That is the question in today’s film industry. “Avatar” was a huge hit, with ground-breaking technological innovations that brought 3-D filmmaking back to life. But now scores of movie makers are rushing to convert movies already in the can to 3-D. That’s what happened with “Alice in Wonderland” and now with “Clash of the Titans.” “Avatar”-director and innovator James Cameron, along with other purists, are scorning these 3-D effects on the cheap, claiming they are inferior. But many movie goers can’t tell the difference. “Prince Caspian” and the upcoming Harry Potter movies are all converting to the 3-D illusions.
Can you tell the difference? Does it matter? Are people just going to otherwise bad movies just to see the 3-D spectacle? How long before that gets old?
See Conversion of Movies to 3-D Draws Mixed Reactions – NYTimes.com.
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