Alas, yesterday, I saw no goose named Gertrude!Yesterday afternoon we did go to see the 3D showing of the new Journey to the Center of the Earth. The plot was not outstanding but it was a wise move for them to take it out of the Jules Verne era. There was more than a faint didactic mention of praise for the act of reading; that's something not common in a summer movie.
I'm taking the time here not to showcase the movie but the technology. This isn't the 3-D of your parents ... or depending on your age, the 3-D movie experience of your grandparents! I imagine the extra $3 over standard tickets was something to do with the polarized glasses a viewer can take when leaving. Those specs were not much larger than my present prescription lenses but they fit over my own and did not interfere with the show.
The movie, of course, had typical 3-D shots. Who couldn't appreciate the effect of dinosaur drool splashing down on them? Yet, I was quite happy just seeing the closeups of the characters. It is so much more immersive when it feels like you could actually reach out and grab a person's head; not that I'd suggest that in real life unless you know them quite well!
I just had to look up the technology behind Real D. It's interesting to see the whole process is digital. It's probably the 72 frames per second which prevented me from leaving the cinema with a traditional 3-D headache. The company seem positioned to increase its presence in the marketplace. Working with Disney is a plus for them.
Now, I'm ready to watch see something like this at home on the flat panel. We'd all put up with having to adorn glasses if it meant a journey into the third dimension.