Thorsday is Pay day

So just recently another Marvel Comics movie was released called 'Thor'. I've always known about Thor from my younger days but never really got to like him. Mainly because I wasn't a real Marvel fan, but also because I didn't think it was very original since he was based on the hammer wielding norse deity of Thunder, Fertility, Strength, and a number of other things. The film was made to be viewed, sadly, in 3D.



The movie was a good watch all be it with a rushed pace. I can't imagine how people can be so calm at discovering Norse deities and a huge walking war machine that was likened to one of Tony Stark's machines. It was funny a lot of the time and I have to say I enjoyed it overall. A good friend of mine and I decided to go to the front on the theater and watch the end credits up close. That was probably the most 3D we saw the whole movie. Just as I'm typing this my friend online was telling me he forgot it was in 3D.

Sometimes I feel like the theaters here are taking advantage of the whole 3D movie craze. On a Thursday (ironically) I decided to watch this film even though I hadn't intended to at first. I discovered that the movie was only available in 3D and began to think: "Crap, thats gonna bite through my wallet". Is it me? or is every hit blockbuster movie in 3D nowadays? Often do I feel like theres no need for the 3D in the movie.

Looking at it from the theater's perspective, making the movie only available in 3D means they can charge an extra 20 Dhs for the movie plus glasses(which are usually given back). ITS A RIPOFF! Movies are soon going to be only in 3D and if people get used to these prices then they're going to be paying 50 Dhs for a movie. That more than covers the costs that theaters wanted some time ago when they hiked the movie prices to 40 Dhs and blamed it on rents. Pirates of the Carribean 4 is coming soon and its going to be in 3D; seriously?.

Thanks for reading and hopefully more to come soon!