Amityville 3-D 3D Blu-ray (1983) [Region Locked / Free]

[srinivas1015]

I'm not a fan of old school 3D films. They have way too much parallax but at the same time not much depth (Journey 1 being a prime example.).

[Paul H]

The Amityville 3-D review suggests poor quality native-3D.

[Taygan315]

Originally Posted by Paul H

The Amityville 3-D review suggests poor quality native-3D.

Yeah that's a shame. Was hoping for a better score than 2. But to be honest, I only wanted the 3D version and not the box set. And since the 3D is rated lower than average, I will pass on this one. Save more $$ and there are still quite a few 3D releases to pickup on 10/1.

[dogofwar]

Originally Posted by Taygan315

Yeah that's a shame. Was hoping for a better score than 2. But to be honest, I only wanted the 3D version and not the box set. And since the 3D is rated lower than average, I will pass on this one. Save more $$ and there are still quite a few 3D releases to pickup on 10/1.

I always planning on waiting on this one but I won't put too much into that review. Remember this site gave Resident Evil: Afterlife a 2.5 in 3D. I'll wait to hear what the other forum members have to say on this one.

[Taygan315]

Originally Posted by dogofwar

I always planning on waiting on this one but I won't put too much into that review. Remember this site gave Resident Evil: Afterlife a 2.5 in 3D. I'll wait to hear what the other forum members have to say on this one.

That is a good point. Maybe I will do the same. Thanks.

[cinerama]

Originally Posted by Paul H

The Amityville 3-D review suggests poor quality native-3D.

This reviewer likes the 3D a bit more.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by cinerama

This reviewer likes the 3D a bit more.

Thanks. Good description of experiencing the movie in 3D.

Blu-ray 3D with a sometimes great and enjoyable MVC-encoded transfer, showing excellent dimensionality in nearly every scene. However, there is both a good and bad to the presentation, largely thanks to the limitations of the technology and the photography of the time. Parallax is to the extreme, giving the image a gracious amount of depth but it also strains the eyes, shows a good deal of crosstalk and exposes ringing around the edges of many objects. The background penetrates deep into the screen, creating an exaggerated sense of space and distance. Overall, the picture has that sort of pop-up book effect that's less-appealing, more comical and flat than convincing. The most fun to be had are the various laughable gimmick shots where objects protrude from the screen and make viewers flinch.

[Jbug]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

I'm not a fan of old school 3D films. They have way too much parallax but at the same time not much depth (Journey 1 being a prime example.).

There are plenty of ole school 3D movies with tons of depth. That's one reason everybody is so excited when they come out on BD. Are you referring to Brendan Frasers Journey To The Center of the Earth?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Jbug

There are plenty of ole school 3D movies with tons of depth. That's one reason everybody is so excited when they come out on BD. Are you referring to Brendan Frasers Journey To The Center of the Earth?

Yes. Apparently "old school" is 2008.

As I recall, most 80's 3D WAS pretty fuzzy in the theaters, with or without the 3D. I'd just thought most of that was unsynchronized projection, but could've been just the cameras they had to film it with at the time.
Usually, when I watch a former 80's-3D movie on 2D, I can tell it was in 3D from the soft, murky look to the PQ. So the review may have just been finding out the truth the hard way. Until we get Jaws 3-D or F13 for comparison, we'll never know.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Jbug

There are plenty of ole school 3D movies with tons of depth. That's one reason everybody is so excited when they come out on BD. Are you referring to Brendan Frasers Journey To The Center of the Earth?

completely agree. Journey to the Center of the Earth is far from vintage or classic. It's a current generation film. Most old 3D films have an excellent amount of depth - far better than many of today's films.

[3DinAK]

Has anyone actually watched this yet?

[thebat2]

Originally Posted by 3DinAK

Has anyone actually watched this yet?

Yes. See my post on the previous page.

[dmode]

Originally Posted by 3DinAK

Has anyone actually watched this yet?

I have it. If you have an active display that is prone to ghosting, it is pretty bad. If you don't, go for it. I couldn't watch the whole thing on my active lcd tv, but I also have a HMD and it is awesome on it.

[Taygan315]

Originally Posted by 3DinAK

Has anyone actually watched this yet?

