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About a week ago I preordered tickets to Avatar in IMAX 3D. I could’ve seen it on opening day and gone to one of the so-called IMAX screens, but I chose to go the only real IMAX screen in Manhattan. The only showing that wasn’t sold out was 10:30 am on Sunday morning (that showing is actually sold out now too. I checked today just to satisfy my curiosity). Friday and Saturday were all sold out. So my review of Avatar was going to have to be posted on opening weekend instead of opening day. Oh well. Maybe seeing it on a Friday or Saturday night would’ve heightened the experience, but you know what else heightens the experience? A REAL IMAX SCREEN. Now I can view and review the movie the way James Cameron intended it to be seen. The so-called IMAX screen on Sheepshead Bay is just a slightly bigger theater screen, not a dome like on Broadway. So, it’s worth the wait. But I might not even be able to see it tomorrow.

Many of you have heard of the giant snowstorm heading for the East Coast (I’m actually staring at the snow right now) and walking to the subway, and then walking to the theater, might be a very difficult task. The N line might be delayed, and even if it isn’t, how am I supposed to walk all those blocks in 13 inches of snow. I might get lucky and the snow won’t be that severe and the roads will be cleaned and the subway tracks will be cleared, but I’m just explaining why my Avatar review might not come this weekend. I’m hoping I can go. I’ve been excited for a couple weeks now, but I’m not sure if it will be doable.

In fact, there are a few articles on the web (one is on MSN I believe) explaining that Avatar’s box office gross may be hurt by the snow storm. Sucks to be James Cameron. The guy spent $300 million, or whatever the budget was (the reported figures range from $250 million to over $300 million), and because of a stinkin’ snow storm his movie might do averagely at the box office.

If I do actually see Avatar tomorrow, my review should be up by the afternoon. If it isn’t, you can assume that I couldn’t go because of the snow.

If I don’t see it tomorrow, I have no idea when I will. There are so many movies to see over the next couple of weeks and the holidays are coming up. This snowstorm just made the next two weeks of my life even more hectic.