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2D or not 2D
Oct. 26th, 2015 08:23 pmI saw The Martian twice. The first time in 2D, because there was an unidentified "technical fault". I felt I was missing a lot by seeing it in 2D. But I had a free ticket so I saw it in 3D.
It's a great film. Go and see it if you haven't yet. Ideally in 3D.
I don't say that about all films.
One of the 3D trailers was MockingJay. I found the backgrounds jarring. They looked like early 3D games. The main parts of the image are in 3D but the details aren't and the details are what matter. So we have a building in the background that looks like a photograph. Walls that may have an angle but they are perfectly flat and smooth. There's a scene in a ballroom or something and it's clear that a bit more effort has been made to get lamps at a different depth but they look like cardboard cutouts rather than real things.
The Martian was filmed in 3D. 3D cameras that capture the extra information themselves. As we pan across the Mars habitat's desk, we see a Rubik's cube and juggling balls and pens and equipment. All of it has depth and texture. But it's not jsut that. The Hermes corridors flows past us as we follow an astronaut through the ship. A 2D television screen blends smoothly into a 3D live press conference. Ridley Scott uses that extra dimension to impress us. And the shots of Mars are stunning!
Seeing it a second time I could focus on other aspects. The music. The music is an important part of the film. Much of it is Disco! Tied into the plot in a charming way.
More movies on their way this winter. Spectre is the next one. MockingJay after that, and I hear there's another installment of that cheesy 70's space movie.
It's a great film. Go and see it if you haven't yet. Ideally in 3D.
I don't say that about all films.
One of the 3D trailers was MockingJay. I found the backgrounds jarring. They looked like early 3D games. The main parts of the image are in 3D but the details aren't and the details are what matter. So we have a building in the background that looks like a photograph. Walls that may have an angle but they are perfectly flat and smooth. There's a scene in a ballroom or something and it's clear that a bit more effort has been made to get lamps at a different depth but they look like cardboard cutouts rather than real things.
The Martian was filmed in 3D. 3D cameras that capture the extra information themselves. As we pan across the Mars habitat's desk, we see a Rubik's cube and juggling balls and pens and equipment. All of it has depth and texture. But it's not jsut that. The Hermes corridors flows past us as we follow an astronaut through the ship. A 2D television screen blends smoothly into a 3D live press conference. Ridley Scott uses that extra dimension to impress us. And the shots of Mars are stunning!
Seeing it a second time I could focus on other aspects. The music. The music is an important part of the film. Much of it is Disco! Tied into the plot in a charming way.
More movies on their way this winter. Spectre is the next one. MockingJay after that, and I hear there's another installment of that cheesy 70's space movie.
