Some People Can't Stomach the New 3-D Movies

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I for one...grew up with a much better quality 3-D...I wish they would just make a movie..with good special effects and leave the 3-D for kids...their eyes are much better than ours!!

ann of TX 8:22PM May 02, 2010

If this is a sign of eye challenges, what can we do to prepare our eyes to enjoy 3D? Or is it good for your eyes to strain for that kind of pleasure?

Ellen Smith of FL 8:46AM May 02, 2010

Never done much for me. Reaching 87 I recall the ado when 3D first appeared eons ago. As stage-trained Brit actor in 1950s - working with stars - Lord Olivier/Vivien Leigh/etc - such gimmicks don't produce great movies - shortcuts don't work.
I know businesses involved with the movie industry keep trying to find ways of making their wares attractive to viewers, or viewers more attracted to movies.
This is only achieved if the movies made (wherever - not just in USA, UK, Europe, Oz, or Asia/Africa) are really GOOD & well-made - with exc. scripts, movie workers, and REAL well-trained actors.
Turning old ideas for movies merely into a 3d format will NOT solve the problem. Experienced scriptwriters, actors, camera crews - all staff trained in movieware - plus much money invested - there's the answer. You can't get around that via 3d.
We always need to learn lessons. Those in the industry should study its history!

John Barnard 12:32AM May 02, 2010

Or so I thought and now I know it's true!
I get motion sickness just driving in a car (especially if I'm in the back seat, but never as the driver). For me, Imax, 3-D, etc. are perscriptions for disaster!

Debbie Irwin of NY 10:07AM May 01, 2010

The headache for me is not a pain in my head, but rather a pain in my brain - a pain of boredom and disgust with much of the media and with 3D in general. Perhaps its my age and experiece with special effects over many years. I found Avatar boring. It all comes down to another variation on an old genre for creating illusions. Instead of supporting and working for positive change
that we so desperately need, most people try to escape into a world of fiction and fantacy. They patronize a 'make-believe' culture to escape from that which is real. I understand this need to pretend because I, too, used to do this for the temperary relief it gave me. But this kind of escapism no longer works for me. I now get high working for positive change.

Elliott Wilson of CA 5:41PM April 30, 2010

My left eye was removed in 1985 as a result of a Melanoma tumor. I thought I had adjusted well until I went to Disney World a few years later and stood to watch a 3-D short film. I felt nausous and dizzy and definitely wanted a way to leave the scene which was not possible. I finally closed my eyes and stood in place while holding onto the rail until the short film was complete. We all then left the premises in a single file line in accordance with the theater design. I learned then to avoid 3-D presentations. Life is a learning experience!

Lois S. Weinberger of WI 4:48PM April 30, 2010

It is intriguing to note that I totally enjoyed seeing Avatar 3D on the big screen IMAX format for which it was made. Yet, 2 weeks later when I attended a 3D screening at a local theater that was converted to 3D just for this movie, I got very ill, and it was similar to motion sickness.
I concluded that the equipment in the converted theater was not up to the same standards as the IMAX format. I wonder if this issue has been explored.

B. Russell of WA 2:19PM April 30, 2010

I shelled out the big bucks to see Avatar in 3-D and was SO disappointed. It maybe had a little more depth than 2-D movies but, after hearing all the reviews, I was expecting the spectacular.
Your article explains why! I have myasthenia gravis, a disease that affects muscle coordination. It's similar to multiple sclerosis but, instead of scars affecting nerve transmission, the body's immune system blocks the signals. Because of mg, my eyes don't coordinate perfectly. And, as your article states, this causes me not to be able to experience 3-D!
Thanks for "opening my eyes"!

Mary Jo Dailey of VA 10:52AM April 30, 2010