3D film at the cinema worryingly dim with low colour

[NeilF]

I went to see Avatar 2 yesterday at the 4DX screen at Wembley. From the outset I felt there was something wrong with the projection. The 2D features before the film even felt dim and had low colour, with the main feature being the same. And this was even with the 3D glasses taken off.

Now, I've seen many 3D films before, but not for a couple of years, so it's hard to gauge if there was a problem or not. That said I know 3D showings generally are not as clear and vibrant as 2D, but I don't recall it as significant as what I witnessed yesterday.


I think I'm going to phone up my local Cineworld, talk to a manager, explain I think there was a problem with the Wembley cinema, and see if I can simply pop in, and watch 3-4 mins of the film (in 3D) to compare. If it's brighter and more colourful, there you go. If it's not then it's probably just the way 3D is.

My main concern is, from my experience yesterday, I'd never go to a 3D showing again. And I don't recall having that feeling after other 3D showings...

 

[NeilF]

Why didn’t you say something at the time? No cinema is going to let a random person in to “check there was a fault at another cinema” by watching a few minutes of a film.

Because I was with my entire family (kids included) so... But yes, with 20-20 hindsight I should have said something afterwards as leaving.

As regards "a random person" watching a film for a few minutes over a possible fault at another of their chain? I'd give it better than 50/50. I suspect with a polite request put well, it'll be no problem.

But if that fails, I have a couple of friends who are planning to see it (in 3D) so I'd tag along and watch it again - And that will be at Empire Cinemas so a completely different chain too.

 

[NeilF]

Most screens are auto on timer now and just play the film, they are rarely 'setup' like they used to be, if no one went out to report it then they probably don't know about an issue.

Yeh, as a friend of mine pointed out - who is in the film industry - long gone are the days of dedicated projectionists, so there could well be a problem of some sort going unreported.

Then again, my just be me being over sensitive to it... Hence wanting to do a comparison.