Maybe an Intermission was needed?

bropous · 01-03-2002, 12:27 PM

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...

Spock · 01-03-2002, 12:50 PM

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.

Comic Book Guy · 01-03-2002, 05:37 PM

Actually, my cinema inserted an intermission before the scene at the Door of Moria.

bropous · 01-03-2002, 07:15 PM

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.

***IronParrot*** · 01-04-2002, 01:30 AM

We're currently in the middle of a year-long intermission, and the first of two, at that.

Ñólendil · 01-04-2002, 02:50 AM

I certainly would have liked to see the cut 45 minutes included, with an intermission two hours in. That would have been great.

01-03-2002, 12:27 PM	#1
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	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... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-03-2002, 12:50 PM	#2
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	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. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

01-03-2002, 07:15 PM	#4
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	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. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

01-04-2002, 01:30 AM	#5
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	We're currently in the middle of a year-long intermission, and the first of two, at that. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

01-04-2002, 02:50 AM	#6
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I certainly would have liked to see the cut 45 minutes included, with an intermission two hours in. That would have been great. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

01-03-2002, 05:37 PM	#3
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	Actually, my cinema inserted an intermission before the scene at the Door of Moria.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
some help needed ;)))	yadinka	Lord of the Rings Books	13	11-21-2005 04:26 PM
Favor Needed	Forkbeard	Middle Earth	3	08-26-2005 01:52 AM
Was Bilbo really needed	Haradrim	The Hobbit (book)	42	02-02-2005 04:53 PM
New Characters Needed....	elvishfaerie3088	RPG Forum	17	07-26-2003 05:45 PM
all I ever needed to know in life....	galadriel	Middle Earth	42	10-03-2002 03:32 PM