To the audience: This is NOT a 3D film, but please join our protagonist in putting the glasses on at the right moment.
Strange message to see at the start of a movie.
Okay, so this makes more sense now that I've watched the thing.
Long Day's Journey Into Night - 6/10
Found this movie to be a great example of style over substance. Maybe there's more to be found on a rewatch, but I don't see myself finding out on my own.
The gimmick of the second half of the movie being 3D seems like a neat idea, but as someone who doesn't watch movies in 3D I'm not sure if there's any payoff to it. It definitely has an entirely different atmosphere to it in the second half.
The other gimmick, that being the entire second half of the movie is a single, long take, feels a bit unnecessary to me. I googled it after watching to see if it was or not, I saw a couple spots that looked like they were good spots for cuts, and found out that the director used another, nearly as long take in a previous movie. Honestly I feel like these extra long takes in most movies exist so the director can say they did it rather than as anything to actually make the movie itself better.
Movie still gets an above average rating because it looks phenomenal. The long take, even if I feel it was unnecessary and didn't really add anything to the movie that a series of normal scenes couldn't have accomplished just as well, was still pretty cool. Maybe pretty cool is reason enough?