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Re:An Uncomplicated Man by globular-toast on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:06AM (#49080827)
The problem with the 48fps release of The Hobbit is it was only available in 3D (and digital). I don't like 3D, not least because it gives me a headache after about 30 minutes, so watching a 3 hour film was not enjoyable at all (I hadn't internalised the sunken cost fallacy at the time; I shouldn't have stayed for the whole thing).

IMAX shows that 3D is completely unnecessary. Gravity is the only 3D film worth seeing, but even that never made me hold on to my seat like the helicopter scene at the beginning of The Dark Knight Rises. Not a great film, but I was able to see it in IMAX.

One format I'd really love to see for real is Doug Trumbull's Showscan. It uses 70mm film at 60fps. I kinda wish Nolan had picked up on that instead of IMAX. The flicker at a proper 70mm IMAX screen is really noticeable for me.

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Re:An Uncomplicated Man by Marsymars on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @05:14PM (#49089986)
> I don't like 3D, not least because it gives me a headache after about 30 minutes

FWIW, I get this too, but it's not actually because of the 3D effect, it's just because I have a big head and the glasses at theatres press on the side of my head, giving me a headache.

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Re:An Uncomplicated Man by globular-toast on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @01:19AM (#49093669)
Yes, I do think it's the glasses that do it too. But that's only one reason. Even if I didn't feel like I'm watching the film through uncomfortable, bulky sunglasses, I still don't like the 3D effect. It only really works in a film like Gravity where the background is infinitely far away.
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