3-D The Great and Powerful...Follow

I went and saw Oz the Great and Powerful last night. The 3-D was getting played up and I'm a sucker for special effects. Much like The Adventures of Tin Tin the opening credit sequence of Oz was some of the most exciting 3-D filming.

Over all though the effects were better than most I've seen. I flinched a couple times and had to restrain my hand from reaching out to floaty stuff at least once. The story was not spectacular but it didn't suck either - same the acting. The cinematography seemed to take top billing - Oz was spectacular, but it felt just a bit sloppy. I appreciate that they stayed true to Frank Baums world of Oz Spoilerwith young Oz even bestowing gifts to the adventurers at the end .

China Girl was done really well right down to the sounds her wired together, glassy body made when she ran. The character was pretty sweet too.

What 3-D movies have people seen where the 3-D was noticeably effective?

The Muppet Show "4D" down in MGM Studios was an early pioneer and they did a very good job. The "4D" came from the fact that they had stuff like bubbles and splashes of water timed along with the movie, and the two cranky old guys were actually there, in their corner booth, jeering at the 3D movie in what was actually live puppeteering or the best animatronics I've ever seen. Other muppets randomly appeared throughout the theater as well. It was a short movie, fifteen minutes at most, and those kind of live effects would be tough to reproduce in mass market theaters, but to this day I consider it the gold standard.

Disney attractions actually tend to be some of the best early adopters. Over in Tokyo Disney Sea they had a kiddie attraction based on Finding Nemo where little kids could "talk" in real time to a turtle named Crash. The turtle was real time, HD computer graphics being manipulated by a puppeteer and voice actor in a booth. The puppet was actually connected to the CG engine via motion capture, so the CG fish appeared to be having an actual conversation with the little kids in the audience (in Japanese, of course.) It was incredibly well done and probably could not have been possible just a few years ago, due to the sheer processing power required to output the CG in real time movie quality.

Most of the movies I've seen in 3D, the 3D is more of a nuissance than anything. The only movie I've seen where it really worked is Avatar.

Yes! I saw this at Epcot nearly 30 years ago. It's the 3-D standard that i compare today's mass viewed 3-D entertainment to. Disney also does one at their parks called Honey I Shrunk the Audience that is really good 3-D too.

I imagine that the lackluster 3-D of the average movie is due in part to the theater. The Disney theaters with active chairs perfectly placed around a big properly curved and illuminated 3-D screen (plus the 4-D effects, acoustics etc) versus Theater #7 at the Regal 10 makes a ton of difference in the 3-d viewing experience.

I still lack an IMAX screen within a reasonable driving distance.

I wish 3D worked for me. Something about my eyes or the combination of having to wear the glasses over my normal glasses or something makes it a dud for me. Even animated flicks designed from the ground up in 3D don't do anything for me.

I can't see Magic Eye drawings either.

I really, really hate the 3DS. For many reasons, but that's one of them.

I wish 3D worked for me. Something about my eyes or the combination of having to wear the glasses over my normal glasses or something makes it a dud for me. Even animated flicks designed from the ground up in 3D don't do anything for me.

I can't see Magic Eye drawings either.

Same. Weird coincidence. Are you also farsighted?

I don't wear glasses, I can do magic eyes, and no color combinations are bad from me (that I've ever noticed). I have been getting headaches lately that may do to vision. But that's really hard to know, considering how much time I actually spend reading/looking at screens. Hard to know what's just generic strain, and what's overcompensation.

I keep meaning to make an appointment at the eye doctor... My mother has terrible vision, and my dad needs to use reading glasses, so it wouldn't be surprising if I ended up needing them.

Helps to be a mutant as well! It usually takes me less than 3-5 seconds to see the image in those, but then I "cheat".

I have glasses and farsighted. I always find the glasses fit uncomfortably over my glasses and make my eyes water, like they are being strained. I don't get nausea or headaches, usually but I have to keep taking off both sets of glasses to wipe the water of and let my eyes adjust. Which means I miss stuff that happens, not a an of them.

As for the movie Im going to see it Weds night cause the missus and I have nothing better to do. I want to see it in 3D because everyone is raving about it being great but meh.

I wish I could force myself to wear contacts some times, but Im weird in the fact as my eyes just seem overly sensitive, I have issues even trying to put eye drops in, my eye doc hates it because I have to keep backing away from the microscope when they are checking my eyes, and the idea of corrective surgery is right out.

Nearsighted. Like a mole. I can't read my computer screen any more without glasses these days.

I'm steering clear of "3D" movies until they find a way to make those glasses not completely uncomfortable and inefficient. The day I can watch a movie in "3D" without plastic glasses that look like something out of the 80's, I'll consider paying extra money for the ticket.

Don't even get me started on "4D" movies. Live special effects are not a spatial dimension.

So I went and Saw Oz yesterday, in 3D, because my Theater only had it in 3D. I have to agree the Still had the same issues of eyes watering no matter how I had the glasses, aligned with my glasses. Same as always.

The Movie itself was good. Really predictable, but most family movies are, and I did like the world and felt it was decently acted.

I will have to admit thou the 3D used in the movie is well above the 3D i was used to seeing. Particularly the opening sequence(First 15 minutes), and stuff like the snow scene. If I didnt have so many issues with the technology personally I would say the 3D would be THE way to see it.

I've never read the Oz series and the movie made me want to dig a bit deeper, unfortunately I'm not sure how much the movie was based off any of the books.