3D Cinema and 3D glasses

[MontyVeda]

I'm toying with having a rare excursion to the pictures to watch The Farce Awaits... it's been a few years so my minor heart attack at seeing the £9.81p ticket price is entirely justified... but then on the online booking for Lancaster Vue cinema, there's an additional £1 for the 3D glasses (RealD Look3D Glasses no less)

Last time i went was to witness Tim Burton's cackfest Alice In Wonderland, also in 3D, and i don't recall having to pay extra for the glasses, i'm sure they were part of the ticket price.

So the question is, are the RealD Look3D Glasses and essential extra, or an upgrade from those provided??? (Can't see anything on the website to confirm this either way). If they are an upgrade, does it make a difference?

 

[Piemaster]

Don't think I've ever seen a 3D film at Vue, but with other cinemas (Cineworld anyway) you need to buy the glasses to watch the film,but you are BUYING the glasses so you take them away with you and bring them again to the next film. Providing you remember.
It's pretty much the same as carrier bags and supermarkets.

 

[Inertia]

So the question is, are the RealD Look3D Glasses and essential extra, or an upgrade from those provided??? (Can't see anything on the website to confirm this either way). If they are an upgrade, does it make a difference?

I havent been to a vue cinema but.

I dont think they are included in the ticket price, 3D has been out a while so they make the assumption that you will have them from a previous film an if you dont, you pay extra and buy a pair. Otherwise the 3d glasses would be piling up, if you arent sure you can phone, or just buy them when you get there.

 

[biggs682]

You will need the glasses

 

[Profpointy]

do they supply sick bags and headache pills or do you have to buy those as well?

I went to a 3d film once - not an experience I'd care to repeat

 

[captain nemo1701]

I'm off to see it this weekend and I'm fortunate enough to have a 3D tv which uses the same passive system as in the cinema (the glasses are like cheap shades without batteries). The cinema in central Bristol gives you the option of tickets with or without glasses, so I go for the cheaper option and take the glasses that came with the telly. Get the glasses as you'll need them and re-use them for any other 3D movie you might see. I did note on booking my tickets, that the cinema was flogging some natty SW styled 3D specs that made you look like a Stormtrooper. Might be highly collectible in about 30 years kids...

NB; Just edited this post to refer to the movie as SW. Sorry 'skimwords' but I'm not writing to advertise any products on behalf of a large movie franchise and an online retailer that's named after a river in Brazil. If you're wondering what I'm on about, sign out and look at some posts referring to SW.

 

[postman]

I have never seen a Star Wars film.But 3d sounds good to me.Last film i saw we got a family ticket about £30.




You might have to be over 60,to get that.

 

[Svendo]

I wear glasses and have never got on with 3d. I spend the time fiddling with the 3d specs in front, behind holding both closer etc etc trying to get a consistent 3d image. I have a plan to dismantle some cinema specs and mount them onto my normal specs but haven't got round to it. For Star Wars this weekend I've booked 2d as I want to just watch the film.
Apparently some brains just aren't fooled by the 3d and it'll never really work for them. I don't know if that's consistent across the different systems though.

 

[snorri]

I went to a 3d film once - not an experience I'd care to repeat

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postman beat me to it

 

[Gravity Aided]

I loved Lord of the Rings,etc in 3d, and I think it's my only option for Star Wars. I like the newer 3d, the older was crap.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I loved Lord of the Rings,etc in 3d, and I think it's my only option for Star Wars. I like the newer 3d, the older was crap.

Gravity with Clooney and Bullock in it is stunning in 3D, without being too obvious.

 

[Inertia]

NB; Just edited this post to refer to the movie as SW. Sorry 'skimwords' but I'm not writing to advertise any products on behalf of a large movie franchise and an online retailer that's named after a river in Brazil. If you're wondering what I'm on about, sign out and look at some posts referring to SW.

 

[Levo-Lon]

3d glasses give me a headache..i cant watch anything with them

 

[MontyVeda]

You will need the glasses

Aye... I knew i needed the specs, just wasn't sure if there was a standard 'free' set included with the ticket price and an upgrade option for an extra pound.

The film was plenty of fun but the 3D aspect is just a gimmick i could have done without... after about fifteen minutes i completely forgot i was watching a 3D movie, in much the same way one doesn't really 'think' they're watching a 2D movie. 3D today is just as underwhelming as Jaws 3D was back in the 80s... only difference is then it was a passing fad, today it looks like it's here to stay.

 

[Piemaster]

The film was plenty of fun but the 3D aspect is just a gimmick i could have done without... after about fifteen minutes i completely forgot i was watching a 3D movie, in much the same way one doesn't really 'think' they're watching a 2D movie. 3D today is just as underwhelming as Jaws 3D was back in the 80s... only difference is then it was a passing fad, today it looks like it's here to stay.

I think thats the point of modern 3D, you forget it's 3D in the same way you don't register a theatre performance as 3D. Film-makers seem to have dropped the stuff flying out of the screen gimmicks that came with the first newer 3D films in favour of more depth to the screen, like the theatre. The films and technology has matured enough that it isn't going to go away.
Personally I like going to see films in 3D, like SW. I'm not interested in transferring it the living room the 37" TV is adequate for normal TV. For movie nights and big football matches the screen and projector come out.