Has anyone seen this? Is the 3D better than the preview during the Superbowl.
I’m a sucker for 3D, but was underwhelmed with the display during the Superbowl and the follow-up of Chuck. It didn’t seem to work for me (nor anyone else at my house that night.)
Is it only in 3D at some theaters, or at all showings?
I don’t think all theaters are equipped for the 3D, so check the listings.
My kids really want to see this, so I’ll be back with a review! Reviews are mixed- Ebert gave it a pretty harsh going-over, but he’s really turned into a bitchy old queen lately so he’s not the gold standard resource he once was…
ETA- the 3D in the theater is pretty good, although Ebert points out that colors are more vivid in 2D… Young kids might not like wearing the glasses but mine did fine for the 3D in Coraline and Journey to the Center of the Earth. The DVD versions in 3D suck, though, so don’t waste $$$ on them- get the 2D widescreens…
The 3D used in theaters these days is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the crappy old two-color method that they used for the superbowl commercials. They use polarization at theaters and you still have to wear glasses but they are polaroid filters which don’t distort the colors and the 3D looks really good to me. I saw Coraline in 3D the other day and they showed a preview for Monster vs Aliens and the 3D looked quite good in that preview.
Caught a sneak preview of Monsters v. Aliens last night with the girlfriend. I don’t have kids, so I haven’t seen an animated movie since probably The Incredibles (edit: whoops - forgot Wall-E). I haven’t seen any 3D movies since Jaws III, and didn’t get the glasses for the Super Bowl commercial. The writing is certainly not done by Brad Bird, and won’t be getting any really high praises. But the movie was fun, there were some very funny moments and exchanges, and I really enjoyed it.
The 3D was a lot of fun. I saw it at the IMAX theater here, and think that the hugeness may have taken a bit off of the effects. My eyes had a little trouble adjusting, and things occuring in the corners of the screen were blurry until I focused on them. But after about 20 minutes, things were fine for me. I’d be curious to hear from anyone that manages to see the movie in both IMAX and regular theaters to see if there is a difference.
Yeah. I am taking my sons to the Sunday matinee at a 3d showing. We are going to the same theater where we saw Meet The Robinsons in 3D and I was floored by how good 3D has become.
It’s nothing like we grew up with. There’s literally no comparison.
I really want to see it in 3D, but the closest iMax is at least an hour’s drive away. I am not *that *vested in seeing it. So if it isn’t in 3D at the regular theater, I guess I’ll miss it.
It might be- our regular-screen gigaplex has one or two 3D projectors that they use.
There are several 3D movies in the pipeline to be released over the next year, so more theaters are installing the projection equipment needed. Several months ago, only two of the five closest theaters to me was able to show 3D movies. Now, all five theaters are equipped.
I saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D a while back, and the 3D effect was decent, but not nearly as good as Coraline and the Monsters vs. Aliens preview looked. I think the completely CGI movies work best, though Coraline was stop-motion and it looked very good.
Like others have mentioned, the 3-D in theatres these days uses polarized lenses (gray and gray) and looks fantastic.
The stuff they used for the superbowl was the blue/red lenses (old style) which is crap.
Apparently the good polarized lens 3-D system can not be used with televisions. It has something to do with requiring the background silver/white screen movies are projected onto which TVs don’t have.
Well, normal televisions can’t polarize the images as is needed to be able to use the polarized lenses. So, yeah, the red/green or the blue/amber (which is what the Superbowl commercial and Chuck used) filters are the only way to do it on normal televisions.
There are various technologies being developed (actually I believe some are already available but they are not widespread) for 3D televisions.
I saw the movie today, and I loved it. The story was great and the 3D effects were well done. I have to say that from the previews I figured it was Tim Curry as Dr. Cockroach, but I was pleasantly surprised to find he is voiced by Hugh Laurie.
I am a 3D geek, so if you don’t want geekery, skip this paragraph. The 3D used for this movie is done by RealD 3D. They use circularly polarized lenses so if you tilt your head while watching the movie, it’s still ok. The old type of polarization is still used and suffers if you tilt your head (or if the glasses are manufactured poorly and one of the lenses is off by a degree or something). As far as bringing 3D into the home, the industry believes that it will be gaming that leads the way. Current solutions are computer monitors such as the Zalman Trimon, or the iZ3D and most recently the nVidia 3D Vision (coming to a retailer soon). Currently the most affordable is the iZ3D monitor at $329 from newegg (I’m getting one as soon as I get out of this unemployment slump). If you have any other questions or just want to chat about 3D stuff, PM me.
Just got back from seeing it in 2D. I enjoyed it immensely… I’ll probably go back to see it in 3D. I’m a huge fan of just the kind of movies that inspired it, so (other than 6 year old kids) I’m the perfect demographic that they were aiming for!
Saw it on Friday. My impression was lightweight fun but not another Incredibles or Toy Story. I saw it in traditional 2D, and now I hear that it’s much better in 3D? Maybe I’ll have to give it a try.
One thing I wondered about: even though Susan Murphy a.k.a. Ginormica is just under fifty feet tall, she spends much of the movie in surroundings where it’s not obvious how big she is. In the government facility and the alien spaceship, she might as well be normal size and everyone else small. And the movie goes out of it’s way to point out that big as she is she’s still tiny compared to Insectosaurus or the alien robot probes. Was this deliberate on the part of the movie makers?
Just got back from seeing the 3D version. It was fantastic! And all the previews I saw were in 3D too. Pixar has a new one coming out in May called “Up” that looks great, there’s a 3D “Ice Age” new one coming out, some space movie (Battle For Terra?) and some other one I can’t recall. Looks like the technology is really catching on!
The visuals in “Monsters” are awesome, the best 3D I’ve ever seen, and this is in a regular theater, not an Imax.
Highly recommended, if for the thrill ride factor alone.
I plan to see this - in 2D. I can’t see 3D (I can see out of both eyes, but can’t resolve a 3D image. Yes, this has been confirmed by an optician.) This whole 3D fad looks like a plot to raise the price of a theater ticket and I fear that there are going to be films opening only in 3D. So if I want to see the film, I’ll have to wear the stupid 3D glasses over my regular glasses over an eye patch to I can reduce it to a 2D image.
ARGH!
Just saw it today.It’s OK. I loved the movie references, especially as I’m a big fan of 1950s monster flicks. The ones that were in there were great, but it could’ve used more. (My favorite is the reference to The Amazing Colossal Man near the very beginning that echoes the scene with the hypodermic in that film.)
Leave it to the horror movie purist nerd to point that out!
I’m not sure how the regular 3D version compares to the IMAX 3D version, but I saw the IMAX 3D version. It was the most amazing 3D I’ve seen to date. It was basically like a motion ride without the seats moving. But it’s an action flick - the visuals were the best part of the film, and the story was a little weak. So I don’t know if seeing it in 2D/regular size would be anywhere near as good an experience.
As a movie, it’s pretty average.
The thing I find about Dreamworks animated movies, as that they use quite a lot of anachronistic humour, in that a character will suddenly start talking like a black person and hey, isn’t that funny. Or slapstick comedy which doesn’t really have a plot point (for example, the access to the brain, for those that have seen it)
I find Pixar make much more satisfying and funny movies. Comparing this to Wall-E is like comparing Cheez Whix to a mature Cheddar.
I would compare it to Loony Toons. For instance, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century.
Personally I thought the movie was great, but then I was always more a Loony Toons guy than a Disney guy.