When I saw Nightmare yesterday (on Halloween), I too was impressed with the 3-D technology to not be garish. It just made it seem as if there was more "punch" to the image, and some of the stuff looked more "multi-planed." I think it made the film look better, even though I was apprehensive that the left eye would be seeing a digital scan of the original photography.

My caveat is that the multi-plane effect achieved looks fine with animation, but might look stupid with live photography. The multi-plane effect made things look layered, but the layered objects themselves still looked incredibly flat.

I think this technology is a boon to animation, but I don't think it will work as well with live films like Star Wars.

Though 99.7% animated films like the prequels should work fine!

Edited to add: The glasses were given away, there was no need to steal them. They are obviously cheap enough to include in the already-hefty theater admission.