Football fans watch the world’s first live 3D TV sports broadcast football match between Arsenal and Manchester Utd in the Railway Tavern in London. Picture: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire
IT is more realistic, it makes you feel closer to the action and you get to wear a silly pair of glasses.
But watching something in 3D is an expensive pastime and one which businesses in Jersey are still largely undecided on.
Over the last week hundreds of Islanders have joined a campaign to bring a 3D screen to Jersey’s only cinema, while Sky made history last weekend by screening the world’s first live football match in 3D.
Cineworld say that they are looking into installing 3D screens but have not indicated when.
Article posted on 4th February, 2010 - 2.58pm
20 Article Comments
Cineworld introduce 3D?
Lol, they can’t even run the current cinema properly.
Ridiculous system of lumping together the food/drink and tickets. The queues are now up to 20 minutes to get in now.
The films are not policed in anyway allowing kids to jump from film to film messing about and ruining filmgoers pleasure.
As for the prices of the food and drink…well we won’t go there will we? The JCRA certainly won’t, they said that the prices are the same in Cinemas all over Europe for food. Well that’s ok then!!!!!!
Before getting 3D maybe they should boot out Cineworld and get the guy who ran the Cine De France/Forum back.
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As the organiser of this campaign, i would firstly like to say thank you for publisizing the facebook group, ‘bring 3D to Cineworld Jersey’ the more members we have the stronger our case becomes.
I have emailed Cineworld making them aware of the group and our request, but as with this report, they have not yet offered a reply or time scale.
So thank you once again, and i hope that your article will bring many more members to our group.
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Oh grow up Jersey and show just a single scintilla of maturity, for heavens’ sake!
Or . . . could this be another jolly wheeze by this paper, attempting to drum up controversy along the lines of the tale of Jersey folks’ eagerness to learn the names of just which fabled celebrity was scheduled to turn on the Christmas lights?
Circulation figures must be down.
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gripping stuff(1),was listening to radio 4 , and did hear that you can legaly take your own food in to a cinema in the uk.
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David,
The UK? Does that include Jersey law?
Also it is their rules, not law. If a pub doesn’t want you in they can refuse you without reason. I would imagine Cineworld could sling you out for anything if they feel like it….taking your own food in included.
I do take my own grub in, they police it so little that I managed 3 cans of fosters in there tonight with no disturbance at all.
One thing in their defense, they have now put a separate queue again for tickets only and not food.
Unfortunately it was not manned tonight and I had to go into the food/drink queue.
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As someone who frequently travels to London I made a point of seeing Avatar in 3D at the Odeon Leicester Square.
The experience was remarkable, quite apart from being an astonishing film the 3 D experience was outstanding. The glasses are no longer the silly plastic affirs of old but are modern comfortable and high quality items.
The technology is now such that the 3 D experience appears real, in essence they have cracked it, my enjoyment was only marred by Tom Cruise sitting in front of me eating popcorn loudly and shouting ” how can he fancy her, she looks like a Smurf” every time the lead female charactert appeared.
Cineworld I tell you now, you will either embrace this technology or be left behing when Sky start 3D HD this summer, who would pay to go to the cinema to see a 2D film when they can stay home and watch 3D? the Sky 3D ad accompanying the film is amazing!!!
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While we are at it, can we please also have Indian (Hindi) movies shown at the cinema. For the few hundred asians and for any others keen on such films, this would be a real treat. Hopefully, Jimm can include this in any further communication with Cineworld!
Thanks all
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You won’t get a 3D screen put in if everyone brings their own food. They’ll say fine to the 3D screen, but the public will have to pay more for tickets. No one will want that so it looks like you won’t get a 3D screen!
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A 3D option would be nice, I haven’t tried it in the UK yet, but 2D in a decent cinema would be just as welcome.
Cineworld is terrible, and I can’t work out how they do a relatively easy job so badly.
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Comment 7 – Indian
Posted February 5, 2010 at 7:58 am While we are at it, can we please also have Indian (Hindi) movies shown at the cinema. For the few hundred asians and for any others keen on such films, this would be a real treat. Hopefully, Jimm can include this in any further communication with Cineworld!
Thanks all
Absolutely there are not enough minority films shown at the cinema. Can we also have Rashmad Achmid’s excellent short season on the Rashmani tribe’s mating rituals shown, it is a little known gem and I’m sure would be of interest to many. If Cineworld wants to make big money it needs to show minority interest films.
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I’ve watched a number of films in 3D and EVERY TIME it was a pointless experience.
It adds so little to the overall experience that it doesn’t outweigh the inconvenience of having to wear stupid glasses.
Plus you get a horrible amount of colour loss with 3D.
I only want Cineworld to introduce a 3D screen as long as they promise to still carry the 2D versions of the films.
