A blog about 3D cinema

Background: World War Z is (loosely) based on a 2006 novel by Max Brooks. The book is a cracking read, and we were hoping the film would be just as outstanding as its source-material. The production of the film encountered multiple woes, all of which are well documented , but the first few trailers successfully dispelled most audience's doubts about the film. Indeed, in its first weekend, World War Z mightily exceeded all box-office expectations. Critics are divided on the film, while audiences are more generally positive towards horror and action pictures, so have dished out a healthy B+ CinemaScore. Post-Converted 3D: World War Z was shot in 2D, using Alexa cameras , and later post-converted into 3D by Prime Focus World. The firm delivered 2076 converted shots, assisted by 400 artists. The firm's website goes into great detail about the conversion, and when stereo firms rave about their own work we tend to listen. We've seen several projects recently where t...

This is a compilation of 3Defence's 3D film reviews. Hopefully the table below provides a quick resource to see all of our reviews at a glance, and also shows we're not overtly biased in one direction or the other between 2D and 3D versions of films*. Enjoy! Film Title What type of 3D? Which version to preserve? Edge Of Tomorrow Post-Converted 3D 2D X-Men: Days Of Future Past Native 3D 3 D Godzilla Post-Converted 3D 3 D The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Post-Converted 3D 3 D Captain America: The Winter Soldier Post-Converted 3D 2D Gravity Rendered 3D 3 D The Wizard Of Oz Post-Converted 3D 3 D Pacific Rim Post-Converted 3D 2D World War Z Post-Converted 3D 3 D Iron Man 3 Post-Converted 3D 2D Man Of Steel Post-Converted 3D 3 D Jurassic Park 3D Post-Converted 3D 2D Oz The Great And Powerful Native 3D 2D Life Of Pi Native 3D 3 D Bait 3D Native 3D 2D Frankenweenie Post-Converted 3D 3 D Dredd Native 3D 3 D Katy Perry: Part Of Me Both 2D The Amazing Spider-Man Native 3D ...

Background Obviously the third film in the series, Iron Man 3 is actually the fifth time we've seen Robert Downey Jr. play the role of Tony Stark. It's also the second time he's collaborated with the film's director, Shane Black. For the latest Stark instalment, the pair have conspired to chop the titular hero's ego down to size, perhaps hoping to provide a more likeable character arc than what Iron Man 2 offered us. We'll discuss plot points later though, for now, let's have a look at the third film's usage of 3D! How was it? Should you see it in 2D or 3D? We'll investigate below in our usual template-driven style, in the hopes you'll be able to make an informed movie-going decision. Post-Converted 3D Like The Avengers and Thor before it, Iron Man 3 was shot digitally, and post-converted into 3D. 3Defence's view of The Avengers was that the film greatly benefited from an extra dimension, and the movie-going public appeared t...

Background: To date, despite owning DC Comics' entire catalogue of superheroes, Warner Brothers have taken a small-scale - or at least self-contained - approach to their big-screen adaptations. Certainly their DC films have not been as far-reaching or synergistic as anything from Disney's Marvel-verse. Warners, seeing Marvel's successes - and perhaps fearing a time when The Hobbit  can't be split into any further films - promptly commissioned another blockbuster series from Christopher Nolan and his Dark Knight team. Taking on the Man Of Steel himself   is no small challenge .  The brief Warners likely gave was that the film needed to broadly introduce aliens to Earth, show Superman punching bad guys, and earn big Dark Knight -sized blockbuster grosses. Some challenge! Nolan promptly recruited 300 and Watchmen  " visionary " director Zack Snyder to helm the mayhem. The resulting film was released yesterday and 3Defence was there in a packed auditorium ...

Today Warner Brothers released the first trailer for their upcoming epic The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . It's filled with dramatic wide-angle shots and sword-bearing creatures leaping towards the camera. Even when viewed on YouTube, the footage looks devoid of motion-blur, very much like the 48fps HFR version will in theatres. Check out the trailer below: What do you make of the trailer? Are you excited to see an explosion of butterflies in 3D, or a waterfall scene at twice the frame rate of any waterfalls from the original trilogy? You'll be able to see the trailer in 24fps 3D this Friday, as it's likely attached to most Man Of Steel 3D prints.