I'd like to see Irreversible in 3D ..... actually no, maybe i wouldn't

Cube ;)

The films of Georges Melies, specifically 'La Voyage Dans La Lune', as conveyed by Martin Scorsese in 'Hugo' looked wonderful in 3D in the cinema. Indeed, it was one of the many reasons I went to see Hugo on repeat viewings IN 3D and, given the eccentricity of Melies films, I'm sure the 3D retrofitting may well have evolved the film into 'what the director intended'. All other retrofaffing is pants, mind.

I entirely agree; 'Caligula' would be astounding in 3D!!!!

All seriousness now... No, I cannot think of a single film that would benefit from 3D. The format does little beyond make kids laugh (scream) to have massive animated monsters leer out at them. For any serious film it only causes (for myself) headaches, and dims the picture. Urgh in both cases.

I remember the first 3D film I saw. It was at an iMax in Leeds and it was something put together by NASA. What the details were I don't recall. And it doesn't matter, for all that anyone cared about was jumping in fright at the shower of Moon-debris seemingly hitting the audience in the face. That is what 3D is. A gimmick. It is great for short films like the one described above, and maybe for some animations that for some reason rely upon the need to stick things into the audience's face, but beyond that I just don't see the point. Avatar was a perfectly acceptable film, and that was without 3D. As you mentioned a while back, the only way 3D enhances anything is when something sticks out the screen, or when someone falls off a cliff and plumets to three dimensional oblivion. I can't think of a film that solely relies upon those two aspects. 3D should be dead, and I personally think it's dying. Know anyone with a 3D TV set? Exactly!

And 'Titanic'? Well I can't stand it, but I can assure you; if the film was being released in cinemas as the 2D picture it started off as, virtually the same number of people would be flocking to see it. It has (somehow) become iconic, and a re-release of any kind would make money.

Which film would benefit from being retrofitted in 3D?
Well if it were up to George Lucas; probably every great classic film. And that's not all, knowing Lucas penchant for tinkering with his own films, I'm suddenly reminded of the an old Dead Ringers sketch where the unbearable Jar Jar Binks plays a hotel conceirge who gets knifed by a frantic Marion Crane.

Sorry going off topic there, which film would benefit from 3D retrofitting?
Simple: Titanic and Avatar; Why, because the stories and the pacing are both boring and slow that an out of focus experience might actually turn the viewing experience of these two films into a sub par of the old saying; 'so bad that its good'.