Sorry, but I refuse to wear those goofball glasses in my own home. I also refuse to pay extra for an effect that does nothing to enhance the story itself.
3D is a money-making scheme, plain and simple. Higher ticket prices mean more box office revenue. Doesn't take a man of advanced education to figure that out.
Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder (hugely under-rated film, by the way) was released in 3D...in 1954. Sure, the technology is better today, but that's the only thing that's better - the technology. The effect does little to nothing in the way of creating a better viewing experience the same way that color, sound and high-definition have.
There may be a few films to benefit from 3D effects and use them to the full potential (Avatar, for example), but not every film - hardly any, in fact - require such effects. But when you have a fantastical world that is supposed to appear strange and wondrous to the viewer, 3D helped greatly in that regard. But how can it help an ordinary comedy or drama? It just can't.
It's a fad that will sadly be around for as long as Hollywood is making a profit from it, guaranteed - but it will not replace "standard" movie-viewing. That is also a guarantee.
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