3D V 2D Part Deux

I am not a 3D fan. 3D movies make my head hurt after a while. They are great as the occasional treat, but not a steady diet. It's like eating sweets all the time, your teeth will rot. Sometimes I feel like my head will rot. I've already mentioned in part 1 the poor mums who have to do this with their kids to see the newest Disney princess.

What I haven't mentioned and my huge pet hate is retro-fitted 3D - think Alice in Wonderland and Clash Of the Titans 3BloodyD. Alice in Wonderland wasn't a bad film and it should have been a great Tim Burton vision. It would have been visually stunning in 2D - the costumes, the characters, the Tim Burton weirdness, etc. But in 3D, it was just annoying. I kept taking off the glasses as I wasn't engaged and the movie is long which is always worse. I remember going to see the Polar Express at the Imax - those freaky eyes and motion capture. I left with a raging headache. Plus it had Tom Hanks in it. Can't bear his movies, but that's another story. Enough to make me run screaming from the cinema (except that an Imax cinema is impressive in scale and scope).

Anyhoo, I haven't seen Clash of the Titans yet because you normally get a 3D and a 2D option, but not it appears on this movie. I loved the original Clash Of the Titans *mourns the non-use of Bubo in 2010 version*. I may bite the bullet this weekend and go anyway because it really is a big screen movie, no matter how bad it is.

Take Avatar, and quite frankly I wish someone would. It was visually absolutely stunning. You could see James Cameron's vision all over the screen, but the story was sooo hokey! Conceived and filmed in 3D, he knew what he wanted and waited until the technology caught up. 2 3/4 hours is a helluva vision, but you have to admire his tenacity and budget.

Anyway I digress - I usually do.

The Turin Shroud is being displayed for six weeks after Easter, and you'll never guess what is being sold to view it with - yep 3D glasses. They are being sold for £1.80 a pair. They probably picked them up from Cineworld. Apparently they aid the visual. I'm sure they are collected on the way out thereby maximising profit and conning people into thinking they are helping the environment by recycling. Of course Catholic church authorities have condemned this, but then what don't they condemn - oh yes the molestation of children by priests.

One thing for sure, I won't be lining up to pay my money to a) see the Shroud or b) pick up a pair of 3D glasses on the way in. Happy viewing!