Recent content by Jon Lidolt

When will Sony finally release the Columbia 3D movie Fort Ti? I saw it at a kiddie matinee (I was one myself when I saw it). The jam packed theatre absolutely loved this movie. If it wasn't nailed down it was hurled out of the screen at the screaming with delight audience: rocks, spears, arrows...

The movie industry continues to produce product in 3D and there are many oldies from the 50's and even the 60's that are great fun to watch. And don't forget that most human beings do actually see in 3 dimensions. I could also ask why we need color when you can still see the picture and follow...

I still have my 60" Panasonic plasma and won't give it up until it gives up the ghost. The image may not be as bright as the newer sets, but the picture is truly outstanding. It makes a movie look like a movie, not a TV show. And as for 3D, what's the problem? Most of us have two eyes and see in...

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You're wrong about that. Theatres all charged more for 3D in the 50's... they had to. For one thing you were given polaroid glasses (which you got to keep) to watch the movie with and then the projectionists union usually made the cinemas hire an extra projectionist for 3D presentations. 3D...

Very late in the game so-called Cinerama presentations such as MGM's Grand Prix (and a few other titles) were shot in spherical 70mm systems such as Super Panavision. These prints were not rectified for projection onto Cinerama screens but were still advertised as being Cinerama presentations...

This movie should have been nominated (and won) an Oscar for best special effects. I for one have never seen special effects like this, watching those shots of him on the wire actually made me feel queasy... it was that realistic - even though I knew that it was shot indoors in a studio. What...

It doesn't matter how many "K" a flat image has, it still won't have that looking out of a window (or into a mirror) effect that a 3-dimensional image will provide. Case in point: did a super high resolution 2 dimensional transparency shot on an 8X10 view camera ever give you that feeling? The...

I totally agree with that statement, especially The Road Warrior... great movie. I ran a popular rep cinema in Toronto many years ago and the audiences loved The Road Warrior. Always played to a full house.

I agree with your comment about the Dolby 3D system. It does pale in comparison to a polaroid 3D presentation, especially in relation to the color reproduction. If a movie is being presented in Dolby 3D, I will choose to see it in plain ole 2 dimensions and save a couple of bucks.

Smilebox would only add a distracting distortion to a feature shot in Todd-AO since only a few short sequences in the first two films were ever shot with the 120 degree wide angle lens. Whereas 3 panel Cinerama films took in a 146 degree field of view throughout the entire running time of the...

Todd-AO looked very distorted in its original deeply curved screen presentations. I know, I saw it projected this way. Smilebox would only add distortions to Around the World in 80 Days instead of enhancing it.

After viewing Gravity in 3-Dimensions on the massive IMAX screen I'm debating whether or not to purchase the 3D Blu-ray version since it's bound to disappoint. On the other hand, if you don't have an IMAX auditorium near you (and not everybody does), do yourself a favour and treat yourself to...

The shots with a noticeable ghost image are the ones with very high contrasts. You may have noticed this phenomenon in Dial M for Murder. There is street scene where the background is almost pitch black... the street lights are a bright white. The ghosting in these shots is very distracting...

I saw The Wizard of Oz in 3D IMAX last week and was amazed at how much I enjoyed it. In some sections I almost felt that I'd actually joined Dorothy on her journey through Oz. One man sitting near me commented that he could never watch this movie on TV ever again. His wife agreed. This...