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3D is wonderful if you like an expensive way of seeing films darker, out of focus, and often headache inducing. Not one 3D film made is better from the use of the technology. The effects remain in the Three Stooges "throw an object at the camera" level, and every 3D picture made looks sharper and brighter in 2D.

While the paralax shift tricks your brain into feeling that things are nearer or farther away, your eyes must remain focussed on the plane of the screen, confusing more than 20% of all people who view 3D films and television. This gimmick to lure people away from TV and back into movie theaters was a failure more than 50 years ago and nothing has been done to upgrade the failed technology.

It remains a method to increase the revenue without increasing the value. Why bother to write a good script, hire performers who can act and directors and editors who are artists when you can make things go "boom" and earn more money?

No thank you.

Addressing the subject of this thread: I have bought a few Criterion Blu-rays, and many (but not all) Disney Blu-ray versions of animated works. There are some films I want in the clearest medium available, and others I care little about (not a fan of Cars).

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I have been, or will be, picking up all of the classic Disney cartoons on blu-ray, as well as the Pixar films and the Studio Ghibli films.  I could care less about the vast majority of the cheapquels, so I won't bother with those on blu (I don't own most of them on DVD).

Criterion is a bit trickier - I want the complete collection (sans like two), so if I don't own it already I'm picking it up on blu-ray.  But since there are so many that I don't own yet, I'm not upgrading unless it's a particular favorite film of mine, it comes in my shop where I can trade it out, or the blu-ray is already slated to go oop.  I just picked up Kes today, but at the same shop are blus of Amarcord, Fat Girl, & Charade, which I already have on DVD.  If at some point I get all the films I'm missing, then I'll upgrade the DVD copies.

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For me, if it's Disney and I'm missing it, I'll upgrade (though there was one double dip because buying made you eligible for something else they were offering) to the 4 disco combo version. That way I can still watch the dvd, but will eventually be able to see the features when I go blu. However, I'm not going to double dip just for blu ray. I feel like Disney spent a lot of time upgrading the ones I do have and they'll look just fine on the blu player.

As for Criterion, I haven't bought any in blu. I've watched several but only liked a handful. I can see why they chose the movies to give the special treatment too, but most aren't to my taste. If there were any that were released that I was interested in, I'd probably buy the best version of it.

As for 3D, I've only watched about 2 movies that I've really enjoyed in 3D. I think the key iBlu Ray. that the movie has to be made for it. Not just as an afterthought. Saw Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D and it sucked. What they added was hard to see and kind of gave me a headache trying to spot. But Journey to the Center of the Earth ,which they filmed that way and made effort to use 3D, turned out great. The dinosaur really felt like it was going to drool on you. But watching it at home, I prefer the 2D version, much more watchable like that without the paper glasses.

I did not even know that they had Nightmare before Cristmas and Dinasours in 3D, I want them.