it blows the first one out the water. Again you need to watch it in imax3D. You aren't watching near the same movie without the enhanced sound and 3D visuals. I watched a double feature tonight so both were in the IMAX but only the new one was also in 3D. First one is still a fantastic movie. This one beats the bloody **** out of it.
To be fair, the review I read in the CL (AP wire), was that it was sophomoric and was bad like the first one. It was obviously made for the "bench press" crowd. Well, I liked the first one and I like to bench press so I'll see #2 against the advice of a professional movie critic who is definitely a pansy and more than likely a dubmass