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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (Blu-ray Boxset)
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This is one of those movies that was "made for 3d" like Avatar, where in this case Peter Jackson made many deliberate cinematography choices to showcase the technology. For example, an early scene features a number of characters having a rowdy dinner together, and many shot choices are specifically set up to take advantage of 3d effects. I found when I watched this movie in "regular" 2d the scenes were kind of odd and felt a little out of place (like "why are we spending 10 seconds looking at the pantry?") until I remembered that PJ was trying to be creative with 3d tech.
It seems pretty difficult and/or expensive to get the mostly deprecated 3d home theater experience these days (3d TV, 3d glasses, 3d blu ray player, all hard to find), which is a little bit of a bummer just in terms of some creative energy that went into the tech a decade or so ago. But I would say that the "optimal" experience for this movie/this trilogy is going to be watching in 3d. My 2c, good deal for a 3d blu ray if you have the capabilities to play it in 3d.
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This is one of those movies that was "made for 3d" like Avatar, where in this case Peter Jackson made many deliberate cinematography choices to showcase the technology. For example, an early scene features a number of characters having a rowdy dinner together, and many shot choices are specifically set up to take advantage of 3d effects. I found when I watched this movie in "regular" 2d the scenes were kind of odd and felt a little out of place (like "why are we spending 10 seconds looking at the pantry?") until I remembered that PJ was trying to be creative with 3d tech.
It seems pretty difficult and/or expensive to get the mostly deprecated 3d home theater experience these days (3d TV, 3d glasses, 3d blu ray player, all hard to find), which is a little bit of a bummer just in terms of some creative energy that went into the tech a decade or so ago. But I would say that the "optimal" experience for this movie/this trilogy is going to be watching in 3d. My 2c, good deal for a 3d blu ray if you have the capabilities to play it in 3d.
This is one of those movies that was "made for 3d" like Avatar, where in this case Peter Jackson made many deliberate cinematography choices to showcase the technology. For example, an early scene features a number of characters having a rowdy dinner together, and many shot choices are specifically set up to take advantage of 3d effects. I found when I watched this movie in "regular" 2d the scenes were kind of odd and felt a little out of place (like "why are we spending 10 seconds looking at the pantry?") until I remembered that PJ was trying to be creative with 3d tech.
It seems pretty difficult and/or expensive to get the mostly deprecated 3d home theater experience these days (3d TV, 3d glasses, 3d blu ray player, all hard to find), which is a little bit of a bummer just in terms of some creative energy that went into the tech a decade or so ago. But I would say that the "optimal" experience for this movie/this trilogy is going to be watching in 3d. My 2c, good deal for a 3d blu ray if you have the capabilities to play it in 3d.
This is one of those movies that was "made for 3d" like Avatar, where in this case Peter Jackson made many deliberate cinematography choices to showcase the technology. For example, an early scene features a number of characters having a rowdy dinner together, and many shot choices are specifically set up to take advantage of 3d effects. I found when I watched this movie in "regular" 2d the scenes were kind of odd and felt a little out of place (like "why are we spending 10 seconds looking at the pantry?") until I remembered that PJ was trying to be creative with 3d tech.
It seems pretty difficult and/or expensive to get the mostly deprecated 3d home theater experience these days (3d TV, 3d glasses, 3d blu ray player, all hard to find), which is a little bit of a bummer just in terms of some creative energy that went into the tech a decade or so ago. But I would say that the "optimal" experience for this movie/this trilogy is going to be watching in 3d. My 2c, good deal for a 3d blu ray if you have the capabilities to play it in 3d.
Which Samsung 3d monitor?
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For people who want to watch 3D without VR glasses, I assume people know that some projectors are the only currently sold products with 3D. Most theatrical 3D showings I attend are nearly empty with the exception of the Avatar movies where for some reason people are OK with that in 3D. Perhaps James Cameron 3D = good, all other 3D = bad. I always pick 3D over 2D when available.
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