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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. Special 2-D glasses needed by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmmm-- it wouldn't be hard to get pairs of special "2-D" glasses that let you watch 3-D films in 2-D... just make glasses with the polarization on both eyes the same.

    Then you could calmly watch your 2-D movie with your friends who watch the 3-D movie.

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    1. Re:Special 2-D glasses needed by wsanders · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Could I pay $5 less to use the 2D glasses?

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  2. Fake 3D movies. by Xoltri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also, Alice in Wonderland and Clash of the Titans were shot in 2D and then post processed to give them the illusion of being in 3d...and the effect is shit.

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