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Assuming the only difference is cost, would you recommend seeing it in 3D? (Also: It's amazing to me that they could convert hundred-year-old film to 3D.)

smacktoward 8y ago
I saw it in 3D and I would classify it as nice, but not necessary -- 3D is mostly only used to add a little bit of depth, not to do anything that'll make you gasp in astonishment at the 3D-ness of it all. (Which is probably appropriate for this project.)
klodolph 8y ago
Most 3D films are shot in 2D and converted in post, unfortunately. It’s very common. See: https://realorfake3d.com/ https://realorfake3d.com/ Edit: To be clear, I'm saying that since most 3D films aren't shot in 3D in the first place, this film probably won't be substantially different from other films, in 3D. It seems some people thought I was confused about what the movie was.
- nicklaf 8y ago
  Wait a minute, think about what you are talking about here for a second! :-)
  - klodolph 8y ago
    Am I not talking about how this film is using well-established techniques for conversion to 3D, the same techniques that most 3D films use?
    - nicklaf 8y ago
      Ah, I see. I think what you said was clear now that I understand!
- drcode 8y ago
  LOL this is true, but kind of off the mark... given that the whole point of this movie is to augment low quality movie footage with post-processing.
  - klodolph 8y ago
    Isn't that what I'm saying? How am I off the mark?
  - rspeele 8y ago
    I think klodolph's point is still on the mark. I don't read it as: "The 3D in this WWI footage was faked in post." Which is obviously true. I instead read it as: "The reason the 3D looks about as good as you're used to from other films, is that most of those modern films _also_ faked their 3D in post."
- wnissen 8y ago
  Specifically, Jackson et al. chose a 3D conversion company to do the coloring, because one of the steps in a conversion is to separate out the various parts of the frame. So much of the work was already done. I "liked" this movie, as much as anyone can like seeing dead bodies. It really makes you realize how much most war movies, fiction or not, leave out. I wonder to what extent the lack of the true horrors results in a pro-war propaganda film, regardless of the intent of the director. Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket tries to be realistic in a sense, but still glamorizes war. It takes a documentary like "They Shall Not Grow Old" to give the full picture.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Kubrick has a better example in Paths of Glory. It's still not very gruesome, but in the single combat scene of the whole movie, the soldiers don't get to fire a single shot, they just advance and die.
mensetmanusman 8y ago
I recommend 3D, I checked reviews beforehand, and the 3D was very immersive. Even the physical act of putting on glasses to let you look back in time put the mind in a different frame. I look back at the experience now feeling like I time travelled.
DrScump 8y ago
I didn't specifically want 3D, but this theater's evening showings were 3D only. It was $9 (vs. $5 for conventional) using AMC Stubs Tuesday discount, glasses included. When the camera pans, it gives the effect of looking through a window.

smacktoward 8y ago

I saw it in 3D and I would classify it as nice, but not necessary -- 3D is mostly only used to add a little bit of depth, not to do anything that'll make you gasp in astonishment at the 3D-ness of it all. (Which is probably appropriate for this project.)

klodolph 8y ago

Most 3D films are shot in 2D and converted in post, unfortunately. It’s very common. See: https://realorfake3d.com/ https://realorfake3d.com/ Edit: To be clear, I'm saying that since most 3D films aren't shot in 3D in the first place, this film probably won't be substantially different from other films, in 3D. It seems some people thought I was confused about what the movie was.

nicklaf 8y ago
Wait a minute, think about what you are talking about here for a second! :-)
- klodolph 8y ago
  Am I not talking about how this film is using well-established techniques for conversion to 3D, the same techniques that most 3D films use?
  - nicklaf 8y ago
    Ah, I see. I think what you said was clear now that I understand!
drcode 8y ago
LOL this is true, but kind of off the mark... given that the whole point of this movie is to augment low quality movie footage with post-processing.
- klodolph 8y ago
  Isn't that what I'm saying? How am I off the mark?
- rspeele 8y ago
  I think klodolph's point is still on the mark. I don't read it as: "The 3D in this WWI footage was faked in post." Which is obviously true. I instead read it as: "The reason the 3D looks about as good as you're used to from other films, is that most of those modern films _also_ faked their 3D in post."
wnissen 8y ago
Specifically, Jackson et al. chose a 3D conversion company to do the coloring, because one of the steps in a conversion is to separate out the various parts of the frame. So much of the work was already done. I "liked" this movie, as much as anyone can like seeing dead bodies. It really makes you realize how much most war movies, fiction or not, leave out. I wonder to what extent the lack of the true horrors results in a pro-war propaganda film, regardless of the intent of the director. Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket tries to be realistic in a sense, but still glamorizes war. It takes a documentary like "They Shall Not Grow Old" to give the full picture.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Kubrick has a better example in Paths of Glory. It's still not very gruesome, but in the single combat scene of the whole movie, the soldiers don't get to fire a single shot, they just advance and die.

mensetmanusman 8y ago

I recommend 3D, I checked reviews beforehand, and the 3D was very immersive. Even the physical act of putting on glasses to let you look back in time put the mind in a different frame. I look back at the experience now feeling like I time travelled.

DrScump 8y ago

I didn't specifically want 3D, but this theater's evening showings were 3D only. It was $9 (vs. $5 for conventional) using AMC Stubs Tuesday discount, glasses included. When the camera pans, it gives the effect of looking through a window.