Movie theaters are a nightmare.
Theyre expensive, theyre loudbut most importantly, I cant start and stop the movie.
That alone makes home rental better than the theater,MoviePass or no.
One thing would change my mind: Intermissions at the theater.
In previous golden ages of film, when movies got longer, they added intermissions.
But even though three-hour epics are back in style, the intermission is not.
Only a handful of movies have added an intermission in the past two decades.
Quentin Tarantino stuck one in theearly release of The Hateful Eight, but not in the wide release.
It apparently takes a four-hour film likeGods and Generalsto earn an intermission.
Theater owners confirmed to Hartlaub that theyd like to have the option of an intermission.
Intermissions wont ruin the immersion or story for viewers.
They didnt ruinThe Sound of Musicor2001: A Space Odyssey.
(One critic argues that the intermission inSeven Samuraiis anintegral part of the story.)
They dont ruin live theater, where intermissions are the norm for any show over 100 minutes.
But just adding intermissions at arbitrary points would cause problems.
Plays are written with intermissions in mind; so were the epics of yore.
So are Bollywood films, which still commonly include an interval (as theyre known in British English).
Screenwriters and directors would need to plan their story around the intermission.
Thats a huge ask!
Audiences can talk about the first half of the film and prepare for the second.
Everyone can stretch their legs so the film doesnt feel like a plane flight.
People will need to save their seatssure, fine.
It all worked in the 60s, and it can all work again.
Maybe it will even convince me to buy popcorn.
Lets all go to the lobby, to get ourselves a treat.
