Is 3d worth the extra money?

So we've all gone to the movies and have seen that that for only a few dollars more, you could go see your movie in 3D. But is it worth it just to watch a few things pop out of you or should you save those 5 dollars and just catch another movie with the money you saved.

                3D as we know and love it is the visual wizardry of having objects or debris popping right out in our face for our entertainment. It was most popular in the early 2000’s with almost every movie coming out at that time being in 3D and boasting how great it was. I myself like 3D to some extent, but never enough to justify paying the extra amount.  The way I saw it is that while you might enjoy the movie a little bit more, the 3D really detracts from the other points of the movie, and could leave you dazzled but clueless to what’s really going on.  But the worst part of the whole experience is those damn glasses. Now these days the glasses are made of a hard plastic, almost like a pair of sunglasses, back in the day your standard issue 3D glasses were made of cheap cardboard and little red and blue pieces of plastic. they wouldn't stick on your face no matter how you put them on; they were uncomfortable and distracted me more than the movie itself.

                Now 3D isn’t all that bad, with the added visual element that it brings to table can improve a movie greatly, but only very specific movies. A good example of this being that new 300 movie that I actually shelled out the extra cash to go see it in 3d.  I talked to a few of my friends who didn’t see it in 3D and they said that it would have improved the visuals and thus, improved the movie.

                So is it worth the extra cash to go and see movies in 3D. My verdict is maybe. Like I said it really depends on the movie with films with very vivid and colorful graphics such as the 300 movies working best with 3D, but other more serious films such as the last few harry potters having 3D being more of a negative impact to it. So the next time you are at the movie theaters, put some though into it before you pay the extra to see it in 3D.