3D Revolution?

3D is back with a vengeance, just like Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie. Our parents can probably remember seeing some of those weird movies with red and blue lines and those funny cardboard glasses with the red and blue lenses. But this new revolution ain't your mom and dads 3D. This new revolution is all about a crisp digital picture and less goofy looking 3D glasses.

Over the past few years 3D has been slowing building steam (with Superman Returns and the Happy Potter movies using a few 3D scenes). Disney has helped popularize 3D again, but releasing (and re-releasing) many of their CG cartoons in 3D. All of this momentum built up until Avatar took 3D to a new level.

I have been called a 3D Nazi by a few friends that swear by 3D (*cough Arman cough*), but I really just don't see the point to it. I mean, my mind knows its just an optical illusion, and usually not a very good one (yes, I'm looking at you Clash of the Titans). I'm all for things that add to the art of story telling. I think special effects have helped add to the story telling in many new movies (though they can also take away from the story by being too over the top (of course someone should tell that to George Lucas), but I don't think 3D, at this stage, adds anything to the movie. I did not feel the avatar story anymore in 3D than I did in 2D.

I think that since it doesn't add anything to the story or feel of a movie, that it really isn't needed. I think that film companies simply are using this 3D fad as a gimmick to make easy money. They make more money because they charge a few bucks more for the ticket (more than a few bucks if you see it in IMax 3D).

Because companies have shown they can make a ton more money showing movies in 3D, more companies have decided to cash in on this cash cow. 3D is already coming into our homes in the forms of 3D TVs and Blu_ray players. It will also be invading video games within the next year with the release of Nintendo's 3DS hand held system and Sony via the PS3 (which got an update to be a legit 3D Blu-ray player). Cause that's what I want to do for hours on end, wear some glasses while I play Gran Turismo or Killzone 3 on my ps3

I'll buy into the idea of 3D when it is more like something out of a sci-fi movie. When we're watching holograms, projected out of something in the floor or roof, movie around in a full 3D environment, then I'll get on board. At that point the image will be actually 3D. This new movement is really more like 2.5D than 3D.

Sometimes I feel that I am the only one in the world who does not care for 3D. I'm not just being a cheap bastard either. If I felt 3D was worth it I would shell out the extra money for it. I hope 3D, in this form, is simply a fad until something better comes along.

let me know where you stand on the 3D war. Are you for it? Against it? Or do you simply not really care.