Alot of new movies made today are over 2 hours long it really puts me off. Back in those days good films where made in less then two hours e.g Batman (1989)
It depends on the movie, a good well written and directed movie can make the best out of its time....or a shitty written and directed movie, makes the worst of it.
I'm not bothered, if a film is good I never notice the time frame.
I watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo last year, and it's about 153-170ish minutes long, after it finished, for some reason I was wondering that was a short film...
Long movies like the Titanic or Avatar really suck. But the Godfather was a great flick over 2 hours. Gone with the Wind, a really long one, is worth the time and investment. The Lord of the Rings could not possibly be completed in under 2 hours, and Jackson actually left some good things out of it entirely.
I love long movies, but the director has to be a competent composer, and all the actors have to be perfectly in tune with their roles in order for it to be pulled off.
Nothing's worse than sitting through a 2+hour load of dreck that you wouldn't want to touch with a 10-ft pole
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If the movie's good, it's good no matter what the length is. That being said, when I see a movie is around 90 minutes, I'm usually hesitant; I'd rather a movie be at least 2 hours.
I don't think this topic is gonna go anywhere. I think everyone can agree with what's already been posted - if it's good, it doesn't matter how long it is. Quality is quality. And shit is shit. Long shit, short shit, doesn't matter.
Anyway, some films are dense and require a long running time to tell the story. It's necessary for films like The Godfather, etc.
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Yeah, but there are commercial breaks during football games, not to mention half time where one can go take a shit, or cook some hot wings, or go take a piss or a crap, oh I already said take a shit, my bad.
On that note, there is one thing I don't get about long/epic modern films... why don't they have intermission? I love the old idea of intermissions... they give me time to get more snacks, stretch, take a shit, etc. Seems like old films got it right. Some director should bring back the intermission with a vengence.
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Last edited by Blinky on Apr 2nd, 2010 at 07:45 PM
Yeah,I notice a lot of movies these days are over 2 hours like 2 hours and 15 minutes or so which is kinda annoying but theres some such as The Dark Knight that are so great I dont mind it then or like with JFK and Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner,that have very important documented facts in them,that sometimes like in those cases,its worth the almost 3 hours or so cause the facts of the cases are so incredibly interesting.
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