Rumor: LES MIZ movie may be shot in 3D... Thoughts? — Page 2

No. No. No.

Enough with the GD 3D movies coming out of Hollyweird, please!!!

OH COME ON!!! Les Mis in 3d is going to rock. You don't know what you will be missing out on! I hear they are adding a few things to make it more "3d" like. Theres a new roller coaster scene where Javert is in the last train, Valjean in the first. Both with swords of course. As they whip and wind through the coaster, Javert continues to pursue by climbing over each train... when they are not inverted or going through a tunnel at 100 mph of course! Then, he reaches Valjean just as the coaster comes to an end. This is when Valjean breaks out in song... singing, "The ride is not yet done!" instead of "My race is not yet run!" Oh this is going to be something to see. You will miss out on this cinematic genius! 3d is the only way!

I'm not really sure what 3D could bring to Les Miserables, and I'd much rather they focus on producing lovely, painterly images in two dimensions.

I don't care for this.

At least when they put out every movie in 3D, the glasses were free. Naturally we charge for them. This is the Hollywood equivalent of a facility fee

Back in 1970, the USSR Pavillion @ Expo 70 in Japan had 3 D without glasses. The new 3D nintendo has a great 3D effect without glasses. As long as Hollywood can get suckers to pay for rental of the glasses we will always have them.

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There was an article on this very topic on Slate recently, I've put the link below.

Basically it points out that 3D is on a VERY steep decline as far as revenue goes and frankly I'm one of those who hopes the fad will die. I can count on one hand the number of films that have used 3D to its fullest extent and actually benefited the story in some way by having it.

The large majority of films that are 3D are fakes, just converted later, simply to get an extra buck. I'm sure one angle Hollywood was hoping was the death of piracy but as we all know, that did not happen. Personally when I see 3D I want there to be stuff popping out at me, the whole argument for subtle uses of it is pointless. This is film, if you need 3D to provide optical depth to make you feel like you're more involved in the film, then step out of the theater and go outside. While I love good cinematography, the focus should be more so on the story and the characters otherwise you should go to an art gallery and look at pretty pictures all day.

There is no reason Les Miz could have for employing 3D at all. If you want atmosphere, shooting in HD would give it a very gritty, real feel to it, kind of what the format did for Public Enemies. Most of it takes place in the slums of France after all!
Who Killed 3-D (Slate)

The "3D without glasses"-technology already exists and some of those tv-sets are already being sold in Japan.

Personally I really don't care much for 3D. It's a nice gadget. Many films available in 3D are actually shot in 2D and then manipulated into 3D (as stated before)

As for Les Mis in 3D ? I hope they spend that money on a good orchestra.

Updated On: 9/20/11 at 08:27 AM