01-03-2002, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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Maybe an Intermission was needed?
Do you fellow entmooters think that perhaps Mr. Jackson could have made the film a bit longer and included more had he made use of an intermission? I know it has been quite a while since a film has been released with an entracte, is it now considered a filmmaking anachronism?
For me, I think an intermission would have been quite helpful. Especially when I saw the film at a theatre which was serving beer!!! Plus, the film may have been a bit long for some audience members, and this may also have been alleviated by use of an intermission. In my humble Entingish opinion...
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01-03-2002, 12:50 PM | #2 |
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Considering the movie is made for consumption by all rather than just LOTR fans, I think it was ok. An intermission might have turned away people who really didn't have a good grasp of all that takes place in Tolkiens works.
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01-03-2002, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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Actually, my cinema inserted an intermission before the scene at the Door of Moria.
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01-03-2002, 07:15 PM | #4 |
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Really, CBG? I find that really offensive, actually. For the filmmaker to put in an intermission is a call of artistic license. For a theater to arbitrarily put in an intermission in a complete film smacks of destroying the pacing of a film.
At least it does to this Elvish Warrior...others may feel differently.
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01-04-2002, 01:30 AM | #5 |
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We're currently in the middle of a year-long intermission, and the first of two, at that.
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01-04-2002, 02:50 AM | #6 |
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I certainly would have liked to see the cut 45 minutes included, with an intermission two hours in. That would have been great.
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