The thing about watching Most Dangerous Game in 7 to 9 minute chapters is that after awhile it becomes a case of “you can’t just watch one.”
As CEO of Dreamworks Animation and as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg is responsible for the following hits being made:
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
Shrek
Madagascar
Kung Fu Panda
Monsters vs. Aliens
How to Train Your Dragon
It’s therefore curious why he would start a company to stream short 10 minutes or less content that’s only available on your phone.
And then I started watching their chapter-based movie, Most Dangerous Game. It’s an action film with a handful of characters, which lends itself to distinct chapter breaks. The first two chapters set up the premise and characters; the remaining thirteen give edge-of-your-seat action and conflict.
It’s an intriguing idea to break a movie into distinct chapters of seven or eight minutes each. Enough for a cubicle worker to catch a chapter or two when the boss isn’t looking or when on a lunch break.
And watching a chapter or two at home on your phone is surprisingly not a big deal: you’ll be spending only seven or eight minutes to watch one.
I think I started watching the movie on Sunday evening and finished up the last four chapters on Thursday evening, so maybe four to five days to complete the movie.
Another dynamic, which I hadn’t considered, is personal viewing. If you’re a couple and decide what to watch together on the “big TV,” it may be a guilty pleasure to sneak in a chapter before bed.