Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[7rider]

It was Pocahontas with better special effects and without all the singing.

Okay....always a day late and a dollar short. Story of my life.

But DH and I just had what could pass as a date night.....dinner and a movie.
We intended to see Avatar in IMAX, but every showing today, except the one at 10:30 this evening, was sold out. So "regular" 3D it was.
I've never seen Pocahontas, but while watching this, all I could think was "OMG...It's "Dances With Wolves" set in the future...not the past."
Think: Wounded soldier, sent to a remote outpost. Sent in among the natives. Learns their ways. Falls in love. Pitched battle against what he used to value.

[Mr. Bloom]

Wow 7! You're right! I too never saw Pocahontas...

[eclectic]

7 I am a day late and a dollar short on this too

I saw 3-D in regular theater would LOVE to see it IMAX.

Our glasses were packaged and we didn't turn them in unless we wanted too (good halloween costume glasses)

They worked fine over my prescription glasses

Re the movie itself - I loved the special effects of the world of Pandora.
Story line I found trite and predictable but I didn't care.
Character development - redundant and stereo-typical but I didn't care about that either
Fighting machines reminded me of Waterworld and Transformers but I didn't care about that either

Overall I LOVED the movie in spite of it's weakness's because the scenes were very well shot, the creatures and plants very interesting and the movie was timed very well. It was a great way to get lost into fantasy for 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Would I go again? YES but I want to see it at an IMAX!

DVD just wouldn't cut it.