Disney goes 3-D crazy

Disney's newest animated feature Bolt hits theaters today in 'Disney Digital 3-D'. This will be Disney's third animated film to be released in 3-D (Chicken Little and Meet the Robinson's both received the 3-D treatment as well). You're also going to have the opportunity to watch Bolt at the IMAX in 3-D and that's just crazy! Pixar guru John Lasseter even mentioned that during Bolt people can expect a 3-D trailer for Pixar's latest release, Up, which will be Pixar's first true 3-deminsional feature. Hopefully, this will just whet people's whistles for more because Disney's got 'em coming. After Up hits theaters in May, 2009, Disney has plenty more offerings to follow including: G-Force, a live action/CGI animated film (7/24/09). Everyone's favorite cowboy and spaceman get a facelift with the 3-D re-release of Pixar's original Toy Story (10/02/09). Don't worry, it's the exact same movie, just with one extra dimension. A Christmas Carol (11/06/09) is re-imagined (again) with motion capture technology. This time starring Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and all three Christmas Ghosts and Gary Oldman portraying Bob Cratchit, Marley, and the lovable Tiny Tim. Of course, by the time the movie is released, the name probably have been changed to 'A Holiday Carol' as not to offend (stupid PC jackholes). In 2010, the Oscar-winning Beauty and the Beast returns to the screen in 3-D, followed closely by Toy Story 2 and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp. I've been saying for a few years that this one was inevitable, but Disney finally goes back to the classic princess well with Rapunzel (finally, Disney will have something to market to little girls). Just in case you were wondering about the re-releases of Toy Story 1 and 2 being so close together, well they're just a primer for Toy Story 3 that will be following close behind also in glorious 3-D. Now, Pixar has announced that Cars 2 is in production, but no official word as to whether it will get the 3-D treatment or not, but my money would be on 'yes, it most definitely will.' A lot of people are complaining about the classic movies being retreated and re-released, but I have to say that I saw the very first showing of A Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D back in 2006 at the El Capitan down in Hollywood and LOVED it. My only complaint would be that they didn't offer a 3-D option on the Blu-Ray disc, which was also disappointing on Meet the Robinsons. The real question now is: Is 3-D just another fad temporarily popping it's head back up for a quick visit or is this the start of an entirely new movie-going experience? Is Disney going to saturate the market to the point that it loses it's luster or is it going to have audiences clamoring for more? Tell you what, get back to me in 3 years and let me know how it went.

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