The way we watch movies has taken a massive overhaul in the last few years. No doubt the majority of you have a big fancy plazma screen sitting somewhere in your house. Well, the movie industry is very aware of this; these big fancy TVs have drastically reduced your desire to hit the cinema and for a few years studios have been trembling in their boots to come up with a solution.

It seems that 3D has become the weapon of choice. I'm not talking Pixar and Dreamworks type 3D. There is a new, live action technology out there, most of which has been developed by James Cameron, called the Reality Camera System. It uses the latest HDTV video cameras and not film. Movie studios are now set to ramp up the amount of projects to be utilising it. And, in turn, cinemas installing the hardware to deal with the increase.

Using this technology will give movie goers a unique experience, enticing the public into the cinema hall and away from their pirated movie and/or 52" plasma alternative. Proving an obvious benefit to the studios.

We'll start to see real results of this in the coming years, as there are a myriad of projects in the pipeline, but there are a few big budget 3D movies already in production. James Camerons Avatar (Right) is set to be a blockbuster. Steven Speilbergo and Peter Jackson are colaborating to bring two Tintin movies to the 3D screen and Disney and Pixar are working on Toy Story 3(D). There are also plans to have 3D live sporting events and music concerts showing at cinemas, which I find very exciting.

The big question will be, how much am I going to have to pay for this? Well, at the moment, cinemas are charging for the glasses with the distibutor taking a big cut for providing them. So lets hope once 3D becomes the mainstream that we wont have to fork out more than the extra £5.00 that is currently being asked. I'm already skint after buying a Regular Popcorn.

I noticed while voting in The Great Movie Experiment that when Jurassic Park (currently ranked 3rd in the Top 1000) and The Godfather (ranked 5th) really stand out when they come up due to their distinctive bold black posters. Due to the the visual nature of the voting I wouldn't be surprised if (subconsciously or not) voting will be weighted slightly towards movies with iconic images. In this instance The Godfather is widely held to be one of the greatest movies ever made, but Jurassic park doens't receive the same kind of accolades. The traditional poster-making style means that unlike many other early 90's posters, the Jurassic Park image hasn't aged a bit in the 16 years since release. In fact, the distinctive bespoke typeface is likely much older than that as if I remember correctly, it was adapted from the signage on an old abandoned printmaking shop.

In the "I Can Read Movies" series artist Spacesick re-imagines popular films as well thumbed 60's novelisations. If only they were real!

Every one is so well done that it is hard to pick a favourite. Face Off, Close Encounters and Big all stand out for me as being particularly good, but Back to the Future takes top spot. Which one do you like best? All of these movie are being voted head-to-head on The Great Movie Experiment and Back to the Future is currently sits at 19th on the Top 1000 Movies list.

We've added individual actor/director/producer/writer profile pages for all the movies being voted on in the Great Movie Experiment. This means that you can compare the movies that somebody has appeared in by their relative rank in the Top 1000 movies. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio has 7 Movies in the Top 1000, of which Catch Me if You Can, The Aviator and Gangs of New York currently make up his personal Top 3. At the moment you can find a cast member by accessing the page for a movie and selecting from cast list on the left-hand side. The search box currently returns all movies, and will be upgraded to also search by cast member very soon.

Update 30/03/09: The livesearch box has been upgraded to search for people as well as movies.

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen The Sixth Sense yet you may not want to watch the 5 second re-cut.

It reminds me of a Threadless t-shirt - "Spoilt" which gives away the ending of a slew of popular movies in a single glance.

The Great Movie Experiment is all about compiling a list of the best movies based on head-to-head voting. After just two weeks of voting it is my great pleasure to announce that we have reached the marvelous milestone of 50 000 votes! A big thank you to all the early-adopters who have made this feat possible. Our list of the Top 1000 Movies is already starting to take shape. The very early leader as of this moment is Jurassic Park though it is of course changing daily at this point. My first reaction to seeing it up at the top was the realisation that possessing as it does such a striking and enduring poster will be swaying some votes toward it on visual impact alone. Of course there are several near the top that will soon topple it once they catch up on amount of votes, including classics such as Scindlers List and epics from the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars trilogies.