Maybe an Intermission was needed?

[bropous]

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]

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]

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

[bropous]

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]

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

[Ñólendil]

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