It's not the sort of film I would normally rush to see, but I felt that this movie would be somehow seminal in the evolution of filmmaking.
I had expected the 3D aspect was going to have the audience all dodging knives and bullets as they leapt out of the screen at us, but not a bit of it. I thought there would be classic moment to make us all jump out of our skins, the way we did when the head rolled out the bottom of the boat in Jaws all those years ago.
I was surprised and strangely impressed that the 3D-ness was played down in terms of gimmickiness. I enjoyed the look of the film both live action and CGI, and the constant changing back and forth between the two worlds I found quite refreshing, as each had a different texture.
During the film I took my 3D glasses off to see the difference and I have to say that 2D suddenly looked really dull compared to 3D. I could easily get addicted to seeing all films in 3D - it just looked so much more real. Like colour versus black and white.
This is probably heresy, but I never really understood the whole avatar thing in The Matrix. Everyone around me loved the film, but it left me cold. This time I really got it, and although it was pretty corny, I liked the Sully character having full use of his legs again.
At the end I was pretty blown away by the fact that the two and a half hours had flown by so quickly. Surely a sign of great storytelling. I thought that my wife and I would have lots to say about the film, but curiously after 5 to 10 minutes we'd run out of comments.
Despite its worthy themes, strong characters, incredible art direction and seamless use of new technology, ultimately it was a Hollywood bubblegum movie; quickly losing its flavour. Stunning entertainment, amazing fusion of storytelling and technology, but strangely ultimately missing the opportunity to really engage this audience.
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