Comments on: Intermission http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/ mindless observations of the world around us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sam http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/#comment-1318 Sam Thu, 10 May 2007 10:06:43 +0000 #comment-1318 So...the movie was good, right?<br /><br />I didn't expect much, but it really dazzled me, personally.<br /><br />That and...yes, Eva Green is a goddess. So…the movie was good, right?

I didn't expect much, but it really dazzled me, personally.

That and…yes, Eva Green is a goddess.

]]> By: Phil Jefferson http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/#comment-1313 Phil Jefferson Thu, 03 May 2007 22:42:56 +0000 #comment-1313 A few possibilities spring to mind:<br /><br />- TVs are getting bigger, higher definition, sound systems are improving all the time, we're getting closer and closer to a true home theatre, and if you're going to have the true cinimatic experience it should be as close as possible to, well, the experience you'd get in a cinema. Feel free to overcharge yourself for popcorn or eat ice cream with a bit of wood to enhance this experience.<br /><br />- This is how the director wanted the film to be seen, it's how it was designed to be seen, they knew it was a long film and would require an intermission, so the intermission is designed in, at that point they plan for you to take a break and mull over what you've seen allowing them to more easily lay a complex foundation and have it pay off after the intermission. (I haven't seen kingdom of heaven, so I have no idea how likely this is to be accurate, but it does explain why it isn't at the midpoint of the film)<br /><br />- Maybe the film was so awful nobody could bring themselves to watch it again to take out the intermission.<br /><br />- Following on from that, maybe it provides a point at which people can say "Shall we watch something else instead?" A few possibilities spring to mind:

- TVs are getting bigger, higher definition, sound systems are improving all the time, we're getting closer and closer to a true home theatre, and if you're going to have the true cinimatic experience it should be as close as possible to, well, the experience you'd get in a cinema. Feel free to overcharge yourself for popcorn or eat ice cream with a bit of wood to enhance this experience.

- This is how the director wanted the film to be seen, it's how it was designed to be seen, they knew it was a long film and would require an intermission, so the intermission is designed in, at that point they plan for you to take a break and mull over what you've seen allowing them to more easily lay a complex foundation and have it pay off after the intermission. (I haven't seen kingdom of heaven, so I have no idea how likely this is to be accurate, but it does explain why it isn't at the midpoint of the film)

- Maybe the film was so awful nobody could bring themselves to watch it again to take out the intermission.

- Following on from that, maybe it provides a point at which people can say “Shall we watch something else instead?”

]]> By: RUMandCOKE http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/#comment-1311 RUMandCOKE Thu, 03 May 2007 19:42:26 +0000 #comment-1311 I like the picture. I wonder who sent it to you. hmm. =) I havent seen the movie, but it also confuses me why a movie that you can buy and pause whenever you want would have an intermission in the middle. As you said, for theaters that makes some sense, but for a DVD? Intermissions are for the actors to take a break as well. I dont think the DVD needs a break. I like the picture. I wonder who sent it to you. hmm. =) I havent seen the movie, but it also confuses me why a movie that you can buy and pause whenever you want would have an intermission in the middle. As you said, for theaters that makes some sense, but for a DVD? Intermissions are for the actors to take a break as well. I dont think the DVD needs a break.

]]> By: Tigerblade http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/#comment-1308 Tigerblade Thu, 03 May 2007 05:10:34 +0000 #comment-1308 That's exactly my point. Why?? Was it that difficult for them to take the intermission thing out? C'mon studios... That's exactly my point. Why?? Was it that difficult for them to take the intermission thing out? C'mon studios…

]]> By: Dan http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/05/02/intermission/#comment-1307 Dan Thu, 03 May 2007 04:57:56 +0000 #comment-1307 Simple. There was an intermission inserted into the film when the movie was in theaters, and during the transition to DVD/VHS, they were too stupid to cut that part out. Simple. There was an intermission inserted into the film when the movie was in theaters, and during the transition to DVD/VHS, they were too stupid to cut that part out.

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