Going to see Titanic tonight. Anyone else super excited to watch DiCaprio drown in 3-D?
I love movies. I love plays. And don’t get me started on musicals. But when I hear that Hollywood is bringing a movie back, that’s been out of the theaters for decades, and charging us $20+ dollars to see it in 3-D, pisses me off.
So what, you get to see a massive ship strike a fake iceberg, it’s still a fake iceberg just in 3-D. Did you stop and think you’ll also get to see Billy Zane’s really really bad toupee in 3-D, and if you’re lucky in IMAX with THX surround sound. (just in case those nylon hair wisps make any kind of synthetic sound). And let’s not forget the 3-D yellow teeth of the actor who played the Titanic captain as he yells, “ICEBERG”.
But when you really boil it down, there are some advantages I guess. Just think about it, you’ll also get to see the late Bill Paxton’s ravishing good looks in 3-D. And we’ll get to see Mr. DiCaprio sink to the icy depths of the Atlantic in all that 3-D glory. And that could very well be the reason to spend the $20+ and the additional $83 for a Titanic bucket of popcorn. But give me Stir Crazy, Silver Streak, The Producers, Young Frankenstein or any other Gene Wilder film, in 3-D and save me a seat.