Posted by Kirk in Discuss, Movies | 5 comments
Discuss: Are Movies Too Long?
The Movie Geeks were standing in the lobby of the Tivoli Theater this past Sunday night waiting to go in to see ‘The Wrestler’ when the topic of movie length came up. Â More specifically, a couple of us were railing on the 152-minute running time of ‘The Dark Knight’, and a couple of us had no problem with the film being that long.
Keep in mind, the average length of a Bollywood film is 14 days. Â I just made that up. Â It’s more like 3 hours, but all that singing and dancing can get pretty monotonous.
So, what do you think? Â Are movies getting too long? Â Should studios force their directors to cut more out of their films? Â What’s the perfect length for a film? Â Would you rather a film be too long or too short?
Let us know! Â Comment below!
Absolutely! When a movie is just adding additional shit on just because the director cant bear to cut anything from the film, that is just insane. The movie should have ended at about 1:45 in and they can tack the rest on number 3.
I prefer longer movies. I feel like I am getting more for my money, even if I am not; and it gives me that much longer to immerse myself into that world.
To quote Alfred Hitchcock, as I often do… “The length of a movie should not exceed the strength of my bladder.” Then again, I don’t mind a long movie if it’s necessarily long for a reason and the story justifies it’s length. ‘Heat’ is one example of a long movie that managed to do just fine.
I prefer shorter movies (by shorter I mean under 2 hours), but there are certain movies that are longer that I can watch. If a movie is longer than that sometimes I won’t go see it in the theater…afraid I’ll miss something important if I have to go to the bathroom!
It depends on the movie. Having said that, however, when paying $9 to see a movie in the theater, if it’s 80-90 minutes long, I feel ripped off!