Do not see in IMAX 3D

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2015)

I made an IMDb account just to say this: Even if you like 3D movies, do not see _The Force Awakens_ in 3D. This movie was not shot with 3D cameras. Not even the special effects shots were rendered in actual stereoscopic 3D. The whole thing is converted, and it's terrible. Characters often have the appearance of living cardboard cutouts. Sense of scale is horribly, horribly messed up. For example, we see a huge ship and part of it is made to look closer even though it is so far away that you shouldn't be able to see that effect (like how in real life, when you look at clouds near the horizon, they don't appear to have depth). Similarly with planets and other stuff. Instead of just looking natural, like movies shot or computer-rendered in 3D, the 3D is a distracting layer on top of what the cinematographer intended, drawing attention to whatever the people who did the conversion decided to push out or pull in from the screen. Combined with the usual drawbacks of the 3D technology (glasses darken the image and seem to "box in" the screen, etc.), it really got on my nerves, affecting my experience much more than I expected.
Because of this distraction, I don't want to go in-depth on my opinion of the actual movie since it might very well have been different had I seen it in the original format. My feelings are ambivalent. On one hand it's mostly a rehash of the original trilogy with weaker characters and drama; on the other I can't deny that I (as someone who likes but is not super enthusiastic about _Star Wars_) had fun and was entertained. But I was hoping for something new and imaginative that would add to _Star Wars_, not just continue it.
One of the reasons I saw it in 3D even though I would have preferred non-3D is that there are no IMAX showings (at least anywhere near me) that are not IMAX 3D. That's right, post-converted 3D is being forced on IMAX viewers, I presume so they can bump up the ticket price and because 3D attendance has been on the decline. Some parts of the film were shot in IMAX, and this means you can't see those parts in unadulterated IMAX.
I feel bad that I already rewarded Disney and the theaters for this crap (not the film itself, just the way they're showing it) by shelling out extra for IMAX 3D. Please, don't reward them any more. If you see _The Force Awakens_, see it without 3D. You can save money (it's not like this movie needs more support) *and* have a better viewing experience.
Edit: I found out that the IMAX 3D for this movie basically isn't even IMAX, in the vast majority of theaters (in the US at least). Can't link to articles; just google "'the force awakens' 'IMAX 3D'" and they should come up.