When good 3D goes bad...

Earlier today I went to see Ghosts of the Abyss, James Cameron's 3D Imax documentary about the Titanic. It was only about an hour long and I stupidly went into it expecting about an hour of cool 3D shots of the sunken ship. But way too much of the movie was just the crew sitting around on the boat, or shots of Bill Paxton offering insightful comments like, "It's so creepy," as he peered out the porthole at something amazing. I wanted to shout "Turn the camera around!! Show us what he's looking at!!" There were a few good 3D sections, but most of the underwater photography was done with these tiny submersibles that weren't even equipped with 3D cameras. I guess it might be worth seeing if you're obsessed with the Titanic, but as a 3D movie it felt like a rip-off. I'm glad it was only an hour long.