Oh joy. As if most movies out didn't suck enough, do we really need to watch them all in 3-D so that the suckiness is flying right into our faces? "Avatar" director James Cameron sees misguided thriftiness in Hollywood studios' latest craze to convert big movie projects from 2-D to 3-D, but the pace of such conversions shows no signs of letting up.
While Cameron isn't against them making everything 3-D, he says that converting from 2-D is just lazy, and the quality is going to be much worse than if it were filmed that way.
Many directors feel the same way. They want a say in what happens to their films, but studios have gone all out in starting to convert anything and everything they can get their hands on.
"Transformers" maker Michael Bay has questioned the move, too.
"The problem is these decisions should be made by filmmakers, they shouldn't be made by studios, because if it was up to studios they're going to sacrifice quality for lower cost," Cameron said, in an event to promote the April 22 release of the DVD for "Avatar."
Studios are rapidly converting now that Walt Disney Co has seen its 3-D conversion "Alice in Wonderland" sell more than $570 million in tickets since its March 5 debut.
I even saw a new HDTV advertised during Lost last night that is the first 3-D home TV available from Samsung. What the hell is going on? They showed people sitting at home with 3-D glasses on. Do I want to see flying weight loss pills on TV? Does anyone honestly want to watch everything with 3-D glasses on? LMAO
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