First up, Disney is giving us Beauty and the Beast: 3D. Following the success of Disney's 3D re-release of The Lion King, Disney announced that they're going to be converting and re-releasing four of their recent classic animated films. Well...2 Disney films and 2 Pixar films. The first one out of the gate is Beauty and the Beast. (The others are Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and The Little Mermaid).
Weird thing about Beauty and the Beast is that this was supposed to be Disney's first 3D conversion. It was supposed to come out 2 years ago...way back in the spring of 2010. But for reasons never disclosed, it was postponed. Couldn't have been because of technical limitations...it's already played overseas! So Disney's been sitting on this for a while for some reason.
Anyway, Lion King 3D convinced them that they can pull this off, so they're finally releasing Beauty and the Beast 3D. It hits theatres on January 13.
I love the movies of James Cameron. Here's a guy that's dedicated to pushing the limits of filmmaking technology to realize his vision. In fact, we can thank him for 3D films for being all the rage, thanks to his last film, Avatar. When it became the #1 movie of all time, naturally folks would start thinking that 3D is here to stay.
Well, let's not forget, before Avatar became the #1 film of all time, the record was held by Titanic, also by James Cameron. I love the story of how Titanic came to be. Shipwrecks is Cameron's thing. He loves diving to them. And he always wanted to see the wreck of the Titanic. So one day he said, "Hey. I should make a movie about the Titanic. I can convince a movie studio that I need to film the wreck for the film, and get them to foot the bill." So, he walked into a Hollywood producer's office and said, "How's this? Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic." He came out with a blank cheque and the rest is history.
Not gonna lie...I like Titanic. I think it was the first film that used all of modern special effects to recreate a historical period. Like most of Cameron's films, I respect it for its technical achievments. I've blogged before that my completely arbirtary made-up tradition is I watch it every New Year's Day. Because hey, why not? That being said, though, a 3D conversion is not enough for me to go back to theatres to watch it.
Titanic 3D hits theatres on April 6, 2012, just in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking.
And lastly, we come to one of the most beloved film franchises of all...but we're starting with its most reviled film. When 3D starting becoming big, of course George Lucas said, "Hey! I think I know what I'm going to do for the next special edition changes to the Star Wars films!" And he announced he'd be converting all 6 Star Wars films to 3D. He'd release one a year, starting in 2012. And he'd be starting with the first one in numerical order which means...we're starting with The Phantom Menace.
Look, I've said it before and I'll say it again. I seem to have become completely burnt out on Star Wars. 10, nay, 5 years ago, a trailer like this would have given me goosebumps. But now...nothing. I feel nothing towards this.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D hits theatres on February 12.
Now, that being said, I would kind of like to see this trailer in 3D. Not the whole film...just this trailer. Mainly because it evokes memories of the trailer for the Special Editions from back in 1997.
Wouldn't that trailer be fantastic to see in 3D? With the images in the TV in the middle of the screen being in 2D, and then the X-Wing flies out in 3D? Yeah...that would be awesome.
So I'd like to see the trailer in 3D...but not the movie.
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