enough to convince me that I - never - want to see another one. 3D does baaaaad things to the strange part of my brain that becomes direly nauseous if given the illusion of motion while sitting still - the part that means I cannot play any first-person perspective computer game, or watch films that make extensive use of the 'shot on a hand held cam' conceit.

I want to see this film! I want to enjoy it! I do not want to have to take a bucket and spend the whole time squinting at it sideways!

Comments

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a 3D film and don't know that I'd care to. At least, I wouldn't want to see something like The Hobbit without knowing whether I passionately hate 3D.

And anyway, I never adjusted to that newfangled computer animation Pixar stuff, and still grump about how in my day we had nice flat animation that talented people drew by hand. Which kind of suggests I might be saying the same thing about 2D films if they were to go the way of the dodo.

Hopefully your local theater is just under some mistaken assumption that the 3D will be more popular and decided to get the showtimes for that in order before dealing with the regularD.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I hope so! It's a national chain and only one cinema in the whole country was down as showing 2D, so I'm hoping they just haven't loaded up the timetable yet.

3d is all gimmick, no value so far as I can see. :-/

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope this situation amends itself. IMO, it would be incredibly unwise of them to make the traditional format that hard to view.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

And anyway, I never adjusted to that newfangled computer animation Pixar stuff, and still grump about how in my day we had nice flat animation that talented people drew by hand.

ME TOO.

I've enjoyed some of Pixar's movies quite a lot, but it's despite the animation, not because of it. :-/

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Yes! "Despite, not because of" is precisely my feeling about the Pixar-type films I've seen and liked reasonably well.