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post #31 of 37
12/15/04 at 10:22am
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It seems everyone who sees it flat comes away less than impressed, but nearly everyone who's seen the 3-D version can't say enough good things about it.
The technology shouldn't make a film "better", so if you liked the IMAX version, then you should like the flat version (unless you were only impressed by the fact that it was shown in 3D).
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post #32 of 37
12/15/04 at 12:43pm
I saw the flat version.

And, the best part of all: my wife and I had the theater ALL to ourselves.
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post #33 of 37
12/15/04 at 2:13pm
The 3-D technology made me enjoy the film far more than I would have in 2-D, and that seems to be the case with most people...even Roger Ebert agreed, which was a shocker.

Technology should never be the only reason to see a film, but that doesn't mean it doesn't help ones enjoyment.

GONE WITH THE WIND was made more spectacular by Technicolor; THE ROBE is more interesting in CinemaScope than when cropped and/or panned and scanned. POLAR EXPRESS is cooler in IMAX 3-D. Taking the color, widescreen or 3-D away from these films would make them suffer.

At least the 3-D was used more like the 50s films; for depth and realism and not just for pointing sticks at the camera like the 80s movies were. Seen flat, there is still something to see....it just isn't as fun.
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post #34 of 37
12/15/04 at 3:37pm
I've seen both versions. It's a good movie either way, but in 3D it's an amazing experience.
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post #35 of 37
12/24/04 at 7:44pm
As it continues to chug along at the box office, an interesting look into the marketing campaign behind Polar Express:

http://www.slate.com/id/2111391/
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post #36 of 37
12/25/04 at 4:17pm
I waited until to day to see it in imax. Christmas day is usually pretty quiet for me, so it was a nice activity.

Wow.

Big thumbs up. I hope they bring it back next year.
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post #37 of 37
1/12/05 at 3:56pm
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I did notice something though. Since I had already seen it before, I payed more attention to the acting and trying to figure out why the figures looked so "stiff" and "corpses-like"...

The figures didn't BLINK!

I'm not sure what you are talking about but I just saw parts of this again and there was definitely a lot of blinking going on.

~Edwin
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