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What the gently caress happened to intermissions? It's inhumane to expect a paying customer to hold their bladder for >2.5 hours while they digest culture, soda, snacks and the overall American cinema experience. The absolute last film I remember needing and thanking for having an intermission in was Gods and Generals. If it didn't have one, the film would have enacted itself through audience rioting. I want IT 2 to be a good film, I saw the first part in a theater and it was a treat. I probably won't be seeing it in theaters though. Having to strategically piss and play the bladder game with the crowd is just unfun enough to cancel out what's gained by the setting. Plus drastically fewer show times throughout the day. I'm just scratching my head trying to see the logic in this.
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TheOmegaWalrus posted:What the gently caress happened to intermissions? Yeah intermissions would be nice for a lot of films. Most of my local theaters serve beer which makes sitting through the entire film without using the restroom next to impossible for me. I usually will just get up because I feel like I'm missing more being distracted by holding my bladder than just hauling rear end to the restroom and back.
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Jul 28, 2019 23:01
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I wonder what the leverage is? Like a threat to just skip cinemas altogether and just go straight to streaming or something? In the UK at least I don't think there's that many cinema chains close together that if one of the big ones refused to show a film, the others would suddenly pick up an influx of people. On top of that, don't they rely on the cinema chains to bring in the majority of the revenue for a film?
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Jul 28, 2019 23:03
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You guys have weird bladders, and mine is pretty small. However, I don't drink pop/soda or eat movie theater snacks either. Beer if they serve it, I guess.
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Jul 28, 2019 23:06
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Intermissions also make a lot of sense financially. Theaters famously dont keep their box office receipts, so getting a second bite at the concessions sales apple without having to sell a second ticket makes a lot of sense, right?
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Jul 28, 2019 23:09
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Basically I am an old man and I want the toilet-recliners from Idiocracy to be real. IT SPOILERSThe turtle's showing up when you take a piss. Doesn't matter when.
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Jul 28, 2019 23:14
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Give me 3-4 hour movies with an intermission. Id love that.
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Jul 28, 2019 23:20
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I thought intermissions were a holdover from film barging into theater's territory and they went away when not even the snobbiest movies were pretending to create that kind of experience Last wide release movies with intermissions were Grindhouse and one cut of Hateful Eight, right? Films explicitly trying to create and sustain a certain mood. Or maybe I'm not remembering other examples
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Jul 29, 2019 00:20
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Adlai Stevenson posted:I thought intermissions were a holdover from film barging into theater's territory and they went away when not even the snobbiest movies were pretending to create that kind of experience Intermissions went away because movie studios hate them, not for any logical reason.
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Jul 29, 2019 00:27
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Lurdiak posted:Intermissions went away because movie studios hate them, not for any logical reason. I've never heard that before, why do they hate them? Also, shout out to the person in this thread who recommended They're Watching, that was a good movie.
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Jul 29, 2019 00:57
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I've never heard that before, why do they hate them? Shrecknet posted:Theaters getting a second bite at the concessions sales apple without having to sell a second ticket makes a lot of sense for the exhibitors
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Jul 29, 2019 00:59
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Intermissions also add up to a lot of time a month the screen isn't showing the movie the studio wants seen. In their mind that's money just going into the void.
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Jul 29, 2019 01:09
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Lurdiak posted:Intermissions also add up to a lot of time a month the screen isn't showing the movie the studio wants seen. In their mind that's money just going into the void. I mean, that's their logic yeah but that doesn't loving matter when your movie's showing on like four different screens at once.
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Jul 29, 2019 01:18
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You wanna know whose still doing intermissions? India. And as someone who worked a theatre showing some Bollywood on occasion, those intermissions are both damnable to the lazy worker and a godsend to business owners. I remember my local, small town theater forcing an intermission during the second Harry Potter, splicing a 15 minute intermission reel between two of the film's own reels. So just as Harry, Ron, and Hermione are explaining their plans, the film is interrupted mid-line to display the word 'Intermission'. As a youngin' who was dropped off by my parents without any money for snacks, that wait was interminable.
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Jul 29, 2019 01:21
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King Vidiot posted:I mean, that's their logic yeah but that doesn't loving matter when your movie's showing on like four different screens at once. Exhibitors have very little bargaining power.
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Jul 29, 2019 02:12
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King Vidiot posted:I mean, that's their logic yeah but that doesn't loving matter when your movie's showing on like four different screens at once. Executives do not make decisions based on logic.
