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Open Thread: Patreon Mailbag (June 2023) (Patreon)

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2023-06-06 20:09:10
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Hi Patrons!

One or more of our next few After Dark episodes will likely feature listener mail. Have any questions/suggested topics? Let us know in the comments below.

Also: If we didn't get to your question last time around, you are welcome to re-post them! Thanks, as always, for your support.

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Anonymous

In order to narrow this question down I am only referring to the first viewing experience of a movie. I am not a great writer so please feel free to rephrase this question if it get's chosen for the mailbag. Is it okay to watch a movie in chunks and take anywhere from a 3 to 24 hour break in between sittings? I know the three of you watch most movies for the first time in a theater but if not, do you always set aside enough time to watch a movie in its' entirety and complete it in one sitting? Or do you ever start a movie with the intention of stopping it and taking a break half way through? I would estimate that I see about 50% of the movies that are reviewed on this podcast in theaters but for those that I watch at home, some can have around three hour runtimes. Personally, I sometimes find myself more attentive and engaged with these longer movies when I break them up into more manageable chunks. I am not saying I watch all movies this way, I do think that there are some movies best consumed in one sitting without any or minimal distractions regardless of runtime. Am I losing much and/or unable to grasp the full breadth of any given movie watching experience by taking a break after a midpoint act or climax?

Anonymous

Curious what you guys think of cold opens (i.e. Mission Impossible 3's opening of Ethan tied to the chair while Phillip Seymour Hoffman interrogates him)? I personally find them to be a cheap way to get the audience engaged immediately by simply plucking a high intense moment from the middle of the movie and putting it at the beginning, only to catch up to it midway through. Not sure your thoughts on it.