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Originally Posted by DavidGQ

Before Avatar, most if not all the 3D movies are about pop out, not depth right?

No. Many of the 3D movies from the 1950s focused on depth.

MYTH: 3D Movies of the 1950's were loaded with gimmicks to show off the process
Not true. For the most part, the filmmakers respected the "stereo window" and did not resort to gimmicks in order to enhance the process. The only studio guilty of excessive exploitation would have been Columbia, and more specifically the William Castle/Sam Katzman productions. However, for every film that was guilty of throwing an over abundance of objects at the camera (FORT TI, CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER, MAN IN THE DARK, SPOOKS) there were many, many others which utilized great restraint in their use of the process. Check out the superb cinematography on HONDO, SECOND CHANCE, I THE JURY, INFERNO, MISS SADIE THOMPSON, TAZA-SON OF COCHISE and THE GLASS WEB for some excellent examples of the dimensional process.

The often-cited paddleball sequence in HOUSE OF WAX was there for a very specific reason: that sequence was immediately following the intermission point. Director Andre deToth felt the barker was an effective way to bring the audience back into the story. In fact, in the following scene Vincent Price comments, "We won't need him once we're established." How true!

The overuse of gimmicks became commonplace in the 1970's and 1980's with movies such as COMIN' AT YA, TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, FRIDAY THE 13TH 3-D and ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN.

http://www.3dfilmpf.org/info-top-10-3D-myths.html