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Interactive movies

Have you ever watched a movie and wished you could make the characters do something different? Well, interactive movies are like that! They allow you to make choices that affect the story and the characters.

Imagine you are watching a movie about a detective who is trying to solve a mystery. At a certain point in the movie, the detective must choose whether to chase after the suspect or call for backup. With an interactive movie, you get to make that decision for the detective. If you choose to chase after the suspect, you get to see what happens next, but if you choose to call for backup, the story goes in a different direction.

Interactive movies can be like choose-your-own-adventure books, but instead of reading and choosing what happens next, you get to watch a movie and make decisions for the characters. It's like being in charge of your own movie adventure!

Some interactive movies even use technology to allow you to use your phone or a remote control to choose what happens next. Other interactive movies may be designed as video games where you control the characters and make decisions as the story progresses.

Overall, interactive movies are a fun and unique way to experience a movie where you get to be in control of what happens next.