Here is more info on 3d glasses. There are different techniques that are used to achieve 3d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3d_glasses#3D_glasses
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am going to carry my Avatar glasses to future 3-D showings. They are > simple, they look good and they fit over my glasses. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > > > One of the things that has been bugging me is that there isn't a set > > standard yet for the glasses. Every company out there has their own > glasses. > > Right now there are at least 30 different companies with their own > version > > of the glasses. > > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, that's been my concern about the recent resurgence in 3D. I'm > not > > > at all quite sure when I can trust that the movie will really be good > and > > > *necessary* in 3D. It's easy to throw out gimmicks with the effect, but > if > > > they're not well done, they're just bad distractions. Cameron did it > > > masterfully, really integrating the effect into the movie so that it > was a > > > constant presence, but like real life, not something you kept dwelling > on > > > all the time. > > > I haven't done much research into 3D, but I'd like to understand the > > > process of how it's done. I get the overall principle, but do the > directors > > > really shoot the whole thing with an eye to 3D, or just slap some extra > > > cameras in as an almost afterthought? Again, Cameron truly thought > about the > > > 3D, integrated into the movie, made decisions based on making sure it > > > enhanced, not distracted. But I think some directors aren't taking that > time > > > and care. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 8:22:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Dragon' makes weekend debut at No. 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw "Alice" and I was powerfully underwhelmed. Unlike my "Avatar" > > > experience, the glasses was large and clunky and whole thing felt like > > > watching a movie through one of those old View-masters. The colors and > "3-D" > > > were also reminiscent of View-master viewing. > > > > > > Oddly, I was more enchanted by the flashbacks featuring Alice first > > > Wonderland visit as a young girl. > > > > > > I will say Helena Bonham Carter is a big-headed hoot as the Red Queen > and > > > Crispin Glover is appropriately dastardly as her wicked knave. > > > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, > Keith > > > Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Wow, at 2nd place "Alice" is still about to hit the three hundred > mill > > > mark! Anyone whose seen it: is it worth it? > > > > I'll probably try to catch "Dragon" next weekend. Like I said > earlier, > > > i'm not a big Dreamworks fan, but something about the trailers for this > film > > > has me interested. Although, I'm not sure how the five-dollar theatre > near > > > me can accommodate both "Dragon" and next week's "Clash of the Titans", > as > > > it only has one 3D screen. > > > > > > > > Anyone see "Hot Tub Time Machine"? It could be stupid, camp fun, but > I'd > > > like to know that before dropping my dwindling dollars on it... > > > > > > > > ******************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > 'Dragon' makes weekend debut at No. 1 > > > > 'Alice' slips to second place with $17.3 million > > > > > > > > > > > > By Gregg Kilday > > > > > > > > March 28, 2010, 11:41 AM ET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hr/photos/stylus/132475-dragon_341x182.jpg > > > > > > > > "How to Train Your Dragon" 3D's rising star got another boost at the > > > North American boxoffice this weekend as Paramount's release of > DreamWorks > > > Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" flew to the top spot, and > Disney's > > > "Alice in Wonderland" held on to enough screens to emerge a solid > number > > > two. > > > > > > > > Co-existing on the available 3D screens, "Dragon" bowed to an > estimated > > > $43.3 million, while "Alice," in its fourth weekend, lost 49% of its > > > audience as it took in another $17.3 million, bringing its domestic > total to > > > a whopping $293 million. > > > > > > > > MGM's "Hot Tub Time Machine," which relied on R-rated comedy instead > of > > > flashy effects, debuted more modestly as it collected $13.7 million. > > > > > > > > Close behind was the second weekend of Sony's battling rom-com "The > > > Bounty Hunter." The Jennifer Aniston-Gerard Butler teaming fell by just > 40% > > > as it brought in $12.4 million, bringing its