I went to check out the IMAX 3D version today, waste of time. Just found it distracting and a strain on my eyes. This was in a state of the art 4K laser projection IMAX cinema with a huge screen yet everything felt small and dim with the glasses on. The first scene was ruined by orange fiery particles floating in my face.
Only on a few X-wing scenes did the 3D add anything at all3-D is not for everyone. And things floating in front of your face is kind of the whole point?
What I mean about the particles was when Kylo Ren is chatting to Max von Sydow I wanted to concentrate on that but the orange particles at the forefront of my vision. Something similar happened in the snow scenes but less of a problem as they were smaller and white.
I do concede that 3D may just not that well for me, I’m sure some people enjoyed or eve preferred the 3D so I’m not bothered that they did a 3D release in principle.
I’m more annoyed that with the exception of a handful of cinemas doing a 70mm viewing (which looks stunning, especially the 1.44 ratio 65mm shots) IMAX releases have been limited to 3D.