My sweet mom took my two oldest kids to How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. They refused to throw their 3D glasses in the recycling can when they left. They absolutely had to bring their glasses home. You know, to watch all the 3D stuff on TV. Oh wait. There isn't 3D stuff on TV. :) Except maybe a couple of Super Bowl commercials this year. Micah is a big fan of the glasses. He can't get them on by himself, so he follows me around, whining to have me put them on him, and then he pulls them off again, and then he whines to have me put them on him again, etc. It's super fun.
Here's my thing about this new 3D craze: Once you've seen Captain Eo, Honey I Shrunk the Audience, or that Muppet Movie Thingey at Disneyland, the "3D" they're showing in theaters now is practically non-existant. Ben and I went to Clash of the Titans in 3D on my birthday, and I kept waiting for 3D stuff to happen. I don't think I ever saw anything that seemed 3D-ish. Same with Alice in Wonderland in 3D. I guess Captain Eo spoiled me. I keep waiting for stuff to flutter in front of my face, or a long tail to swipe out at me. Haven't seen any of that happening yet.
I got a very serious, very funny e-mail from my friend, Megs', hubs, Mark, when he learned that Ben and I were going to Clash of the Titans in 3D. I just have to share it. I hope you don't mind, Megs (or Mark):
Karlenn,
This is Mark.
I told Megan to ask you earlier if you guys were going to see Clash of the Titans in 3D or 2D. Why, because I have only heard bad things about the movie in 3D. I'm not kidding. It is being called the singled handed worst 3D movie that has yet come out. Jeffery Katzenberger (not spelled right, but he's one of the heads of Dreamworks) has said that this movie is going to be the movie to kill 3D in theaters because it's turning so many people off thanks to its poorly-done, stereoscopic mess that's an apparent insult to 3D. (Other than an IMAX visit when I was 16, I've honestly not watched a movie in 3D, so I'm really going off what others are saying here.)
Go watch the movie, I hear it's enjoyable in 2D, but do not waste your money on the after-thought, tacked-on 3D, I implore you. From what I hear, you can only regret seeing it in 3D.
Consider yourself warned, and we'll see you tomorrow night whether you heed or ignore. :)
I laughed really hard. This 3D stuff is very serious business to many men. We didn't heed Mark's advice (we had already gotten the tickets when I got the e-mail from him), but I didn't hate the movie. I just couldn't see anything that was 3D. I could follow the plot really well and everything - I love mythology stuff. But from now on, I'm just going to keep the $2 per ticket and watch it in 2D. Besides, those glasses kind of hurt my ears.
LOL! Isn't it fun when your kids love things that you hate and annoy you with them?!:) Brynnan was the same way as Micah!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you thought Mark's email was funny! He is really serious about stuff like that! It is quite amusing:)
They need like a visor thingy... cause I wear regular glasses, and having to wear those bulky 3-D things on top is a pain in my A** :)
ReplyDeleteI like some 3-D movies, I went and saw UP in 3-D which was awesome...I also saw Clash of the Titans..and do you know why that movie sucked so bad in 3-D? Because it wasn't filmed for 3-D, that was just an after thought. They finished the movie and then thought, hey, lets make this movie in 3-D so we can get more money and follow the trend! But it was so hard to follow in 3-D which made me sad because I LOVE Sam Worthington (Perseus) and was super excited to go see that movie and then it sucked. I recomend not giving up entirely on 3-D, and now this comment is novel length...sorry about that :).
ReplyDeleteWe don't really go to movies - AT ALL. So, my last experience at the movie theatre was for Josh's birthday - we took the fam to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" 3D and I'm with you. There were a couple of things at the very beginning, the were a little 3Dish....nothing spectacular and then the rest of the movie didn't seem like there was anything.
ReplyDeleteHere's my other pet peeve. Jameson won't wear the glassed - they bug him. When we HAVE seen cool Disney movies at the parks - he gets freaked out by the stuff flying out at him and he take them off.
Sooooo then I feel bad that he's watching the whole show in blurry vision.
You are too cute. We want to take the kids to the dragon movie, we'll see if it happens or not.
ReplyDeleteI could see the 3-D in Alice, though not as much as Brad, I think.