P3D Re: RE: New 3D Movies

[phil gray <philgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Chapman wrote:

>>Even if the movie is good there is a larger problem.  Showing it correctly.  
When the typical theater is showing the movie with verticals off over 1
1/2 
feet at the screen and the audiance gets severe headaches trying to fuse
the 
image it is no wonder they are not enthused about the experience.  Most 
theaters do this and then even fail to respond when someone asks them to 
adjust things.  Even worse the adjustments for the add on equipment can
be 
so fine that the theater is unable to correct accurately.  Ask a 
projectionist.
My 2 cents
Mark<<

I have to agree with Mark.  I think the major problem is both lack of
knowledge or interest in presenting a 3-D film correctly, and the
attachments needed to present the film.  At the showing of "Jaws 3-D" in
San Francisco's Empire Theater the film lost synch which resulted in a
reverse 3-D image on screen. The only way to see the movie correctly was
to take off the 3-D glasses and hold them reversed in front of my eyes. 
When I went to the counter to advise some one there was no interest in
correcting the problem. I finally asked for the manager and the same
teenager at the candy counter said he WAS the manager.  It took forever
to even get him to go into the auditorium and look.  He refused to
contact the projectionist (there was more than likely not one on the
premise, just one of those rovers who goes from theater to theater) and
told me if I didn't like it I could leave.  He even refused to refund my
money.
As long as theaters are being run with no thought to presentation (which
seems to be the rule at multiplexes) 3-D movies will never have a chance
until there is a way to put the film on a platter, turn off the house
lites and press the start button.  Maybe that's why 3-D seems to survive
only at amusement parks and IMAX.

Phil Gray


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