camelia
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:50 pm Post subject: 3D movie - never again |
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Went to see a much anticipated movie, Prometheus tonight. But I went to a theatre that only had a 3D version showing. 15 minutes into this thing I had to take the glasses off.. It was too intense. Halfway through I wasn't even watching the screen and had my fingers in my ears.. it was so loud, so intense. I couldn't wait to leave. I took .50 klonopin but wasn't sure it helped much. Home now and am still feeling the after affects.
Can't wait to see it again at a smaller non-3d theatre... or maybe wait to see it at home.
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Hmm. Sounds like a good warning for me.
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I have been thinking about going to see a 3D movie now that they are becoming so popular. Sounds like one thing for me to avoid though.
Thanks for the heads up!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| This just came up in the parents forum too. If you have an astigmatism or are near sighted in one eye and use the other for distance 3D may not be for you. |
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I saw The Avengers in 3d, and to be honest, after the first few minuets of thinking it was neat, I didn't notice it. Could have switched to 2d half way through and I wouldn't have noticed.
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DeadalusRex
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There are very good physiological reasons why 3d movies make a lot of people want to puke. The fact that Hollywood keeps pushing it just shows how out of touch the studio execs are
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/01/post_4.html |
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Sora
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I have encountered no problems whatsoever with 3D films. Annoying astigmatism and myopia don't noticeably interfere with the perception of 3D for me.
However, at least half of my non-autistic acquaintances experience instant or delayed onset of (a long time into the film or afterwards) headaches and nausea when watching 3D films.
Interesting enough, most of them have also myopia/shortsightedness but one of their eyes is much better/worse than the other (differences of/above 1 dioptre).
Anyway, I am perfectly comfortable with the 3D when watching 3D films. I also do not experience any of the same symptoms sometimes described in response to certain 3DS games.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:33 am Post subject: |
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| Titangeek wrote: | | I saw The Avengers in 3d, and to be honest, after the first few minuets of thinking it was neat, I didn't notice it. Could have switched to 2d half way through and I wouldn't have noticed. |
It was the same when I went to see Avatar.
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| i have seen g force in 3d,it gave me headaches,i will never see a 3d movie again.i want to watch Madagascar europes most wanted but i guess i will have to wait for it to come on a home video.i really liked the hunger games because it wasnt in 3d |
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Wandering_Stranger
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Titangeek wrote: | | I saw The Avengers in 3d, and to be honest, after the first few minuets of thinking it was neat, I didn't notice it. Could have switched to 2d half way through and I wouldn't have noticed. |
Same for me. Any film I've seen in 3D, looks 2D to me. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Washi wrote: | | This just came up in the parents forum too. If you have an astigmatism or are near sighted in one eye and use the other for distance 3D may not be for you. |
That isn't really true so much, each lens is polarised so the waveforms are perpendicular. So two different images are presented to two different eyes. Binocular fusion can be lost with high astigmatism or aneisikonia in some cases, but is more likely in patients with amblyopia due to squints/lazy eyes as a child, or in part due to a long-standing misalignment. |
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I dunno, I LOVED Avatar even with the simple plot. I kept reaching out to touch those floating spore things. It was the first 3D movie that actually worked for me. The older style glasses just gave me headaches & double-vision.
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Washi
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| brawnybalboa wrote: | | Washi wrote: | | This just came up in the parents forum too. If you have an astigmatism or are near sighted in one eye and use the other for distance 3D may not be for you. |
That isn't really true so much, each lens is polarised so the waveforms are perpendicular. So two different images are presented to two different eyes. Binocular fusion can be lost with high astigmatism or aneisikonia in some cases, but is more likely in patients with amblyopia due to squints/lazy eyes as a child, or in part due to a long-standing misalignment. |
Are you referring to people who can't or have difficulty seeing the 3D? I'm not, I'm just referring to instances where the 3D is not enjoyable and only said "may not be" because there are certainly exceptions. I have only a mild astigmatism and near perfect vision - I worked for an optometrist for many years and when I asked him why 3D was unpleasant I remember him saying it was likely my astigmatism. |
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redrobin62
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I think that even if the autism crowd complained to Hollywood, the executives would shrug and say, "they only represent 1% of the movie-going audience...nothing to worry about."
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| redrobin62 wrote: | | I think that even if the autism crowd complained to Hollywood, the executives would shrug and say, "they only represent 1% of the movie-going audience...nothing to worry about." |
I can't find a good reference for just movies but in general from what I've read it seems roughly about a 1/3 of people don't enjoy 3D so it's a lot more than 1%, but even then that still leaves 2/3 of people who might enjoy a movie in 3D and that's still a lot of people. |
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