I went to an opera a couple of days ago and was very pleasantly surprised about the extended breaks. It actually makes it so much more of an event, not to mention that nobody was rushing to the bathroom because the breaks were like 30 minutes each (between each act they redo the decor on the set). It also gave you plenty of time to grab a bite to eat and a drink.
Wonder if the studios said they can’t have them anymore. Would be cool if a theater brought them back. Probably have tons of people just leave when the movie is bad.
The Brutalist had a 20 min intermission. It was very welcome. Theaters should totally encourage it, the line for concessions during intermission was crazy.
They used to have intermissions!
They did? Bring them back.
It was great. You could even get little pots of ice cream during them.
I remember when I was a wee lad, we went to see Titanic, and the movie was so long they showed it in two parts!
I died a little inside reading thos comment. I’m so old.
First time I saw it was during Titanic!
But then it kind of faded away
Musical theatre and opera still do!
And non-musical live theatre too!
I went to an opera a couple of days ago and was very pleasantly surprised about the extended breaks. It actually makes it so much more of an event, not to mention that nobody was rushing to the bathroom because the breaks were like 30 minutes each (between each act they redo the decor on the set). It also gave you plenty of time to grab a bite to eat and a drink.
Wonder if the studios said they can’t have them anymore. Would be cool if a theater brought them back. Probably have tons of people just leave when the movie is bad.
I have to assume it’s studios – movie theaters make most of their money selling concessions, and intermissions are great for that.
Not sure why the studio would care if people left after intermission, they’ve already paid full price.
All those intermissions would add up. They wouldn’t be able to show as many movies per day…
Does it matter? They’ve already paid. I’d rather people who aren’t into the movie left, than were disruptive.
They still do, at least where i live (western europe). Source: went to the cinema last sunday
In my country as well! (Asia)
The Brutalist had a 20 min intermission. It was very welcome. Theaters should totally encourage it, the line for concessions during intermission was crazy.