TV's Frink said:

Finally saw Avatar last night and I really enjoyed it. It was the first 3D movie I've seen and I was surprised how subtle the effect was once I got used to it (in a good way - i liked that there were very few surprise "jumping out of the screen" moments). The CG seemed very well done, although I'll be interested to see how it holds up in 2D. The story and some of the dialogue was simple or silly in places, as expected. But as both a movie and an experience, it worked for me.

It was my first 3D movie too and I appreciated that most of the 3D was bringing depth to the screen, not poking things out of it (like the 3D of the 80's was). There were a few instances where things appeared in front of the screen, but most of the time the screen was a window that you could see into.

And no, I never would have expected that Avatar would outpace Titanic to the top. I mean, sure 3D screenings are more expensive, but the real surprise is that 75% of the tickets were for the 3D version. That's a big percentage! I wouldn't mind more movies being in 3D, as long as they don't go overboard and just bring some depth to the image.