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Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push
gollum123 passes along a piece from the NY Times on the building resistance to Hollywood's 3-D plans — from filmmakers. "A joke making the rounds online involves a pair of red and green glasses and some blurry letters that say, 'If you can’t make it good, make it 3-D.' While Hollywood rushes dozens of 3-D movies to the screen — nearly 60 are planned in the next two years, including 'Saw VII' and 'Mars Needs Moms!' — a rebellion among some filmmakers and viewers has been complicating the industry’s jump into the third dimension. Several influential directors took surprisingly public potshots at the 3-D boom during the recent Comic-Con... Behind the scenes..., filmmakers have begun to resist production executives eager for 3-D sales. For reasons both aesthetic and practical, some directors often do not want to convert a film to 3-D or go to the trouble and expense of shooting with 3-D cameras, which are still relatively untested on big movies with complex stunts and locations. Tickets for 3-D films carry a $3 to $5 premium, and industry executives roughly estimate that 3-D pictures average an extra 20 percent at the box office. Filmmakers like Mr. Whedon and Mr. Abrams argue that 3-D technology does little to enhance a cinematic story, while adding a lot of bother."
Jar Jar wasn't a triumph. He was almost unilaterally hated in the franchise with actual 'hate jar jar' fan sites dedicated to the topic. I wouldn't hold him up as an good example.
When it comes to FX, I would look more to something like Star Trek the Motion Picture. Big on visuals (for it's time) and technical achievements, but lacking in story.
FX done right would be more along the lines of Golem in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Great visuals and a great character to drive him.
The only thing I take issue with is that they imply that 3D doesn't add anything to the experience. Done properly, it can. Used improperly, it can simply be a crutch for a bad movie, but that doesn't mean that it can't be done right and add to the story. I would imagine the same arguments took place about technicolor, yet here we are...
We see the world in 3D just as we see it in color. It is a natural progression.
Unfortunately for him his crotch bulge on the big screen in 3d will be even more pathetic than it is in real life.
I'd like to see that! Bieber in nothing but a pair of tighty-whities with an erection... OMFG!!!!
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