Hacker News Reader

Comment by josho | Hacker News Reader

What's a movie you can suggest that should be seen in 3D? Preferably one in theatres so that us nay sayers can give it another try.

View on HN

Anything that's 3D animated IMO, your pixar or dreamworks kinda stuff - they all work far better than camera-3D stuff as the '3D gimmick' fits with the fact that it's animated, as well as the nature of 3D CG allows for the stereoscopy to be tweaked and perfected far easier.

I agree - the best, by far, 3D movie I have seen is Pixar's Up

Doctor Strange is, but unfortunately at least in my town it's only showing in 2D at the cheap ($1) theaters now. I was blown away by the appropriate use of 3D and visuals in 3D IMAX for that movie. I saw Rogue One in 2D and then IMAX 3D and hated it in 3D.

Article about it: http://www.thisisinsider.com/doctor-strange-how-you-should-s...

When new movies come out, google "should I see it in 3D $moviename" type articles. Unfortunately it's January now; not many good movies coming out.

Ohhhhhh. I saw Dr Strange in 2D and thought the rippling building effects and hurling of bodies and such was kind of goofy. Didn't think of 3D at the time, but now it makes sense.

Dredd was fantastic in 3d, but it was 90-95% 2d, only exploding to 3d for dramatic effect, particularly in the slo-mo scenes and some of the other set pieces.

Obviously, that doesn't help very much since it isn't in cinemas.

Avatar. Crap movie, but a nice theme ride in 3D theatre.

Avatar and Gravity are the standout examples.

I saw Gravity in 3D and strongly hated it. One scene in particular killed it for me. In what should have been an emotional scene when the hero looses all hope and sheds a tear. The tear floats into 3D space and the camera changes focus from the distraught hero to the tear drop instead. So, the audience is taken from what should be an emotional scene to admiring a fucking tear drop floating in 3D space.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com