Plus you WILL have to pay extra for the glasses every time, you won’t be allowed to re-use glasses – that’s how it works in other Cineworld cinemas.
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John Doe comment 11 – I’ve watched a number of films in 3D and EVERY TIME it was a pointless experience.
It adds so little to the overall experience that it doesn’t outweigh the inconvenience of having to wear stupid glasses”.
I struggle to think that you have seen one of the new crop of 3D films as the effect is incredible and the glasses are very comfortable, I was not aware of wearing them and as for re using the glasses I could and should have taken mine from the Odeon no one was asking for them back. However if you don’t want to see films in 3D don’t go and see them, it’s not compulsory. Just don’t stop those of us that want the choice. I’m sure you can find a nice black and white cinema showing silent films, those awful coulur talkies are so annoying.
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@11 John Doe. Sorry but you’re post was extremely inaccurate.
Firstly the new 3D technology used in films such as Avatar uses polarised glasses not the red/green variety that you are referring to and hence there is no colour loss (and indeed the images are much sharper).
Secondly, Cineworld actively now encourage the re-use of the glasses on environmental reasons.
Just a shame it’s not over here.
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I travel to the UK regularly and always go to the cinema when there – I’ve seen Avatar in 3D AND 2D and preferred the 2D version.
I’ve used the new glasses a few times and yes, they’re more comfortable than the red green ones but you still have to wear them and that takes away from the movie going experience.
And yes they do let you take them home/re-use them but you still have to pay a premium for the 3D film even if you’re re-using the glasses.
Like I said – I’ve got no problem with a 3D screening in Jersey as long as they also have a 2D option of the same film for those of us who don’t want to sit with glasses on or pay the £2 extra.
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Oh and I’ve got an unlimited card for cineworld and go four or five times a month.
Just because I’ve not fallen for the 3D gimmick (it is just a gimmick to get people to go to the cinema and reduce piracy) doesn’t mean I don’t love film.
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15 john Doe “Just because I’ve not fallen for the 3D gimmick (it is just a gimmick to get people to go to the cinema and reduce piracy) doesn’t mean I don’t love film.”
John it’s a gimmick in the same way colour and talkies were gimmicks, it’s here to stay, Sky would not have invested tens of millions in HD3D technology if it were not. Like I said they’ve cracked it now, the technology will finally allow them to show films in what genuinely appears to be 3D.
Home 3D televisions are out later this year, 2D will remain available for quite some time as the technology will initially be expensive but in the same way that big screen TV’s have become availabe to the masses at a tenth of what they once cost so will 3D.
By all means stick with 2D for as long as you can but eventually like analogue TV it will be no more, perhaps by that time there will be something else – smellovision?
The real point is this, those that want 3D in Jersey should be allowed to have it by the cinema serving the island, as I said I think the introduction of Sky 3D will give them no choice, you can’t have the home market offering more and being more technologically advanced than the cinema, otherwise who would go ( except you and a few other flat earther’s )
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“WE WANT 3D”, screams the headline to this story.
Hmm, the last time one could see a kinematographic performance for thruppence was before most of us were born.
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There is NO way 3D will take over in the same way analogue did, especially while you have to wear stupid glasses.
I’m not saying don’t introduce a 3D screen I’m just saying make sure all 3D films also have a 2D option as well.
I don’t want to wear the glasses, they give me a headache and for me add little over the 2D version.
Read some of the reviews and many suggest Avatar was better in 2D because you didn’t have this stupid barrier in front of your face (the glasses).
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18 John Doe “There is NO way 3D will take over in the same way analogue did, especially while you have to wear stupid glasses.”
John analogue didn’t take over anything, digital did ( read my post ) as for the glasses I didnt notice them after 5 mins and you have to assume that anyone who wears glasses to assist their sight feels the same as does everyone else who chooses to view films in 3D.
I think Jersey will wait to see what happens elsewhere to make that choice although I suspect that some cinemas will choose to remain 2D for a minority audience, I don’t think the market here could support that though any more than a black and white only cinema.
3D is here to stay, why else the massive Sky investment, all major new films are made in 3D.By all means stay in your cave telling your fellow cavemen “that wheel thing will never work” the rest of us, we’ll embrace the technological revolution and all of it’s benefits.
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before you get your pitchforks out and burn down the evil cineworld, bear in mind this..
1. if you want to see a film in guernsey, you get a choice on this week of 4 evening films ( 1 of those is the princess and the frog)
2. free market economics – buying power means that smaller cinemas pretty much make no money from selling film tickets! they have to make their money on popcorn etc.
3. if i recall, the odeon required you to be either under 5′4 or be a professional contortionist to sit comfortably.
4. theres only a market for 1 real cinema for the size of our population. if you want arthouse / minority interest, join the jersey film club
cineworld is far from perfect, but you always have the choice – DVD, sky, so lets keep our hair on
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