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[Alexei Belyakov]

I think the only MCU film I could endorse the use of 3D cameras for would be The Submariner. Its a [CG] world underwater. True 3D & not post-converted crap could (for once) actually aid the storytelling for that particular film. CG water tends to look fake, so again, a 3D shoot could help.

 

[alexlachiusa]

I'm pretty sure shooting 3D under water is extremely difficult due to how the cameras react to the reflections. James Cameron is currently developing a new camera that will solve the issue as the ocean will play a large part in Avatar 2.

 

[flickchick85]

Thankfully I have a 2D 70mm IMAX not too far away from me at a museum that will probably be showing the Avengers (they're opening Wrath of the Titans there this week), so that's my ticket.

I don't blame Joss for shooting in 1.85:1 because it's not like he had a choice with the 3D. Marvel was gonna release this thing in 3D regardless of his feelings on the matter, and Scope just doesn't work well with 3D. I'm just hoping that if this movie is as successful critically and financially as we hope and Joss gets some clout with the studio next time around, HE will be able to mandate shooting in (2D) IMAX the way Nolan has with the WB.

 

[antovolk]

Just throwing an idea out there - you know how the film comes out in the US May 4, while in the UK and other countries it comes out April 26?
Why not have an exclusive advance IMAX run from April 26 in the US? They're doing exactly that in Russia (film comes out May 3 there) at it worked with the new Mission Impossible...

 

[Kryptonian Warrior]

I love 3D. I can't get enough of it. Granted 3D in IMAX looks much better than it does in a standard Digital Theater. I noticed that last year with THOR. I saw it in IMAX 3D and the colors and the brightness were spot on. I then went and saw it again on a standard Digital screen in 3D, and it was darker. So that's to be expected when going from IMAX to a Digital screen. I have a 3DTV at home and absolutely love it. It's just really popular to hate 3D, so that's why many people do it. It's not going anywhere, so I don't know why people say if people will stop seeing it, then it will go away. Well people are not going to stop seeing it in 3D. Believe it or not, there is a demand for 3D or people wouldn't be paying to see it. Granted in some cases the technology is not used properly, and in those cases it's not needed. For example, I didn't see the need for the last Saw movie to be 3D. I just don't understand why you would want to see all the blood and gore coming at you. I did not see it, so there may have been more to it than just the blood and gore, but I seriously doubt it. One of the main reasons I love 3D is because when done correctly, the added depth to the movie only adds to the overall experience.

 

[Danalys]

good 3D just gives everything a greater physicality. bad 3D tests your blink response, or waggles things in your face. but there are some people who like that.

if it's darker or not as colourful it's a projection error.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

I love 3D. I can't get enough of it.

this might make you my nemesis!

I have a 3DTV at home and absolutely love it.

good for you

It's just really popular to hate 3D, so that's why many people do it.

Or maybe it's just because it is an absolutly unnecessary gimmick that adds nothing to the movie itself, leads to higher ticket prices and is stuffed down our throats?

Well people are not going to stop seeing it in 3D.

Of course not. How could they? Theatres aren't willing to show movies in 2D if they can show the same movie in 3D to much higher prices. Which leads to the fact that there aren't ANY 2D showings of movies that are also availabe in 3D in most of the theatres. People aren't going to stop watch ing those movies in 3d, because they simply have NO CHOICE if they want to see the movie.

Believe it or not, there is a demand for 3D or people wouldn't be paying to see it.

There is a demand to see certain movies. Not a demand to see them in 3D. Not by a LAAAAAAAAAAAARGE majority of movie goers.

Granted in some cases the technology is not used properly, and in those cases it's not needed.

So far, there was only ONE movie that used 3D properly and that was Hugo. There, 3D really added to the experience. In all other cases? Just a ticket price boost and a cheap trick to avoid bootleg copies.

 

[The Morningstar]

Tron Legacy did it well and it didn't come off as gimicky.

And when people like Ridley Scott are using it, the idea that it adds nothing to the experience and is just a gimmick is kinda dumb. Although he's actually filming in 3D and is one of the best visual story tellers there is so i guess it can be seen as an exception.

 

[Smashlilman]

Tron Legacy did it well and it didn't come off as gimicky.

And when people like Ridley Scott are using it, the idea that it adds nothing to the experience and is just a gimmick is kinda dumb. Although he's actually filming in 3D and is one of the best visual story tellers there is so i guess it can be seen as an exception.

Tron Legacy wasn't in 3D all of the time and the 3D portions of the film weren't that great.

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

So far, there was only ONE movie that used 3D properly and that was Hugo. There, 3D really added to the experience. In all other cases? Just a ticket price boost and a cheap trick to avoid bootleg copies.

