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Rogue ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Intermissions at Movie Theaters Spur Studio to Intervene
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Honestly, I'm not sure why all movies over 2 hours don't have them, inserted by the theater so that they can sell more popcorn and candy.
As someone with a bladder over 40 yrs old now (ugh), I think intermissions ought to be mandatory in anything over 2.5 hrs.
If studios want cinema to survive (and at this point I'm not sure they do), they need to stop trying to cater exclusively to the 29-35 yr-old demo.
My parents used to go to movies often. Now they find it a daunting chore because of the online reserved seating. So they just don't go anymore. I don't imagine they're alone in that.
I will recommend the RunPee app. Been using it for years now and never worry about getting up to pee.
Why do these things always need to be apps when they would work just as well as a webpage?
It includes a timer that you start when the film starts
Timers can easily be made in a web UI, so that's no reason for an app over a website.
Websites can do that just as easily. The general truth is that native apps can be promoted more easily, and they can have smoother UIs.
2 hours seems normal to me, but I could definitely see it as you get closer to three.
Hateful Eight had one and that was 2 hours 55 minutes.
I bet the internet has a list of movies with intermissions:
(looked, lots of lists, but not correlated with run times)
Cleopatra was almost 4 damn hours!
And the Hateful 8 road show was the last great cinematic experience that comes to my mind. Coincidence? Probably since I just hate theaters now.
Yeah, Star Wars films all run about two hours, and even the sloppier ones feel brisk. (With the possible exception of the middle of The Empire Strikes Back.)
Three hours? That is two entire movies. My bladder is full, the popcorn is cold and sad, everybody take five.
When I was a kid, I remember that Space Jam was the last movie with an intermission and the movie is not even that long.