Now lets prepare the blogpost with a statement that I’m a big kid, I love Toy Story and have seen it bloody loads, I’ve got the DVD and have been watching with anticipation the updates of Toy Story 3…
When the announcement was made that Toy Story 1 and 2 had been redone in 3D and would be shown as a double feature, I was quite excited, having been impressed with the 3dness of Monsters VS Aliens I was looking forward to seeing what it can add to a classic film such as Toy Story.
For some reason or other things changed and the releases of Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D would be separated to build up a bit of buzz for Toy Story 3 (as if any was needed?)..
So lets start off with a bit of background… An adult ticket for a film on a Friday night is now £6.80… which is a load of crap in the first place…. almost £7 to watch a film… THEN I notice that the signs at Vue have changed… its now extra to watch a 3D film….. £3 extra infact (oh and if you go to an adults only showing (i.e. after 11pm) its an extra £1 (up from 50p!)) So my ticket was £8.80 to watch a film I’d first seen about 13 years ago… but in 3d!!!!!!
So the 3d… well the most impressive piece of 3d animation was the spongebob sqaurepants bit at the start asking me to turn my phone off… many reviews have stated that the 3d effect was subtle and gives more emphasis to things like Woody’s solitude when Buzz arrives….. to me that’s a load of crap, if I’m paying to see a film I’ve already seen but in 3D, I don’t want the effect to be subtle, I want the effect to be so in your face I have to stop myself from ducking out of the way of a flying Buzz so I don’t look like a tosser to the five year old sat next to me… (I’m kidding, I have a policy of only going to the cinema when kiddies are supposed to be asleep.
My recommendation, buy the Toy Story DVD, Get some clingfilm and wrap it around your tv everynow and then so the picture isn’t blurry but is well on its way and sit there…
I’m not trying to take anything away from the film, its still fantastic and I don’t mind seeing it again on a big picture but 3D it was not and 3D was what I paid for….
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I must admit I was a bit apprehensive as to whether toy story redone in 3D would be any good, guess it’s not.
I was very impressed with Final Destination 3D when I saw it last week however. It was good to the point I ducked out the way when nails flew out the screen at me, and one or two of the gory death scenes looked far better in 3D than I imagine they would’ve done otherwise.
On the pricing, I go to the cinema so rarely (and still have a student card) I don’t mind paying that extra bit (and then a bit more for 3D!), but I can see how charging half would get more people in. Thankfully there’s always the pirate option for films that don’t look like a MUST SEE on the big screen.
That’s a real shame, I was looking forward to going to see this as the first 3D movie I’d seen, I’m guessing I’ll hold off and wait for Up or Avatar instead.
So much for CGI animation films being a great basis to create a 3D film from!
Wonder how it will compare to Up?
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My local cinema, digital state of the art, in a small Shropshire market town charges £4.50 adult for all new release has a bar & cafe (but no popcorn machine-hurrah no noisy eaters!) and is run by volunteers, but makes it’s way financially. http://www.festivaldraytoncentre.com/
I’ve so far had the priviledge of seeing one film in 3D, that being Coraline. We went to see it at the local Cineworld, and since we’re both Unlimited card holders we only had to pay the 1.50 premium.
The effect of the 3d on that was subtle but noticable. Since the damn thing was such a good stoey *anyway*, the 3D didn’t really do much apart from become a strand of the presentation. It worked, and didn’t feel unnatural.
I had this feeling Toy Story would be a disappointment, and so I’m not really surprised by this post. I’m a big kid myself (hell, I watched freakazoid underneath the covers last night), but I’ll give this one a miss.
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