IMAX Report Card: Is Pacific Rim Worth $18?

Any self-respecting film nerd living in the greater Nashville area has probably made a trip or two to the Regal Opry Mills 20, home to a real IMAX screen (not one of those junky knockoffs). Having an authentic IMAX screen is the icing on the cake for local movie lovers. But at $18 a ticket, the Opry Mills IMAX is also the priciest movie night in town. For a movie date, you may be paying through the nose for a movie that may not even take advantage of the format — especially if it's a lame conversion of some kind.

With that in mind, Country Life issues this IMAX Report Card, complete with graded categories to gauge whether you should shell out the extra dough. First up: Guillermo del Toro’s high-flying monster vs. robots epic Pacific Rim.