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Originally Posted by cdx47
It doesn't resolve 100% but it isn't supposed to at that speed. But at home the dart's path is clear, it clearly breaks the screen barrier and it is clearly a red dart made from dragon scales because I can see the special texture.
From the brief time I spent with this movie, I definitely saw pop-outs. It's not theme park but it is clearly great 3D.
I no longer need a movie to have lots of pop-outs but I do like to see them when appropriate. I know I've said this before, but I get that some movies with weak to low medium 3D like BR2049, Dune and Tron Legacy are setup dependant. I don't get why Shang-chi which has proper medium strong 3D pop-outs is the same. That would suggest weak 3D but that's not the end result.
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At some point I'll have to try to rewatch it. Shang Chi is just such a "meh" film though. Some of what should pop out in SC does linger, yet did not pop out, while the rope dart launched at the camera lasted only a split second yet came closest to breaking out. Weird.
(With the disclaimer that I'm not trying to gainsay you, I'm referring to pop out as I saw, or sadly did not see, it and asked others about it when I saw it theatrically.)
The rope dart also could have been made to hang before the screen for a second or three, for fun and to ensure resolution. Fury Road did that, or I should say, Fury Road looked like it was doing that when seen in 2D.
For Valerian, the pop-in was what I saw hyped in discussion but not really evident in the film. While I enjoyed Valerian, it is unfortunate that its 3D isn't strong enough to offset its narrative issues. If the 3D had been the window-obliterating, "you're sitting amidst a fleet of starships" proto-VR experience that it could have been...
(When/if you watch the film, it could leave you concerned for how Avatar 2 will play out, as borrowing the arc of the blue aliens from Valerian seems like the easiest way to move that franchise forward)
3D films not really doing much "before the window", be it pop-out/pop-in or just being there in a static sense, is what these nicely compiled lists here confirm for me is unfortunately just the way most modern 3D films are made, and if I want 3D that uses more than 50% of the format's potential then my choices are limited.
However, not being able to see much of the popout that is listed here remains a problem for me, and I wonder why C@Y's pitchfork popout is obvious while that of TASM2's slo-mo web isn't. For me.