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4. See the 2D Version Instead of the 3D

Nope, I failed miserably at this one. There has only been one instance in which I saw the 2D version of a film while the 3D version was still playing in the same theater. That was the second time I saw Cars 2. I know, I panned that movie in my recent review here on SlashGear, but I have been wanting to take my son to his first movie, and this was the best fit. He’s already familiar with the characters, and even bad Pixar is better than the worst children’s movies around. So, I went the first time to screen the movie, to make sure it wouldn’t freak him out too badly. Then, when I took him a week later, we did not go to the 3D version.

The 3D version was being shown in the XD theater, which is Cinemark’s brand of IMAX-like big-picture / booming-sound auditorium. The 2D version was being shown in a tiny little hole in the wall. The last theater at the end of the hall. It would be much easier to keep this resolution if 2D movies got the same respect that 3D movies got. But, of course, there is far more money to be made in higher-priced 3D tickets, so those movies will always command the larger screen.

I have to say that in even the worst examples of 3D movies , it was never the 3D that bothered me. I would like to think that my nifty Oakley 3D Gascan glasses, with the Tron-blue trim, helped, but that’s probably because I spent more than $100 on those stupid glasses and I have to justify the price to myself somehow.

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