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Jul 29, 2019 03:01
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Just piss on the floor, how have you morons not thought of that yet
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Jul 29, 2019 14:21
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Tart Kitty posted:whaaaaat. The stories about the lumberjack just going ham on people at the tavern with an axe, and the dust bowl gangsters getting lit up by an entire town are King at his focused best. it was good the first time but one of the things i dislike about king is his books are often too much. usually it's just too much backstory with characters but with IT it's the entire town. i'm definitely in the minority on this based on reading the king thread in book barn because i'm a big fan of his ideas about i find his execution lacking a great deal nearly every time.
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Jul 29, 2019 15:00
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TheOmegaWalrus posted:IT SPOILERSThe turtle's showing up when you take a piss. Doesn't matter when. There’s a near-zero percent chance that makes it into the movie.
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Jul 29, 2019 15:04
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Blast Fantasto posted:There’s a near-zero percent chance that makes it into the movie. if I drink enough beer first it's like a 99% chance
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Jul 29, 2019 15:10
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Shrecknet posted:Intermissions also make a lot of sense financially. Theaters famously dont keep their box office receipts, so getting a second bite at the concessions sales apple without having to sell a second ticket makes a lot of sense, right? Intermissions don't really make a lot of sense as a whole. The majority of ticket sales go right back to the studios, where the theater itself makes money off the concessions. Lets look at it this way, a 90 minute movie, with 30 minutes between movies has a 2 hour turn around. So every two hours the studio is getting their take and the theater is getting theirs. A 4 hour movie, with intermission and between time is now 5 hours, the studio is getting less money back. To top that off, not everyone is going back for a second round of extra buttered popcorn and a child sized caffeine free diet coke, so they're not getting nearly as much back. I worked in a theater when Titanic was playing, and anyone who has been an usher can tell you that the two kinds of movies that are the worst to clean up are children's movies, and long movies. We'd be getting the leaf- blower out for every showing of Titanic, and that bitch ran on the biggest screen for at least 3 months before going to successively smaller ones. Thankfully I wasn't involved in time someone leaf-blowered the used diaper.
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Jul 29, 2019 15:16
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has anyone seen tom hollands new movie rock papers scissors is it good? i will watch it tonight and report back
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Jul 29, 2019 15:34
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Darko posted:You guys have weird bladders, and mine is pretty small. How old are you? I used to be able to hold my bladder a whole day if need be back in my teens and early 20s, but I'm 31 now and that isn't the case anymore unless I want to be in extreme discomfort. It sucks too because with a nearly 3 hour run time I know I'm going to have to empty the tank before the film and not enjoy poo poo to drink during it so I don't miss anything.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:19
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All this talk of It Chapter Two reminded me I never got around to watching Chapter One. So I did! And I like it a lot and am now pretty sure I'm seeing Chapter Two in theaters. Thank you for reading, have a nice day
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Jul 29, 2019 16:24
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s.i.r.e. posted:How old are you? I used to be able to hold my bladder a whole day if need be back in my teens and early 20s, but I'm 31 now and that isn't the case anymore unless I want to be in extreme discomfort. It sucks too because with a nearly 3 hour run time I know I'm going to have to empty the tank before the film and not enjoy poo poo to drink during it so I don't miss anything. I'm 35, and Avengers Endgame was the first 3 hour movie I'd been to in a bunch of years, probably since Return of the King. Yea, there was definitely a major difference in the way I had to plan things out(avoid drinking too much beforehand, make sure I go to the bathroom right before it starts) now versus how casual I could be about that stuff in my 20s. I made an effort to just barely sip at my soda when my mouth got a little dry and still I barely made it to the end. 15 more minutes and I'd have had no choice but to go to the bathroom.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:32
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Blast Fantasto posted:There’s a near-zero percent chance that makes it into the movie. Also, for any New Yorker horror fans, BAM is doing a screening of Nightingale with a Jennifer Kent Q&A Thursday evening. I know the film itself is not strictly going to be horror, but it looks great and I'm excited to hear Kent speak despite how lovely Q&As tend to be. My wife and I were able to get tickets this morning, so seats should be available. Timeless Appeal fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Jul 29, 2019 16:38
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im 21 and can barely sit thru a movie in a theater without peeing bc i get so much anxiety about having to pee during a movie it makes me have to pee at home i can watch a 8 hour miniseries with no bathroom breaks its weird
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Jul 29, 2019 16:40
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Basebf555 posted:I'm 35, and Avengers Endgame was the first 3 hour movie I'd been to in a bunch of years, probably since Return of the King. Yea, there was definitely a major difference in the way I had to plan things out(avoid drinking too much beforehand, make sure I go to the bathroom right before it starts) now versus how casual I could be about that stuff in my 20s. I made an effort to just barely sip at my soda when my mouth got a little dry and still I barely made it to the end. 15 more minutes and I'd have had no choice but to go to the bathroom. I saw Endgame twice and neither showing was I able to enjoy things at the end because I needed to piss like crazy. Though I did have two full on meals right before both showings but I wasn't going to make it 3 hours without a full stomach to digest during the showing but that also comes with the need to piss. It sucks. I remember when I was younger and I would see older people leave the theater to use the bathroom and would wonder, "You paid good money to watch the movie, can't you hold it?"
