Quick poll about OZ 3D format you saw it in

[bluskies]

I saw Oz in IMAX 3D and was blown away by the 3D. I have read others who have seen it this way and were also incredibly stunned by the IMAX 3D.

But I have also read others who have seen it and were unimpressed by the 3D

I want to go see it again but I want to ask you, if you were unimpressed, which format did you see it in? Real D 3D or IMAX 3D?

[disneywildcat]

I saw Oz in RealD 3D in a Regal RPX theatre. The 3-D effects were amazing to see (it really seemed like in some cases the action would move off the screen), only my only complaint is that fast moving camera shots (just like the Hobbit) were a little disorienting at times. Other than that, it was pretty cool to see it in 3D.

I think there are other 3D formats out there too. I saw a advanced screening of the Croods in XPAND 3D (which uses active glasses with conventional screens as opposed to passive glasses with sliver reflecting screens like RealD) and although the 3D was fine, it seemed a bit too dark. I think RealD is better with the brightness, but the only film that I have seen both in RealD and XPAND 3D is Brave (which wasn't that bright to see at times in either format, but I thought RealD was brighter).

[benricci]

This really doesn't belong in the blu-ray section.

[bluskies]

Originally Posted by benricci

This really doesn't belong in the blu-ray section.

I know, but it is only a quick survey. I thought something like this could have just a very quick moment here. The way things move around here, it will be on page 3 by sundown.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by bluskies

I know, but it is only a quick survey. I thought something like this could have just a very quick moment here. The way things move around here, it will be on page 3 by sundown.

There is a dedicated movie discussion board for stuff like this. It's not relevant to the blu ray section.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63

[HD Goofnut]

This belongs in the Movies section.

Mods please move.

[assydingo]

Imax 3D looked fantastic. Great depth and moments where objects came out. It never seemed darkened by the 3D.

[L-Rouge]

Standard RealD, completely satisfying.

[k_dog77803]

I saw the movie in Real D and it was great. Nice sense of depth and whoa moments here and there. My only complaint was I felt the 3-D was just a tad darker than I would like, especially when you see how vivid the TV spots are.

I will see the movie again in 2-D so I can see the image with no dimming whatsoever.

[impetus]

I don't know if anyone noticed but Oz finally did something I've wanted 3D movies to do for years: it cheats the aspect ratio to its advantage. During the B/W 4:3 section, it actually places 3-D objects off-frame (on the "black bars") so that they actually escape the picture (and appear to come off the screen into the audience).

Imagine if a 3D movie framed a 2.35 picture slightly shrunk on a 1.78 matte (essentially framed the way a Cinemascope movie shows on an HDTV with black bars on top and bottom, but also a little black on the sides) and did the same trick. That would look amazing. As far as I know, no movie has done this.

[srinivas1015]

Originally Posted by impetus

I don't know if anyone noticed but Oz finally did something I've wanted 3D movies to do for years: it cheats the aspect ratio to its advantage. During the B/W 4:3 section, it actually places 3-D objects off-frame (on the "black bars") so that they actually escape the picture (and appear to come off the screen into the audience).

Imagine if a 3D movie framed a 2.35 picture slightly shrunk on a 1.78 matte (essentially framed the way a Cinemascope movie shows on an HDTV with black bars on top and bottom, but also a little black on the sides) and did the same trick. That would look amazing. As far as I know, no movie has done this.

Quite a few movies have done that - Dredd, Life of Pi and this other animated movie with squirrels/hamsters whose name I cannot recall.