3-D, is it really nesscary?

3-D has been very popular lately, and advertisers are making it look like if 3-D is the best way to watch movies, watch T.V, play video games, viewing pictures etc. 3-D has been around for a very long time now, and the movies off the top of my head are Jaws 3-D, Spy Kids 3, and The adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. The main reason why 3-D was not popular at that point was because at the time 3-D clearly looked like a tacked on advertising gimick to make studios get more money by advertising something new and revolutionary.

Until the release of James Cameron's Avatar, 3-D became a huge phenomenom, and in fact the most hyped of things about Avatar was the 3-D effects. The most note worthy thing about Avatar were the visual effects that the film had. Due to Avatar being the big hit in the box office that it was, many film studios have tried to make as much money Avatar did. Advertisers make 3-D look like if it actully enhances the movie watching experience but in reality it makes the experience worse by wearing very annoying glasses and have images that look like this if you take the glasses off:

Worst part is that 3-D does not help benefit society because prolonged exposure can lead to many health issues and the 3-D movie tickets are quite high. These two reasons can drive many audiences away from seeing any 3-D movie in theatres. After all, why would anyone want to pay extra money to see a movie that requires you to wear annoying glasses? There are even some movies with no 2-D showings at all, and that can also drive people away from a seeing a movie that they want to see. Harry Potter gets away with this because many people are fans of Harry Potter, and they would not mind shelling out extra money for a movie that has a cheap advertising gimmick as 3-D. Other movies that do not have as much fame as Harry Potter might not make as much money as they could have if they stuck with 2-D or make 3-D just as option.