why do you want to see it without the 3-D?

I felt blind watching it. It's been decades since I've seen a 3-D flick, and I don't think my eyes like it. For all the coolness and the weird moments where I wanted to lean forward to get a better view out the cockpit window only to remember that I wasn't actually in the cockpit, it was as equally distracting to me. So I want to view the movie without that distraction and see if it the loss of the distraction plus the loss of the extra coolness will even out.

I'm thrilled that Avatar is available in non-3D. I have monocular vision and the 3D technology just gives me a screaming headache.

Three hours of 3D was pretty rough on my eyes, but I'm glad I went for it anyway. It doesn't do much for the live-action talky parts of the film, but the action bits are AMAZING, and the final battle (i.e., the last 45 minutes of the film) takes incredible advantage of the depth of field.

That said, I wish someone would come up with a way to do 3D that allows for some head movement. The way it works now, tilting your head to stretch your neck muscles puts the movie out of focus so you really have to spend the entire three hours looking straight ahead at the screen.

So, Sherlock Holmes.

Credits roll, I turn to The Boy.

Me: "Some gay porn? Less gay."
Him: "Okay, I'll give you this one."
Me: "They were an old married couple!"
Him: "What do you think the 'barter system' was for borrowing clothes?"

Sherlock Holmes was good fun! I agree with ita re: still thinky with the punchy. I liked that aspect. It was more Holmesy than I expected.

Have not seen Holmes, but informal reviews from various people seem to be "pretty good". It definitely is on my list. One negative remark just begs to be shared though:

I’m all for suspension of disbelief, but my disbelief was hanging on by its fingernails wondering what it would hit when it dropped.

"What do you think the 'barter system' was for borrowing clothes?"

Indeed . . .

And I liked Watson walking into their rooms at the end and just sighing in resignation instead of the reaction he could have had.

Just got back from Avatar. Did not like. I mean, the special effects were cool and the planet was pretty, but that was the extent of the good for me. Maybe it was the obvious plot (that was given away in a preview), maybe it was the Dancing with Wolves quality to it... dunno.

Miriam thought it would have been a much better movie if they had just ended it once the three people (Sully, Ripley, Other Guy) were in prison, where they'd be the rest of their lives, while the genocide continued....

She did admit that ending might be too dark for a Hollywood blockbuster.

Saw Sherlock Holmes this weekend. That was quite fun. Agree that the plot wasn't all that and in parts the dialogue was hard to understand, but I loved Holmes/Watson.

Also finally saw Inglourious Basterds. It was okay. I didn't love it or hate it. Certainly low man on the Tarantino totem pole though. I did love seeing Mélanie Laurent in such a big role. That girl is belle, belle, belle.

I got Vol. 1 & 2 of "Icons of Screwball Comedy" on DVD for Christmas and watched an awesome screwball I had never seen: If Only You Could Cook with Jean Arthur and Herbert Marshall. i don't know why this one isn't better known.

Just got back from seeing Sherlock Holmes. Speaking as someone who used to sit with the books open on my lap while watching the Grenada Television productions, I found it morbid and creepifying that the big bad looked like the lovechild of Jeremy Brett and the guy who played the Sentinal . I enjoyed the movie as a whole. Clearly this is a slightly different universe than Brett's Holmes. Just as clearly, this Holmes and Watson are only slightly less married than House and Wilson.