I’ve long appreciated both Tim Burton and Danny Elfman and their collaborations together are usually winners. One of my favorites is The Nightmare Before Chritmas (1993). It’s a fun stop-motion animated movie with a great soundtrack (the lead sung by Danny Elfman himself).

Recently, Disney has re-released the movie after “converting” it to 3D. I was a bit skeptical that it would be any good. I mean, how well can you make a 3D movie out of something that was 2D to begin with?

The accomplishment was achieved by In-Three, Inc. The process develops a right-eye shot for every sceen which is can then be combined in whatever 3D presentation you would like. You can find more information on 3D in film on wikipedia.

I saw it yesterday with my kids. The end result isn’t quite as striking as something that was produced from the beginning in 3D, but it was certainly better than I had thought. At least they didn’t mess up the movie. If you have a theater nearby that is showing it in 3D, it’s worth the effort to see it. Especially if you haven’t seen it before.

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