Captain America: The First Avenger (in 3D, unfortunately)

[zinnith]

I finally got to see Captain America last night. The American film industry hates Sweden and doesn't want us to get to see any movies. (According to my guy, it's the Russians' fault for releasing so many cams, but I couldn't really follow his logic...)

I'll keep it spoiler-free by just saying that it I enjoyed it and that there were many nice shots of Chris Evans' bare chest and that I wish there had been more screen time for the Howling Commandos (Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan, need I say more?). I haven't read the comics, just The Avengers, so I don't really have a personal relationship with the character (except for how much I ship him with Iron Man. Really, they should just get married right now. 'Cause, you know, Steve is a nice wholesome boy and wouldn't want to live in sin. Even if Tony definitely would want to. A lot of sin.) Now I can't wait for The Avengers movie next year!



I have impaired vision. Not so much that it interferes with my daily life, except for how often I have to clean my glasses. It only becomes problematic when I have to look in binoculars or microscopes and, you guessed it, look at 3D images. Those magic pictures you get in magazines, I can't see at all and the same went for the nifty topographic maps we used when I studied Geography at uni. I have found that I can see 3D movies if I hold my head perfectly still in one position for the duration of the movie. It works, but I really prefer not to, because it gives me a headache and a wry neck.

So why not just go see the film in 2D instead? I guess I could, but then I would have to go to Stockholm. Because where I live, they only show Captain America in 3D. And I don't even know why. It wasn't that impressive. Transformers in 3D was pretty cool, but this one? Didn't really win all that much on it.

The result was that I got to pay 20 percent more on my ticket price for something that I didn't even want and made me need to go home and pop some ibuprofen afterwards because my head was killing me. And I could at least see the damn thing. I'm pretty sure there are people with different visual impairments than mine that wouldn't even be able to do that. So they don't get to see the film at all (unless they want to dish out the additional money to go to Stockholm and back.)

And people wonder why the Russians (according to my guy, who has food poisoning at the moment and might not have been entirely coherent when I talked to him yesterday) release all those cams?

Comments

[hildejohanne.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten around to watching it yet, hopefully during the next week. I'm also very fortunate to have to choice of 3D and 2D. Ålesund kino shows both, so I'm opting for the 2D. Many people say they get nauseous or get a headache when they watch 3D, so I'm sticking to the 2D! I'm not at all familiar with the universe, I've only read Nix' amazing ff :)

*pssst! What are cams?*

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Heh, cams are pirated copies videotaped at the movie theatre and released online. Usually not that great in quality, but sometimes watchable if you can't wait or don't want to see the movie at the cinema. (Not that I would know from personal experience or anything...*cough*)

I really liked the movie and I would have liked it even better if it had been available in 2D! I'm a comic book nerd as well as a tv nerd, so I always look forward to the Marvel movies. I think I've seen them all at the cinema, except for Thor, which my guy acquired through other means...

[sarahj2222.livejournal.com]

Oh, a fellow "can't see 3-D" person...See if you can find a post I
made about 6 months ago. I, too,, am visually challenged.
I am beginning a program designed to help my eyes to focus at the
New York Optometric Center as we speak. They won't focus there but
I'm supposed to get trained there to get my eyes to work right.
If focussing is an issue for you maybe get a copy of Fixing my Gaze
by Susan R. Barry.
I'll write more off-line.
Regards. Selma

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Cool, I hope the program can help you!

My issue isn't so much that I can't see 3D - it's not a big deal to me and it doesn't have much of an impact on my life. I think the problem is when there are no other options offered, especially in places like movie theaters that should be accessible to everyone (at least here in Sweden).

[ariadne83]

Yeah, I can't watch 3D movies because they trigger motion sickness /o\

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I've heard that can happen too. I wish people wouldn't assume that everyone always wants the newest and the coolest :(