Transformers : Rise of the Beasts 3D Blu-ray (2023) [Region Free]

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Originally Posted by Creed

Definitely see it in 3D.

Starts off mild from the opening logos, but it got better from the DB logo. The first scene is high medium, to strong with

[Show spoiler]Unicron's introduction

.The rest of the movie has a fair balance of medium, high medium and some strong depth. Pop-outs include maybe some embers coming close to edging the screen.

That sounds hopeful, thanks Creed. Glad you liked the 3D.

Originally Posted by Interdimensional

Saw this in Imax 3D.

What was a little strange was that before the opening credits, they had a disclaimer to say that the film had not been specially formatted for Imax presentation. I've never seen anything like that before. It was like Imax were washing their hands of it.

In spite of this, it really was an excellent 3D presentation, with multiple pop-outs, and a strong sense of volume and depth even in quiet scenes. It also made excellent use of the Imax sound system which felt truly immense, and was particularly useful in conveying the planetary scale of Unicron.

I thought it had one of the most promising setups of any of these films. The human characters are well integrated into the storyline. They also seemed to have more robot characters than previous movies, but they all had distinct designs which avoided confusion.

I don't know if it's a good or a bad film or what kind of critical reaction it's getting. I thought it started strong and ended strong, but in the middle it felt like something wasn't quite clicking. Some of the plot developments were perhaps a bit convenient, a lot was far-fetched. I'm not convinced that should be considered a fatal flaw in a film of this nature. On the whole I found it a lot better than expected, if a mixed bag. It's more of a B-movie than previous entries in the series. No star actors or director, no ILM. I don't think they even went with one of the established 3D conversion houses. The visual effects did the job, but suffered at times. The cargo plane transformer might be the single worst case of unconvincing CGI in the series.

The cinema I saw it in had some really young and inexperienced staff on duty, and I had to correct the girl who'd given me a pair of Real D glasses, instead of the linear polarized Imax glasses required. Luckily I got to the screen before they'd dimmed the lights, because the people sitting next to me had also been given the wrong glasses. Before the screening started I must've sent somewhere between 10 and 20 people down to get their glasses changed. I hate doing this, I'm not that sort of outgoing person to go up to strangers like that. Not the first time it's happened either. Considering the cost of Imax tickets, that's just not good enough. It would really ruin the screening, and that doesn't help the case for 3D either.

But the 3D was definitely worth it. There was a nicely executed popout when one of the trucks fired a missile, and there was an effective-in-3D scene where Optimus Prime picks up the main human protagonist. Prime looked believably massive. Definitely no miniaturisation effect there. I had a visceral reaction in another scene when one of the antagonist bots swung a ball on a chain weapon towards the screen. There may have been a minor conversion error in one scene where light reflections on a Porshe ended up looking like scrapes but it didn't really matter. 3D was a major enhancement to the film in every way. I haven't seen the other films in years so it's hard to judge, but I felt it might be some of the best 3D of the series. It's 3D with impact.

Thanks for the helpful review, Interdimensional. That was nice of you to warn those people who were given the wrong types of 3D Glasses to exchange them for the Imax type 3D glasses. That happened to me one time too and I had to exchange it. The guy gave me Real D, and I thought they knew what they were doing but they didn't. You saved those people from disappointment, wondering why the 3D wouldn't be working.

Glad to hear the 3D delivers from the sound of it. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Telegram Sam

According to Cinemablend's review, it was done by DNeg. (And their review was a rare 35/35: I'm not generally a fan of their 3D reviews, particularly their peculiar scoring system, but they certainly make it sound like a 3D classic, for whatever that's worth.)

Cool, thanks. DNeg is formerly known as Prime Focus. I read that DNeg acquired Prime Focus. Prime Focus is responsible for the medium to strong 3D of the live-action Turtles Films, which are great conversions IMO.

PFT, a subsidiary of DNEG’s parent company, Prime Focus Ltd., is based in Burbank and has offices across North America, the U.K. and India with 1,700 employees, including about 300 software engineers. After the deal, DNEG’s global headcount will grow to more than 11,500 across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...x-1235371014/#!

Even the other big Conversion studio, Stereo D, is now known as SDFX Studios, to let filmmakers/producers probably know they have expanded beyond mostly 3D conversions and into special effects more often. Plus with the recent slow down of movie conversions since 2019 I'd say.