THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA will be post-converted into 3D: set phasers to “rage”
THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA will be post-converted into 3D: set phasers to “rage”
Jul 15
This comes straight from the bad news department: Marvel Studios is planning on converting two of its biggest 2011 films into 3D in post-production, Thor and Captain America (annoyingly subtitled The First Avenger). This bodes ill for people who don’t like 3D, people who specifically didn’t like the 3D in Alice In Wonderland or Clash Of The Titans, and people who are obsessed with continuity, who will inevitably bemoan the sudden addition of an extra dimension halfway through the Avengers intro film series (The Incredible Hulk and the Iron Man films were in regular-D, remember?).
Kenneth Branagh — Kenneth fucking Branagh — is quoted as saying “We came to feel that in our case 3D could be the very good friend of story and character for a different kind of experience.” He’s in charge of Thor; what does Captain America director Joe Johnston have to say? He’s more pessimistic on the subject, but he does reckon “pictures that deserve to be in 3D will continue to be [in 3D].” (Go here for full quotes.)
I guess this means Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie will also be in 3D, in which case it already has two strikes against it in my mind.
Thor comes down from Valhalla on 6 May 2011 in the US; Captain America re-starts World War 2 on 22 July 2011; both in delicious / disgusting 3D (depending on your preferences).
