The special effects are immersive and groundbreaking in countless ways, and in 3D the movie looks great. The imagined world is highly derivative of many Miyazaki anime films, but the storyline and characters are not half as original and innovative as Miyazaki's. Instead, the story is the usual tired, boring, and predictable "Dances with Wolves" Hollywood fluff, and I knew exactly where the story was going about 10 minutes into the film. Too bad, really, as the visuals are just stunning. But a movie is more than just visuals, and about an hour into the movie, I found myself looking at my watch wondering when it would end.