Whether you agree or disagree with him, Roger Ebert’s opinion matters. If it didn’t, he wouldn’t be Roger Ebert. And that’s exactly why our ears perked up and our noses began twitching when we came across his most recent Newsweek piece, in which he absolutely slams something so near and dear to our hearts: 3-D technology.

First, Ebert argues that human beings don’t actually need 3-D, since when we’re watching a film in 2-D, our minds automatically construct a third dimension anyway with our ability to understand perspective. The only thing 3-D does, in his opinion, is create distractions, and increase the chances of an audience being sent home with headaches. Ebert’s biggest gripe with 3-D, though, seems to be the profit-based motivations he sees as spurring the entire movement. Citing the surcharge that 3-D movies allow theaters to slap on ticket prices, the critic outlines his belief that studio executives have begun exerting undue influence over directors, and have gone to absurd lengths to force the technology upon viewers — at the expense of quality filmmaking. As Ebert says, “I’m not opposed to 3-D as an option. I’m opposed to it as a way of life.”

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