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I just got back from seeing Monster House in digital 3-D. No more red and blue glasses, here. Two polarized lenses allow each eye to see only one of a doubled image on screen without changing the colors. The effect is mind-blowing. It's not about a lot of objects coming out into the audience as a gimmick, like the Hitchcock 3-D movie at Universal Studios. Instead what you get is a deeper, richer, more realistic film world. The difference is similar to watching Toy Story after only having seen Snow White or Bambi. The screen, instead of a flat surface, becomes a deep stage full of actors and sets, but not limited to one position or point of view. This is the way to watch a movie as far as I'm concerned. And since it's a digital process, things don't have to be shot with double cameras the way they used to do in the 50's. They're taking previous 2-D movies like Nightmare Before Christmas and converting them to 3-D for theatrical re-release. And my understanding is that this isn't limited to animation, but fully usable with live action films as well. So expect to see lots of re-releases of popular movies, but now in 3-D. Probably Star Wars...hopefully The Lord of the Rings trilogy. (Or maybe I'm completely wrong, but I thought I read that somewhere.)
The only downside...$2 extra on the ticket price. You do get to keep the glasses, but no word on whether that'll save you $2 when the next Real D movie comes out or not.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-2305620,00.html
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