Hot Trailer: ‘Beauty And The Beast 3D’

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• They should have stuck with the trailers they allready had made back when the 3D release was originally scheduled for valentines weekend 2010,before it was shelved by Rich Ross and then just scheduled for a 3D BD release this year. the sad thing about them releasing this in January now, is that the 3D bluray will have been in homes for 3 months allready.

  what they should have done when they saw the amount of money the el cap screenings were bringing in was push back the 3D Bluray release to first week of December and did a 2 week theatrical re release in November (its 20th anniversary)

  Comment by hollywood929 — Monday November 21, 2011 @ 9:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• This seems reminiscent of the colorization fad more than 20 years ago. You know, take old classic black & white films and use technology to make them full color. It didn’t work very well then and the fad eventually faded away (hopefully never to return).

  Now, studios are mining old titles that were originally shot (or animated) in 2D and are trying to 3D-ize them as an obvious cash grab. The technology that does this remains unconvincing for now, so the end products aren’t that compelling – look at any of the non-3D titles that were 3D-ized in the last 1 to 2 years.

  Maybe 3D will evolve – it needs to in order to overcome consumer resistance, namely paying extra for those “lovely” 3D glasses, as well as skepticism about re-viewing a film just for a technological gimmick. To be sure, there are fans of various films that will always pay for the new “collector’s DVD” or go see the “limited release”.

  If studios insist on foisting 3D on the viewing public, then it would be a better use of their collective resources to develop a better 3D format (glasses-less) that truly gives us a reason to go to the theater. People who remember going to see “The Wizard of Oz” talked about how the audience was amazed when the film transitioned from black & white to color. 3D needs to engender that same gut reaction, otherwise it is merely a gimmick.

  And by the way, keep your 3D hands off classic films.

  Comment by gary — Monday November 21, 2011 @ 11:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• Really poor trailer. Choppy and low rent. Makes it seem like a bad straight to DVD title.

  Comment by Edward — Monday November 21, 2011 @ 11:41pm PST  Reply to this post

• One of my favourites. Disney can my $$$$ & i don’t care.

  Comment by dee123 — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 12:16am PST  Reply to this post

• Because its Disney and they are idiots. The fact that their spending close to $300 million with marketing on a western (Lone Ranger) even though Cowboys and Aliens bombed this very year proves they don’t know what the Hell they are doing.

  Comment by Farzan — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 12:33am PST  Reply to this post

• This is the future of the theatrical movie business for at least the next few years. 20 release slots a year filled with re-releases.

  Why do I bother writing new material?

  Comment by screenwriter — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 4:10am PST  Reply to this post

• I will 100% be watching this in the cinema. I will 100% not be watching it in 3D. Why bother? It was a great film in 2D why mess with that. I watched the Lion King re-release in 2D. Great to see it back on the big screen. That’s all i want, big screen re-releases every so often like Disney used to do when i was a kid in the 70s/80s.

  Comment by Seth Imis — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 6:03am PST  Reply to this post

• I was very pessimistic about the Lion King in 3D, and was amazed by the results. One of the best 3D experiences I’ve had, and I’m not usually a big fan of 3D. It looks phenomenal on BluRay 3D.

  Now, the really interesting thing here is that the movie is already available on blu ray for sale. If it does really well in cinemas, this might be a very interesting learning that cinema really is about the experience more than it is about the exclusivity. And this is something the industry needs to get data and empirical examples on.

  Comment by lefrench — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 8:56am PST  Reply to this post

• This is a beautiful film – one of my favourite animated movies. Looking forward to seeing it on the big screen again but I’ll pass on the 3-D version. 3-D did nothing for Puss In Boots except empty an additional $4 from my wallet.

  Comment by don — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 10:20am PST  Reply to this post

• Warner’s has to release a 3D of ‘The Exorcist’. Money in the bank and one film that already crossed so many boundaries – so why not take it that next step? I’m not against taking older films and giving them a new spin. (as long as the 3D isn’t rushed and makes a mess of the whole work – and the work supports it. No one needs a 3D of ‘Sophie’s Choice’.) We no longer live in a world where a film is reissued on its own merits and some films – like ‘The Exorcist’ would be cool to watch in this format.

  Comment by I'm speaking to the person inside of Regan — Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 3:38pm PST  Reply to this post