Name me one movie where the 3-D was necessary to the plot

[Admiral Shran]

name me one 3-D movie ever made in which the 3-D is actually necessary to understanding the plot of the film, or is a major element of the storytelling.

I haven't seen one yet. It's cool as hell. But necessary? I don't think so.

 

[Trekker4747]

Not quite sure I'm following you here. I may have phrased my post badly. Or a little more cynically than intended.

Especially given that I don't recall the last time I went to see a movie and spent my time walking around the theater to see different parts of the movie.

Don't worry, I wasn't arguing that you should have to do that.

I was just illustrating the point that current 3D still isn't "all that", by giving an example of something that would be a truly major leap in 3D tech. What we have now may have evolved a little beyond red-and-green glasses, but it's still just forced stereoscopic vision (as Yoda puts it). As such, it doesn't strike me as particularly revolutionary or interesting. I don't know if ultimately it will prove to be just a fad, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Funny, I could have sworn I posted a lot of that speech already, and now I can't find it!

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I mean, that kind of window effect can be done, it's just not that interesting in the context of a movie (and this obviously wouldn't work in a theater full of people), though yeah, it wouldn't really be perfect since the content isn't really like 3D content in a video game, though I'm sure with some trickery it wouldn't look bad. But the stereoscopic stuff seems clearly more immersive than that kind of optical illusion. I would think that the Avatars of the world would probably work best with some kind of LCD glasses/headgear that blocks out everything else from your sight.

As awesome as that is, he does say in his own video it'll only work for one person at a time as the screen is changing it's image based on the movements of the person wearing the glasses. This kind of 3D wouldn't work for an entire audience of people because it'd require the screen to be showing 100s of different images at the same time from every person's prespective.

While a "true" 3D with shifting POV is surely possible this isn't the way to do it for an entire audience and without them having to wear special head-gear.

 

[JarodRussell]

It will be possible for several people at once, though. But it makes no sense for movies. For games and other applications, yes. But not for movies.