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Topic: Ice Age 3 -3D
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Paul Adsett
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posted July 06, 2009 08:51 AM
Just goes to show that 3D cannot save a dull film. I liked Ice Age 1 and 2, but this one just did not have the charm of the first two, and I found the Manny character annoying this time around. Unfortunately, the film was also marred by the insertion of some crude adult humor. This may have gone over the heads of the younger kids, but it degrades any film aimed at the kid market. Why do they do it? Walt Disney films never resorted to crude humor just to get a cheap laugh, and Disney films were in fact aimed at audiences of all ages.
The 3D effect was good, but did nothing to save this film.
Incidentally, the previews before the film reminded me of why today's cinema is so hard to enjoy. It was like entering a war zone! All those totally overworked explosion effects for just about every scene cut in all the trailers - just noise, noise, noise! My brain was rattling after six trailers. Is this what today's generation likes? If so count me out! Thank God for Super 8, DVD and classic films!
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Osi Osgood
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posted July 06, 2009 02:19 PM
I totally agree, Paul ....
... but sadly, Hollywood, as any other business that wants to make a profit these days, uses the same demographics and charts to market and that market is largely, it is the teen group.
teens like fart jokes and lots of naughty "skin" bouncing about. That is what settles for comedy and humor in our day and age.
Disney has been getting progressively naughtier for decades. The first obvious slide downhill was in "The Black Hole" interestingly enough.
There's the scene where Maximillian and Vincent (the robots) are battling near the end, and there is first, a shot
of the mid-section of Maximillian. The next shot is of something that resembles, to a tee, and erect form of the "Male anatomy" (in fact, I remember Disney got a little flack for that
back then).
Now, trust me, I'm no prude, and I noticed it from the first time I watched the film. I thought I was nuts however, until I had my Grandma over and we watched some films (this was back in the late 1980's) and I showed "The Black Hole"
Grandma was annoyed after that reel ended. I had forgotten about that little scene and I asked her why she was so upset.
" I didn't like that penis on that robot. "
What embarrassment! Even Grandma noticed, and I know she isn't the type to go out of her way to look for that.
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Paul Adsett
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posted July 09, 2009 07:25 PM
The whole history of 3D movies seems to be that they go in 15 or 20 year cycles, where they are a popular novelty for a short period of time, but people eventually get fed up with them. I think this is because 3D never seems to be used for really major dramatic motion pictures, but are relegated to kids and teen movies.
The present system, 'Real D - 3D', uses circularly polarized glasses, and is unquestionably the best commercial system yet with superb 3D effect. It definately has a lot of potential, but unless it is used effectively on a big blockbuster movie, it will probably remain as a novelty.
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