I've watched superhero movies on planes before, but over time I've concluded that I don't like watching special effects-heavy movies that way—the tiny screen mutes too much of what makes those movies work at their best. I much prefer less visual "talky" movies instead...on recent flights, I saw "She Said" (which I had been meaning to see) and "The Intern" (which I wasn't that interested in but I had just watched an interview with Hathaway the day before the flight so it seemed like kismet) and enjoyed them both. (Other than the fact that the flight ended with "The Intern" still having 12 minutes left and it wasn't available on any streaming service, but I could watch it on TNT on-demand but I had to fast forward through the movie and sit through like 30 minutes of commercials to get to that last 12 minutes. But that's neither here nor there.)
Many times, I've hesitated to watch a movie because it would end too close to my flight's ETA. I've long wondered why there's not an option to sort movies by length on a flight. Or maybe in a dream world, to build a playlist that's measured against the flight time. I used to do this with music on my iPod.
I've watched superhero movies on planes before, but over time I've concluded that I don't like watching special effects-heavy movies that way—the tiny screen mutes too much of what makes those movies work at their best. I much prefer less visual "talky" movies instead...on recent flights, I saw "She Said" (which I had been meaning to see) and "The Intern" (which I wasn't that interested in but I had just watched an interview with Hathaway the day before the flight so it seemed like kismet) and enjoyed them both. (Other than the fact that the flight ended with "The Intern" still having 12 minutes left and it wasn't available on any streaming service, but I could watch it on TNT on-demand but I had to fast forward through the movie and sit through like 30 minutes of commercials to get to that last 12 minutes. But that's neither here nor there.)
Many times, I've hesitated to watch a movie because it would end too close to my flight's ETA. I've long wondered why there's not an option to sort movies by length on a flight. Or maybe in a dream world, to build a playlist that's measured against the flight time. I used to do this with music on my iPod.