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Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the also-they-hate-cilantro dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Not everyone who fails to be wowed by the latest Hollywood wave of 3D movies is necessarily criticizing the movie or the 'gimmick.' The author states: 'At least 12% of people have some type of problem with their binocular vision but less than five percent have severe visual disabilities, making appreciation of 3D tricky or impossible... For the 12%, two-eyed vision can be improved with supervised vision therapy. If anyone else out there, like I did, suspects 3D is a giant con, then perhaps a trip to the optometrist is due.'"

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  1. Optimist by jag7720 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was having problems with my eyes... so I went to an optimist. He said everything was going to be okay.

    1. Re:Optimist by deniable · · Score: 5, Funny

      Did he say your glasses were half full?

    2. Re:Optimist by geoskd · · Score: 2, Funny

      Did he say your glasses were half full?

      Yes, but, they're really twice as big as I wanted...

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  2. 3d movies do nothing for me. by DeadDecoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they have special glasses that improve overall story and character development? I tried beer goggles, but I end up forgetting most of the movie.

    1. Re:3d movies do nothing for me. by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do they have special glasses that improve overall story and character development? I tried beer goggles, but I end up forgetting most of the movie.

      But the woman in the seat next to you will never forget you.

    2. Re:3d movies do nothing for me. by qoncept · · Score: 5, Funny

      but I end up forgetting most of the movie.

      Sounds like it worked.

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  3. Re:Not sure about the hype by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's double stupid because the geeks who buy this stuff first tend to wear glasses.

    Hey dumbasses, that slot is full and I'm not wearing a helmet to watch TV.

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  4. 3d glasses at 2d movies by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like going to regular 2D movies and whipping out my 3D glasses and ooohing and aaaahing at the "effect".

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  5. Re:A simple test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cam O tp8icj ty[e?

  6. Re:Special 2-D glasses needed by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but we do see all of the subliminal commands you guys are missing.

    We just stay seated when everyone else is ordered to do the chicken dance while singing like Carol Channing during the secret "intermission."

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  7. Re:No, but my dad has amblyopia. by daveime · · Score: 3, Funny

    The deaf didn't have that attitude when movies progressed beyond silent films, did they?

    Possibly no one told them ?