Id say Avatar looked great. Overall 3D is a waste, the last couple times ive went to a 3D showing i came out with a massive headache. I remember i went to the Christmas Carol with the fam in an imax 3d showing and had to walkout of the theater in the middle of the movie. Fast paced animated movies in 3D make me sick, so i had to pass on Hugo, but i have heard from a couple people that it was done well in 3D.

 

[The Morningstar]

Tron Legacy wasn't in 3D all of the time and the 3D portions of the film weren't that great.

I thought they were. Especially the dog fight at the end.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Fast paced animated movies in 3D make me sick, so i had to pass on Hugo, but i have heard from a couple people that it was done well in 3D.

Hugo was neither fast paced nor animated...

 

[Splat]

Not so much that I hate 3D but it gives me a headache, and I know I'm not the only one with that problem. And I'm not gonna spend $12 or more to get a headache. On another note I like the idea of an Excalibur movie but what roster could they use? Don't most of them include an X-man or 2?

 

[Smashlilman]

I thought they were. Especially the dog fight at the end.

I was disappointed in the movie. It wasn't as epic as i thought that it was gonna be. It may have just been that my expectations were set too high.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I think too many people lump all 3D films together without recognising the difference between a film that was filmed using 3D cameras and something that simply got upconverted. Upconverted films almost always look awful.

 

[The Morningstar]

I was disappointed in the movie. It wasn't as epic as i thought that it was gonna be. It may have just been that my expectations were set too high.

I enjoy it, but it drags way to much in the middle. But the visuals, the score and Jeff Bridges is enough for me to overlook the muddled plot.

 

[Shadowlord X]

The target is aimed at northern Siberia. And the screen heading says "Sector Search Modes."

I'll betcha a two-dollar bill that this is where Cap and Tony run into Thor for the first time, newly returned to Midgard. The forest scene could definitely be Siberia.

And the X-Files conspiracy nut in me can't resist, so: the target shown on the Siberian map is pretty close to Tunguska, site of a very (in)famous blast in 1908 that wiped out a massive chunk of forest. To this day, the explosion remains a mystery, but has been a favorite topic of speculation for conspiracy theorists for over a century.

I thought it was believed to a comet entering our atmosphere and exploding?

 

[cherokeesam]

I thought it was believed to a comet entering our atmosphere and exploding?

That's one theory. Along with asteroids, meteors, pre-Manhattan Project nuclear weapons, a chunk of antimatter, Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower, aliens, Thor's hammer, some Cossack lighting farts, etc. etc. etc.

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

Hugo was neither fast paced nor animated...

Oh i didn't mean to flow that sentence together like that. I just was referring that i didn' like fast paced animated 3D and threw the other parts into that sentence haha. Sry im running late to class and have been up all night. A little tired at the moment.

 

[Shadowlord X]

That's one theory. Along with asteroids, meteors, pre-Manhattan Project nuclear weapons, a chunk of antimatter, Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower, aliens, Thor's hammer, some Cossack lighting farts, etc. etc. etc.

Oh ok. I thought they had kind of resolved it. I used to be a real 'mysteries' buff, but I haven't read up on the Tunguska Explosion in a long time.

 

[Hawkingbird]

Sorry, change in subject. Is anyone up for Kang or Skurlls for sequel. Or even, do I dare say it....Sentry?

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Sorry, change in subject. Is anyone up for Kang or Skurlls for sequel. Or even, do I dare say it....Sentry?

Kang? maybe not in the sequel, but I can see that happen in the threequel. Either him or Thanos, really. If we are lucky and get a 4th movie (I hope so, I'm kind of sick of this whole trilogy stuff, I want a Bond-like movie series!), then we might get the other one too.
Also, I see Skrulls down the line. They're to popular to ignore them. 3rd or 4th movie might apply to them too.
Sentry? Not until 2030

 

[Poni_Boy]

I honestly think it all came down to deadline. Shooting IMAX takes a bit more planning and demands more time on set. I don't think Marvel was cool with that. I mean, I have no doubt it will look great in 1:85, not like that hasn't worked for years, but I will admit to being in love with true IMAX. Can't wait to see what Nolan has done with TDKR.

Avengers was shot digital actually. RED camera if I'm not mistaken.

I don't think so. I may be wrong but I believe The Amazing Spider-Man and Prometheus are the next films being released this year that were shot entirely using RED Epic cameras. Underworld and Haywire were the last two.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Is anyone up for Kang

Most definitely.

 

[Shadowlord X]

Sorry, change in subject. Is anyone up for Kang or Skurlls for sequel. Or even, do I dare say it....Sentry?

I'm actually hoping for the SENTRY in a sequel but not the next movie; I think he's onw of the more intriguing characters introduced into the MARVEL UNIVERSE in the last 10 years.

It would be cool for him to come in a sequel after THOR rotates out and then bring THOR back in the following movie to defeat him after he goes all VOID on THE AVENGERS.