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Watched my IMAX Digital print this morning. Pretty good flick. I'm not a die-hard Tolkien fan; I read the three "LOTR" books and "Hobbit", once, a long time ago, and found them interesting but tediously written and over-long (which is also how I found the three Peter Jackson "LOTR" films). This one, for Peter Jackson, clocks in at a svelte 2:39, and I was not really bored. When I first heard it would be three films for one book I thought it was more Peter Jackson stupidity but, after seeing this film, I didn't find anything extraneous in it... he told, in 2:39, all that could be told in that time.
If you don't know Tolkien, you might find it a bit silly (rabbits pulling a sleigh with a half-crazed wizard on it? giant birds?). If you like Tolkien a bit, you'll love it. If you love Tolkien, you might be too busy pulling apart plot points ("That wasn't in the book!"). But I think most will be satisfied.
Surprisingly, I found the IMAX Digital image to be a bit blurry and strobe-y. Perhaps I'm already mentally comparing it to the HFR stuff I've seen. From watching the whole film, I think the long-shot vistas in HFR will be stunning, and the action scenes will also be stunning but perhaps vertigo-inducing. I think I'll come in early tomorrow morning and watch it for comparison's sake.
By the way, the 10-minute "Star Trek Into Darkness" prologue was in 3D, and awesome. As was the #3 version of the "Man Of Steel 3D" trailer. Both those films look to be kick-ass.
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