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Jul 29, 2019 16:47
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I'm 35 and the only times I've used the bathroom during a showing the past decade has been to take a break from a terrible movie I was watching with family
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Jul 29, 2019 16:51
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s.i.r.e. posted:I saw Endgame twice and neither showing was I able to enjoy things at the end because I needed to piss like crazy. Though I did have two full on meals right before both showings but I wasn't going to make it 3 hours without a full stomach to digest during the showing but that also comes with the need to piss. It sucks. Yeah, hell, at home I pause movies like 3 times to piss, or get a drink, or shovel some snacks down my gullet.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:53
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I'm 33 and only need to take a piss break during a movie if I drink a ton beforehand. But I also don't feel the need to eat or drink anything to enjoy my movie. I tend to only drink a lot if I am bored.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:56
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I dehydrate myself for a day prior to seeing any movie
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Jul 29, 2019 16:57
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I drink beer and watch movies at home but I can never take advantage of those theaters that serve beer because if I didn't have the ability to pause the movie I'd miss half it. When I'm drinking I'm going to the bathroom like twice an hour, it's ridiculous.
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Jul 29, 2019 17:01
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So I recently watched Under the Skin; here's my letterboxed review:quote:Here's the synopsis: If aliens came to earth and looked like Scarlett Johanssen, they could easily seduce soccer hooligans and club idiots in Scotland. But watch out!, some people are lovely to woman! Hooray.
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Jul 29, 2019 17:02
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BrendianaJones posted:I tend to only drink a lot if I am bored. Same but it has nothing to do with movies
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Jul 29, 2019 17:03
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i have never once got up during a movie to use the restroom. i plan that poo poo out.
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Jul 29, 2019 17:03
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Shrecknet posted:So I recently watched Under the Skin; here's my letterboxed review: Yea I think you're off base, at least related to Under the Skin. There is clearly a story, you just didn't absorb it, probably because you were initially bored and then became preoccupied by your own boredom and didn't engage with it.
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Jul 29, 2019 17:08
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Shrecknet posted:Like, a book that was just endless descriptions of a beautiful flower-filled field would be horrible, because you need some sort of story. Proust would like a word with you e: also yeah Under the Skin most definitely has a story, not sure what you mean by that
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Jul 29, 2019 17:11
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Basebf555 posted:Yea I think you're off base, at least related to Under the Skin. There is clearly a story, you just didn't absorb it, probably because you were initially bored and then became preoccupied by your own boredom and didn't engage with it. I get the arc, it just was so so so slow-paced and we're given absolutely nothing to the characters other than "ScarJo evil huntress, dudes horny" for over an hour. The complete lack of meaningful dialog for the entire movie is an artistic choice that I absolutely hated. I just couldn't find any conflict at all in the first hour. She cruises for single men, captures them, and that's it. There's never any threat or challenge, nothing is learned about her character, none of the men matter or resist in any way, she just plans to seduce them and then effortlessly does. Hooray. This is well worth over an hour of runtime. Shrecknet fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Shrecknet posted:So I recently watched Under the Skin; here's my letterboxed review: I'm not trying to be dismissive here But sometimes I'm just in the mood for them Sometimes I want a square meal at a sit down restaurant. Sometimes I want a good burger I can eat in my car. Sometimes I want a bag of candy I can cry into and forget my day. Different experiences for different moods. A spare film can be tense, atmospheric, moody, funny, and as many things as other films. And spare probably isn't the right word; Playtime is missing elements most movies have but I wouldn't say it's minimalistic. Removing typical elements can shine a spotlight on what remains, hopefully to that remainder's benefit.
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