I went and saw it in IMAX 3D and it was 100% freakin' awesome--see it in IMAX or at least 3D if you can. The visuals are stunning, the characters fun and engaging, the action exhilarating--and did I say the visuals were stunning? As a 3D digital illustrator and animator with my own motion capture system, I'm certain that I understand the technology behind the making of this movie better than 99+% of those seeing it, and even still I can't get my head around the fact that it was pretty much all digital, it looks that real. To get hung up about the "familiar" plot is to miss the point of the movie--it's far more about creating a unique sense of place than about what happens there, and in that respect it totally blows away almost any other movie you've ever seen. The aliens and the world and its creatures are absolutely fantastic in all the best senses of the word--it's an immersive experience on the big screen, and as such, if you wait to see it on DVD I think you're doing yourself a great disservice by not seeing this giant step forward in digital effects in its best light.