Just finished watching this late last night (on the projector). Been a long time since I have seen this and I dont believe I ever did watch it in 3D. That being said...I rather thought the 3D was pretty good. Depth, dimension, and foreground placement were pretty strong, plentiful, and consistent. I enjoyed the ''pop out at you'' scenes as well. Detail I thought was decent in parts..other parts..meh. But it wasn't so bad that it distracted me from enjoying watching it.

Did I see some ghosting? Yes I did. Most of it was in the very first scene and it involved a lamp, a glowing ball, a lighter, and the investigative woman's head. When you saw these things appear on screen.....yeah... you could definitely see the ghosting going on. But they were not heavily used in the scenes and were not overly distracting enough not to enjoy it. I have learned to ignore it or look beyond scenes with ghosting...but that's just me. Another very brief glimpse of ghosting (later in the movie) involved a flashlight pop out scene in one scene.

Again, I thought the 3D presentation was very enjoyable and not as bad as I had read from other sites and viewers. I was watching it on a 124'' image about 8' away so I understand we all have different displays and thus different reactions and experiences viewing this flick (especially regarding ghosting). Definitely glad I picked it up..this will get repeated viewings on or around Halloween each year.


Would love to see more 80's 3D flicks get a 3D blu release.

[Taygan315]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

This was posted on the HTF by Greg Kintz, Technical Director for the 3-D Film Archive. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com

A few nights ago I was finally able to view AMITYVILLE 3-D, which as we all know has the distinction of being the first 3-D movie from the 1980s to be released in the 3-D bluray format. What follows is, for the most part, a technical critique of the 3-D presentation.

As expected, certain 1980's single-strip-shot 3-D traits rear their head. Occasional chromatic fringing, some vignetting, and a few occasions of focus issues with one eye compared to the other. These short comings are understandable, as for the most part, these are "baked in" issues that in many cases don't always have an easy fix. But the misalignment issues, ranging from mild to occasional moderate in severity were non-stop throughout the feature, including various geometric 3-D alignment errors. While these various errors thankfully leaned more towards mild misalignment much of the time it is still unfortunate, as these could be corrected. A final bit of irony regarding fixing these misalignments: The older anaglyph 3-D DVD release in the UK *had* some alignment and convergence adjustments done. A pity this wasn't also done for the HD masters, considering the 3-D blu-ray can obviously deliver such a far superior presentation over anaglyph.

So I don't inadvertently send a mixed message, the presentation again IS still quite viewable in 3-D. The 3-D parallax is typical 1980's style wide, which for some can present another form of eyestrain in itself. Speaking for myself, when viewed on a DLP projection setup, the 3-D offered a refreshingly deep image with plenty of positive parallax. Negative (out of screen) parallax is in no short supply either, with an array of flies, spirits, lights, microphones, pipes, and even a burned corpse lunging out of the screen. Sometimes off-screen material was literally within arm's length, an effect certainly missing from today's "new and improved" 3-D features. With this title having an abundance of parallax, it is highly recommended to watch this title on a display known for no or little ghosting for maximum 3-Dimensional effect.

Along with the admittedly minor but always present 3-D misalignments, the biggest head scratcher is the "new" alternate titles which are in place of the missing originals. There is a good reason these alternate titles have never been seen before: They were layered wrong and simply do NOT work correctly in 3-D. The 3-D logo is supposed to slide out of the screen. But instead, this alternate title open as presented on this disc, tries to slide out while being "stuck" behind the Amityville title. The result is both a ruined 3-D effect and eyestrain. Add to that a missing "large fly" in a scene later on in the movie. These anomalies seem to suggest the IP is not a completed version of the feature. Strange that this was not caught before hand.. Certainly so with the opening credits, which are totally different and inferior to what was shown theatrically. This is why 3-D QC is important.

I agree with every word of this review. The 3D logo scene I understand what the reviewer is saying...but I didn't mind it and I thought the 3D was decent enough. Didn't experience any eye strain at all during the logo or any scene in the movie. But I do understand what the reviewer is saying but as he also mentions...it's still a quite enjoyable 3D presentation.

[Zivouhr]

Thanks for the review of the 3D Taygan. Sounds good.