bins,etc been to see a 3d film and is it a good experience have not seen one yet but need to wear my glasses in the cinema and don't want to spend £15 quid to end up with a migraine!

The 3D glasses fitted over my specs with no problems. Even though we ended up having to sit in seats right down the front on the extreme left, it was still amazing - it did feel like you were part of the film.

Yes it's a simple story, the creatures are a bit Disney and the baddies are one-dimensional but I loved it, especially gazing at the scenery when the battle scenes got a bit boring. All a bit Storm Thorgerson (sure I saw the Houses of the Holy cover at one point).

Saw Avatar yesterday. The polarised 3D specs fitted reasonably well over my usual glasses, so no problem there - they were a bit like a cross between Ray-Bans and old fashioned NHS specs.

The film was spectacular - entertaining enough, although the 'Dances With Smurfs' description I've heard elsewhere is amusingly accurate.

To be a bit hyper-critical (and why not, they charged me enough for the 'experience'), I thought the 3D didn't work as well in the 'live action' segments of the film - looked a bit like people/objects were on separate 'layers', almost like a row of cardboard cut-outs - and anything in extreme foreground was annoyingly out of focus. Whether that was just my eyes not coping so well I'm not sure, friends I went with didn't seem so bothered by it.

So, to sum up:
Spectacular to look at, don't expect too much from plot/characterisation, no headaches!

...I saw it yesterday and thought 'Dances with Wolves', and also 'the smurfs are looking tall these days', completely unaware of any Dances with Smurfs description.

I thought the film was spectacular to look at but felt like it had been written by a ten year old, albeit a ten year old with a very active imagination. And as a glasses wearer who has seen a few recent 3D releases, I can concur that there should be no side effects to wearing 2 pairs of specs.

A great way to suspend disbelief and cynicism and immerse yourself in a Roger Dean Yes album cover for a couple of hours!

Our family including our 13 year son thought it was fantastic. Yes it became a battle against those nasty soldiers, but the concept, and imagery were first rate. I enjoyed transformers too - more escapist nonsense.

I'd rather watch a film made for £50,000 where close attention has been paid to story and script. I'm so fed up of blockbuster movies, they're just a big yawn as far as I'm concerned.

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/avatar-really-quite-amazing
It's also worth noting that it's done gangbusters around the world, outstripping Titanic's performance over the same two and a bit weeks.

It was an enjoyable spectacle but the plot, what there was of it, stank of brown rice and lentils

The 3D technology works pretty well....after a while though, the wow factor diminishes.

However, the smurfs retain a CGI sheen which makes them a bit cartoony which meant I had a hard time really caring what happened to them.

Certainly, during the climactic battle scenes I was quite keen for the humans to prevail.

And I definitely wanted that daisycutter bomb to be deployed successfully - the carnage that would have followed would have been fantastic in 3D.

and had a good time.
As people have said it's spectacle and on that level works really well.
I'm afraid the story/film part isn't 100% it's too long, too simplistic .
As to being immersive I wasn't totally lost in the film and did notice the glasses a few times. Also I had cramped leg room something i don't notice if the film is good. I not sure it was more or less immersive than say Aliens I remember seeing that on TV and being totally hooked in and excited. I did notice that when it cut from tight in to wide shots I felt my eyes readjust but I imagine film makers will adapt their technique to take this into account . For instance sound in films has progressed a long way since the jazz singer.

I think I'd like to see a 3D none cgi grown up film to see how it works with that as the clunky story and slightly silly roger dean landscapes broke the spell a little for me.

Also not sure this is linked but I wear glasses and I have the start of headache coming on but it is late so might not be the film.

for an hour, freezing my cods off, only to be told as we entered the building "Sold out". The only time I've queued longer was for "Jaws" in '75. 6 bloody hours, (mind you, it seemed milder) but it was worth it. Is this one worth it? Don't answer, I'll see for myself.