I currently have Monster House, Open Season and a Narnia movie, don’t remember which one exactly. All these three came with the bluray player and have nicely implemented 3D.
I hear some movies have attrocious 3d (Clash of the titans), while some others are ok but nothing to get too excited about.
What movies are there with nicely implemented 3D?
Not a movie, but Cave of Forgotten Dreams is simply amazing. Very well worth the money IMO.
A very good movie, but a warning: the scenes inside the cave were done with a very low-resolution camera (necessary due to restrictions placed upon visitors to the cave… reminded me of Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”). The 3D is still amazing, and the switch between hi-res outside/low-res inside actually enhances the feeling of entering the past. Quite worthwhile, and this one film IMO justifies 3D movies. I always laugh when movie reviewers say 3D needs to be killed off, yet give this one high marks when its effectiveness is precisely because of the 3D.
I have always liked 3D technologies, so I’ve picked up a lot of the 3D Blu Rays out there. In general, the CG animated films have good-to-excellent 3D, so they’re not listed below.
Best of my collection: Tron: Legacy, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Coraline, Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite les Folies (really surprising how effective 3D can be for a live concert), the IMAX documentaries, Resident Evil: Extinction. Tron is the showcase film for my set-up.
Middling: Captain America, Thor, Green Lantern, Step Up 3D, the softcore stuff from German distributor Intimate Film (actual content is poor, but the 3D is quite decent), Piranha 3D, Nightmare before Christmas. All good, but not eye-popping. Considering some of these weren’t filmed in native 3D, it’s actually kind of amazing that it’s pulled off as well as it is.
Low: Green Hornet, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011 (the 3D is perfectly fine, but the obvious appeal of 3D in this title isn’t exploited), Conan, Clash of the Titans, Drive Angry (which is okay, and was filmed in native 3D, but it’s just not used to good effect).
My father-in-law got a 3D TV a couple of months ago, and the only one I’ve personally watched on it was Tangled, which I thought was good, especially the floating lanterns. We’re getting them Beauty and the Beast for Christmas, which has been very well reviewed, so it should be a good one.
Tron Legacy is really good (especially the menu screens) and Coraline is good also.
Another really good one with great animation and 3D f/x was Gnomeo & Juliet.
The movie itself left much to be desired but the 3D was really good. Some of the nightime scenes looking over a backyard lawn at ground level were perfect as the ground just stretched away from you.
There’s a surfing one that I watch for free on Comcast On-Demand that’s excellent also.