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Why Are 3D Movies So Bad?

This chapter studies why 3D movies are bad. The problem is not merely technical. It is not the fact that 3D darkens the screen, or the fact that 3D effects present spatial depth as visibly layered as in a pop-up book, that accounts for what is wrong. The problem is conceptual. The whole motivation for 3D movies is confused. Despite the wild success of Avatar and other films, 3D movies remain somewhat like pop-up books themselves: they are a childish novelty. The question is, why? The short answer is that 3D makes no contribution to cinematic storytelling. It remains at the level of the special effect, something like the way pop-up book technology stands to the telling of the story of Hansel and Gretel. 3D does not enable a different kind of story to be told, and critically, 3D does not let the audience see anything they could not see before.