Why economics condemns 3D to be no more than a blockbuster gimmick

Posted on October 2, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Cory Doctorow isn’t quite sure 3d will make the jump from blockbuster gimmick to everyday viewing.

…Somewhere in the past year or so, it seems as though every studio exec has decided to greenlight one or more blockbuster in 3D, using a pretty impressive technology that employs polarised glasses that give a reasonably convincing illusion of depth. I have astygmatisms in each eye that make it difficult for me to converge most 3D, but I find I can get a pretty good effect with a minimum of (literal) headache if I sit in the centre of the back row.

And the 3D is … nice. Neil Gaiman’s remarkable Coraline is thankfully devoid of the gimmicky 3D effects that characterized the last couple waves of 3D filmmaking. No viscera skewered on pikes hovering inches from your nose, no gag cans of spring-snakes leaping off the screen.

Just some lovely, quiet enhancements that are nice to have in a movie that is pretty fine to begin with.

But I’m sceptical.

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