On film: tech vs character

[cxc]

Happy New Year, ladies and gentlemen.

I read an article in the New York Times which very briefly outlined the history of 3D cinema. The main point of the article, though, was that 3D will only be 'here to stay' when it moves beyond being a gimmick. He doesn't really get into whether Hollywood treats it as such or people perceive it as such, and

Comments

[stoopidfresh]

I can't take any reviewer seriously when they talk about the potential for 3D unless they've studied the classic, "Disco Dolls in Hot Skin".

[aniline]

"We enter the film identifying with the human figures; by the end we have shifted our allegiance to the animated characters and have accepted the stereoscopic effects as part of their world, rather than intrusions on ours."

I can't take anything this guy says seriously with a sentence like this.

[aniline]

I bet this guy is also waiting for the "Citizen Kane of video games".