The nightmare before Christmas

I mentioned last Friday that I was rushing to see a movie.

The movie I was rushing to see was The nightmare before Christmas. By now, some of you may be asking "What? That movie came out years ago!!?". If so, then you clearly didn't know that the movie was recently rereleased in a 3D format (and our company gave us free tickets to go watch it - yay!). At this point, I should mention that I have never seen the movie before so I have no idea what they changed in order to get the movie into 3D.

The movie itself was very entertaining. Its basically a musical telling the story of Jack Skellington, who is basically the pride and joy of Halloween town due to his ability to scare the living daylights out of anyone. Despite his status, Jack feels bored and listless and decides to take over Chrimble so that he can give out presents and spread good will. And yes, nothing goes according to plan.

The 3D effect is done very well and really shows how 3D tech has advanced from since when I was a kid. When I was young (admittedly, many moons ago now), 3D was basically getting a crazy set of red and green tinted glasses. Putting them on would make you feel dizzy until you actually started to watch something in 3D. Basically, it was hard to watch any kind of show as the glasses made you dizzy - however, the thing worked well for 3D pictures.

However, the most recent tech is pretty incredible. When we went into the theatre, we were given a set of what looked like black plastic shades. When you put them on, things kinda look off kilter slightly but the effect isn't particularly significant (ie you can wear them without feeling dizzy).

If you get a chance, check out the movie in 3D and the awesome new tech they use for 3D as well!


Oh ... and its a good movie.
:)