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In Defense of 3D
Much to my dismay, Sound & Vision some time ago eliminated the 3D-Ness rating category from the reviews in the Entertainment section. I am a retired broadcast TV technician who has always been a fan of 3D motion pictures, starting with Bwana Devil in 1952, when I was 10, and then House of Wax in 1953. Life is in 3D, so why not movies? With many new releases being advertised as in “Real 3D,” it seems that American audiences still enjoy going to a 3D movie at a theater, and I have to assume that they don’t mind wearing the glasses. I’m also told by people “in the business” that 3D screenings are very popular in other parts of the world such as Asia. That is why many of today’s films are either shot with 3D camera systems or converted (more often than not, done very well). Reading a movie credit crawl at a film’s end will tell if “stereoscopic” techniques were employed.
My wife and I have a collection of over 60 3D Blu-ray titles in our library that we very much enjoy watching on our Samsung UN65JS8500F TV, so it seems strange to me that the American for about $13.
