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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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      Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
    2. 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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      I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  2. 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?

  3. 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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  4. A simple test by prakslash · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a simple test to dertermine which group you fall into:

    1. Hold both your arms in front of you with your hands about a foot (0.3 meters) apart.
    2. Make fists with your hands.
    3. Extend the index fingers of both hands towards each other.
    4. Bring your index fingers close together and attempt to touch their tips precisely together.

    If you can do it, you can enjoy 3D movies.
    If you cannot, go to a vision therapist.

    You can also try the above test with one eye closed. You will almost always fail at step 4.

  5. 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 qoncept · · Score: 5, Funny

      but I end up forgetting most of the movie.

      Sounds like it worked.

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  6. 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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