We saw it in IMAX in the early fan showing last night. Be prepared, with the trailers, it is a solid 3hrs. This one deserves to be seen in the theater IMO. It looks and sounds amazing. The rumble of the machines and the worms; the Atmos was impressive and we selected seats a little further back to enjoy that. I will be buying this 4k disc when it comes out for sure. Villeneuve pretty well sets the standard for how sci-fi epics should be done now IMO. He seems to learn from each additional film how to improve the next and has the ability to hold back; not to overdo the story.
The pacing is good. The story comes across very well, though compared to the first one, the story feels like a middle story; as of course, it is. Not unlike how I felt watching The Empire Strikes Back or reading The Two Towers. Well defined story that is not fully self contained - you need the first part to understand this one, but it is also very clear the story doesn't end here. A few of the performances were maybe a little flat, but overall the cast is excellent. They introduced one element where we were both going "What the....?" and I am not sure why they did that. Though it does not disrupt the story, I will leave that for you to discover and we can discuss that and other details after others have seen it. I liked that they fleshed out Feyd a bit here, so that he doesn't just show up at the end for a fight. The choice not to have Alia really present in this film is an interesting one too; not sure why that is or what it means. The resolutions of some of the storylines are pretty satisfying and the scale of it, the action and pacing ,especially with the entire film in IMAX, makes for a very enjoyable movie.
Oh yeah, we also picked up the laughable popcorn bucket just because it is so ridiculous. !! People are currently selling for $50 on ebay lmfao. I got it with no popcorn, just wanted the bucket. It is one of those products where they just didn't really think "Does this look weird at all?"
