Thanks for the comments, Alex. I was on the fence, but it looks like I'm going to see it tomorrow for sure.

Wow. I don't know that I've ever seen Alex gush about a movie like that. Gonna have to see it.

Day after Christmas....IMAX 3D at Gardendwalk if anyone wants to join us.

Now I'm afraid of overselling it. But it really did work for me.

In terms of just being a spectacle it most reminded me of when I first saw The Matrix, having gone in completely cold on opening day simply because a trusted friend said "trust me, see it."

The biggest criticism you see in reviews is about the story being cliche and simple. And it is, but as I've said many times that can be done well (there really aren't many new stories under the sun) and I think it was done well, could have been better.

The big kicker for me is that I've always hated watching pixels fight on screen. That's the biggest flaw in the Transformer movies. But for a 20-minute battle scene in which not one thing on screen is real I was tense, agog, and rapt.

I fear for what this will unleash on us as movie goers since I suspect few will do it so adeptly but when I woke up this morning I was seriously thinking about walking across the street for the 9am show.

Wow. I think I'll have to see it.

Damn, Alex bought the Pandora Action Playset, the Na'vi Underoos (complete with treehuggin' hippie tail), AND he has a fantasy bromance with Sam Worthington? Now THAT'S a recommendation. ;)

Well with that kind of a recommendation from Alex, I may just have to give in to the boys and go see it too! We can't do 3D, with Gary being blind in one eye it just gives him a headache, but we could catch a regular showing.

Does he still wear the glasses? Even if he's not getting the 3D, does that not filter out the second image enough to just look like flat 2D? That's what happens when I close one eye.

James Cameron is going to owe Alex some royalties....I think we'll have to make time in our schedule for this.

Hmm. I'm still not feeling it whatsoever but now, based on Alex's recommendation, at least I don't have to be dragged there.