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I went to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in a Real-3D theater. The movie itself was pretty standard Brendan Frasier fare, but as I happen to like the actor, I enjoyed the movie. Besides the fun of going to the movie was more of seeing a live action film in 3D and taking my son who has never seen a 3D movie.
But the quality of the movie is something better debated on IMDB.com than here. No here I'm pointing out the "charming" couple next to me and how they treated their child.
Ok, this is a standard 3D film with all the stuff they pull in all 3D movies. Things like an extended tape measure "poking out" at the audience, things leaping at the screen, that sort of stuff. Basically the same crap they pulled going back to the early days of 3D back in the 50's and 60's to get the audience to either reach out and try to grab the object, or jump as something tries to jump out and "attack them".
Now without spoiling the film (I'm only pulling from stuff that comes from the trailers) there are things like a Therapod Dinosaur (something rather like a T-Rex) getting up close and ugly with the viewing audience and other nasty looking critters leaping at you. Hell it even made me jump a few times. There were scenes of people falling down very deep holes, hanging over magma, and other types of peril that really utilize the 3D medium.
Well this couple next to me brings their little child to the movies and she has got to be only 4-5 years old. She is also freaked right the hell out by all the scary stuff. Not surprising since it's one thing to see something on a 2D screen, but in 3D it's even more "real" to the child.
So you have the suckage factor of bringing a child to a movie but that's not all folks, the Father made this comment "You watched Alien Vs. Predator, what's so scary about this?" as if the little girl should be ashamed of herself for crying when something with a head bigger than a Volkswagen Bug "comes out of the screen" at her snarling and snapping it's jaws.
I give the father 10 out of 10 for taking the family out on a family outing, but minus several million for bad thinking.
M
But the quality of the movie is something better debated on IMDB.com than here. No here I'm pointing out the "charming" couple next to me and how they treated their child.
Ok, this is a standard 3D film with all the stuff they pull in all 3D movies. Things like an extended tape measure "poking out" at the audience, things leaping at the screen, that sort of stuff. Basically the same crap they pulled going back to the early days of 3D back in the 50's and 60's to get the audience to either reach out and try to grab the object, or jump as something tries to jump out and "attack them".
Now without spoiling the film (I'm only pulling from stuff that comes from the trailers) there are things like a Therapod Dinosaur (something rather like a T-Rex) getting up close and ugly with the viewing audience and other nasty looking critters leaping at you. Hell it even made me jump a few times. There were scenes of people falling down very deep holes, hanging over magma, and other types of peril that really utilize the 3D medium.
Well this couple next to me brings their little child to the movies and she has got to be only 4-5 years old. She is also freaked right the hell out by all the scary stuff. Not surprising since it's one thing to see something on a 2D screen, but in 3D it's even more "real" to the child.
So you have the suckage factor of bringing a child to a movie but that's not all folks, the Father made this comment "You watched Alien Vs. Predator, what's so scary about this?" as if the little girl should be ashamed of herself for crying when something with a head bigger than a Volkswagen Bug "comes out of the screen" at her snarling and snapping it's jaws.
I give the father 10 out of 10 for taking the family out on a family outing, but minus several million for bad thinking.
M
) They just gasped in utter disbelief. I'm sure the lesson didn't stick though. 
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