domestic total to $38.8 > > > million. > > > > > > > > In fifth place, Fox's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," also in its second > weekend, > > > declining by 55%, brought home $10 million as its cume rose to $35.8 > > > million. > > > > > > > > While the weekend's top ten amassed $111.9 million, about on par with > the > > > $110.7 million that the top ten collected last weekend, this frame's > top ten > > > gross was down 18% from the top ten in the comparable weekend last year > when > > > DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens" debuted to $59.3 million. > > > > > > > > The "Dragon" launch did provide further evidence of the appeal of 3D. > The > > > movie bowed in 4,055 locations, but ticket sales from its 2,178 3D > theaters, > > > a number that raised prices this weekend, accounted for 68% of the > movie's > > > weekend gross. Imax alone -- "Dragon" is playing in 185 Imax theaters > -- > > > contributed 11.5% of the total, up from the 10.5% of gross that Imax > > > theaters contributed to "Alice's" opening weekend. "That shows we're > > > accumulating more fans, as we go along, who chose Imax as a venue," > said > > > Greg Foster, president of filmed entertainment at Imax, which will be > > > hosting "Dragon" for six weeks until "Iron Man 2" comes along. > > > > > > > > "Dragon" didn't explode out of the gate like "Monsters" last March. > But > > > with a Cinemascore of A, and 97% positive reviews on the RottenTomatoes > Web > > > site, it should play well over the spring holidays. > > > > > > > > "It's a different competitive environment," said Anne Globe, > DreamWorks > > > head of worldwide marketing. "The demos were very evenly split, so the > movie > > > is playing broadly. The reviews have been tremendous. And we're > anticipating > > > very strong playability over the next few weeks. Exhibition is really > > > committed to 'Dragon' and to DreamWorks Animation." > > > > > > > > The movie's opening weekend audience bridged the age gap: 49% of > > > moviegoers were under 25, and 51% older. And it skewed slightly more > female > > > by 55%. > > > > > > > > "Hot Tub," meanwhile, played more to older (62% were over 25) males > > > (58%). Its $13.7 million opening from 2,754 locations was on the lower > end > > > of expectations for the time-travel comedy, produced for about $35 > million > > > and starring John Cusack and Rob Corddry. > > > > > > > > While Cinemascore's polling awarded it a B, MGM reported the movie > > > received a definitive recommend of 85% from young males, so the > embattled > > > studio, which hasn't had a movie in the marketplace since last fall's > > > "Fame," is hoping they spread the world. > > > > > > > > Filling out the top ten, Paramount's teen comedy "She's Out of My > League" > > > ranked sixth with $3.5 million; Universal's Iraq-set "Green Zone" was > > > seventh as it eked out $3.4 million; Paramount's "Shutter Island," with > a > > > cumulative domestic haul of $121 million, was eighth with $3.2 million; > > > Universal's futuristic thriller "Repo Man" was ninth with $3 million; > and > > > Fox Searchlight's ethnic comedy "Our Family Wedding" was tenth with > $2.2 > > > million. > > > > > > > > For the first time in its 15-week run, Fox's "Avatar" fell out of the > top > > > ten. Ranked eleventh, it rang up $2 million as its North American total > > > amounted to more than $740 million. > > > > > > > > On the specialty front, Focus' "Greenberg," Noah Baumbach's L.A.-set > > > relationship study starring Ben Stiller, expanded into 181 theaters, > where > > > it grossed $1.1 million for a per-theater average of $5,850, bringing > its > > > cume to $1.2 million. > > > > > > > > Sony Picture Classics first weekend of Atom Egoyan's R-rated marital > > > thriller "Chloe," starring Liam Neeson with Amanda Seyfried in the > title > > > role, collected $1 million on 350 screens for a per-theater average of > > > $2,863. > > > > > > > > Apparition's "The Runaways," in its second weekend, had to settle for > > > $446,000 in 237 theaters and a cume of $1.6 million. > > > > > > > > Music Box's Scandanavian detective tale "The Girl with the Dragon > > > Tattoo," also in its second weekend, showed more life as it took in > $352,000 > > > in 44 theaters for a cume of $840,000. > > > > > > > > "Waking Sleeping Beauty," Disney's documentary about the studio's > > > animation renaissance in the '80s, scored $33,100 in its opening > engagements > > > in five locations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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