Is the 3-D experience worth it for a 4yr old?

My son really wants to see "How to Train Your Dragon". I know it's still in the theatre here, but am wondering if it's worth trying to take him to since it's in 3-D. I am afraid the glasses will be so big on his face that he will get frustrated and then not want to watch the rest of the movie. Anyone taken their munchkin to a 3-D? Would you do it again? Thanks moms!

I just took my 5 year old to see it and he absolutely loved it (I did too!). And they have regular and smaller size glasses. They gave my almost 2 year old a small pair! But if you are still worried you can take him to see it in regular view. Most theaters are showing it both ways but the 3-d was very cool!

I have taken my 6 yr old and 4 yr old to quite a few 3D movies and they loved em! Sometimes my 4yr old would take off the glasses to just see if the stuff was really that close! It was fun to watch them try to touch the things coming from the screen! I am hoping to take my girls to see How to Train your Dragon too! Oh yeah movies theaters have adult and kid size glasses so they should fit him ok! Good luck!

My sister just took her almost 5 year old and 2 year old son. She said her older one loved it, but the younger one wouldn't keep the glasses on. So I would by if, you think he will keep them on, then go for it. The glasses should fit.

My youngest daughter is 4. She is so annoyed by how big the glasses are that she doesn't enjoy 3-D yet, so if I take only her to see a movie, I go for the non-3-D. If my older daughters are with us, we go ahead and go to the 3-D. She gets annoyed by the glasses, but I figure she's learning to deal with it. When she gets too annoyed, she just takes them off and seems fine watching without them.

My son is 3.5 and we just saw the dragon movie last weekend in 3D.. He kept his glasses on 85% of the time. We saw another movie in 3D about 6 months ago and he kept taking his glasses off so I was worried about that also.. The movie is very entertaining so that could be why he kept them on.. Also, he brought a friend with him this time and she kept her glasses on, so I'm sure that helped...
I say try it!

My son is 4, we did not see it in 3-D. I didn't see the point of paying the extra $3.50 per person and I knew he would not keep them on. He loved the movie and I don't think he missed out by seeing it in 2-D.

I took my 4 year daughter to a couple of 3D movies and she does not like it. She would put the glasses on for a little bit but then takes it off for the entire movie. I no longer take her to the 3D since it seems like she prefer it non 3D. You can probably give it a try and see if he would like it. Enjoy the movie.

My 4 year old daughter hates all things 3-D. We watched the 3D Hannah montana concert (for my older daughter) and the youngest didn't like it so she went into her room to play... she actually likes Hannah too. When we went to Disney there is several shows and rides that are 3D she didn't like any of them. The glasses may be too big anyway but for the most part they don't want to keep them on, you can't see anything with them off and 3D is scary (even the Muppets 3D scared her) because they dont really understand what is going on. I say wait and rent the movie on DVD. We saw the regular version and the kids all loved it. No one complained (not even the 11 year old) that we didn't watch it in 3D.

I'm so ticked off that they're making and marketing these kids movies in 3-D, but they don't make kid's 3-D glasses! We took my 4 year old son to "HTTYD" in 3-D, and he really enjoyed the movie, but he did have to hold the glasses on his face. He wound up taking them off a lot during the movie. I asked him if it was blurry (it was when I removed mine), but he said it was fine. If they don't come out with kid-sized 3D glasses soon, we won't be taking him to any more 3D versions of movies. I will say, from my point of view -the 3-D in this movie was AWESOME! The dragon flying scenes and the skimming the ocean were like being on a roller coaster!

I see one person found small glasses at their theater, but I asked and there were none at our theater. I've talked to several people who can't find them at theaters here in Atlanta either.

We took our five year old with us. The glasses were a bit big but he managed to keep thm on; however, in the row behind us a woman had her younger son with her. She had him on her lap the whole time and had to hold his glasses on his face for him.

We took our 4 year old last week and loved the movie, but had trouble with the glasses. The glasses didn't fit very well so he was constantly adjusting them with popcorn oil fingers, they were so mucked up with popcorn oil that he couldn't see anything out of them. Not sure how long they were like that before I figured it out and switched glasses with him so I could try to get the oil off of the other pair. Not easy without a degreaser and 3-D glasses with little ridges. :)

The glasses don't work on 4 year olds. We took our daughter to the non 3-D version of it and she loved it!

I just wanted to let you know that my family went and saw this in regular 2D to save some money and it was wonderful. I don't think we missed that much. I have 11, 8, and 6 year old kids and they have all raved about it. If you're worried about him enjoying it with the glasses on, know that 2D was still a great option for us!

Josi

I'd say it depends on how well he can sit through a mive and how much attention to detail he pays. My 5 1/2 year old was staying with my parents and they took him to see the 3D version. He loved it, went on and on about it.

I took my 3 1/2 year old to see the regular version on a date. He is just now able to sit through a whole movie, but gets distracted sometimes. He just loved being in the big theater and having popcorn, etc. I decided he wouldn't miss anything by now going 3D and he loved the movie, went on and on about it.
So, I'd say it depoends on your son, but I'd save the money and get you two some popcorn instead. :) Enjoy

At our theatre they gave a smaller set of glasses to my 4 year old that fit great. You could call ahead and see if they have the smaller glasses. My daughter got a little scared in a couple of parts. I don't know if the 3-D made it scarier for her of if it was just the dragons.

Anyway it was a great movie but I think would be fine to see it in 2D plus save some money if it is available and you are worried about the glasses. My other kids age 7,9 and 11 loved it and they didn't think it was scary.

I personally just don't go to 3D movies. The glasses/effects give me a headache (might be something to do with depth perception issues). I would imagine they could do the same thing to a kid who's eyes are still developing. At any rate, I don't think it's worth the extra $2 they charge for the thing. 2D is plenty good imo

I took my 4 year old to the regular (non-3D version). The theatre we went to showed both - the 3D version was $5 or $7 more, so that made the decision even easier. It was still a great movie, even without the 3D

First of all - not that crazy about 3-D. If they had it playing side by side, same price, I would take the regular movie. I saw the Dragon in 3-D because my teen wanted to see it for her birthday. I have to say that it does seem like things are coming right at you which could be scary for a young one. I've read that they are working on 3-D televisions (as if Hi-Def isn't bad enough, who wants to see someone's acne scars? I can see my own wrinkles fine. If I want some torture I use the magnifying mirror.) Just another marketing ploy (i.e. music on cassettes then discs then iPods).

Our theater gave the option to see it in 3-D or regular. The movie is totally worth it but the 3-D probably isn't, seems pretty hard on the eyes as well as a pain with the glasses.

Enjoy!