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Resident Evil: Afterlife

So, the most basic question anyone wants to know right off the bat is: is this movie good? Well sorry to dissapoint, but you're going to have to wait for that a bit. The first thing to note about this movie is that it's in 3D and it's good. There is a critical fact to note about movies when they are released in 3D: were they originally intended to be in 3D and were they filmed for 3D from the beginning? One notable example of where this failed was clash of the titans, where the 3D effects were simply tacked on at the end in post-production and the lack of immersion was a total letdown (the only upside to that movie being the presence of smokin' hottie Gemma Arterton). A very good example of immersive 3D filming where it was designed for 3D from start to finish was James Cameron's Avatar, which was amazing. The thing that made Avatar so good was that in spite of what anyone said about the film, the experience was immersive and memorable and for