On Monday September 12th I visited the El Capitan Theater Hollywood to see a special theatrical presentation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast presented in Disney Digital 3D.
The limited time engagement ran from September 2 through September 15th 2011. Starting Today the El Capitan is now showing The Lion King in 3D (along with many other theatres nationwide).
I haven’t seen the 3D presentation of Lion King yet, but I must say that the 3D presentation of Beauty and the Beast was penominal. The actaul drawings themselves were still flat, but the true magic of Walt’s Multi Plane camera came to life as you could feel yourself moving through the layers. It was very impressive and something you must truely see for yourself.
If you missed it, Disney plans to release Beauty and the Beast on Blu-ray in 3D for in-home viewing in the coming few months. So be sure to watch for that!
On a non-Disney related note, I other reason I was up in Hollywood on that particular day was to meet Elizabeth Gillies of Nick’s Victorious.
You can read the full story about that over on the Nickelodeon Girls Blog.