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Sep 22, 2024
9:39:41pm

Gustav Intervention Needed

“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” - Roger Ebert

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Gustav

Previous username: gustav88
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Messages

Author

Time

POLL: How long should a movie be?

scootsy (Taylor’s Version)

Sep 22, 9:23pm

As long as it takes to show a great story

Ted Lasso

Sep 22, 9:24pm

So option 1 then.

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:24pm

Nope. LOTR are not too long.

Ted Lasso

Sep 22, 9:25pm

Yes, they absolutely are. It's too long if it can't reasonably be watched in one sitting.

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:25pm

Sorry you have the attention span of a 5 year old

ldssdl

Sep 22, 9:27pm

I usually watch the whole extended trilogy in one sitting.

KingDave

Sep 22, 9:29pm

Tell that to my 8 year old son who did a marathon last week

Ungoy

Sep 22, 10:53pm

The Extended versions are not long enough.

Tesla Coug

Sep 22, 9:28pm

Extended editions serve a very specific purpose. But the shire intro and the council of elrond absolutely would've

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:30pm

RE: Extended editions serve a very specific purpose. But the shire intro and the council of elrond absolutely would've

KingDave

Sep 22, 9:33pm

RE: Extended editions serve a very specific purpose. But the shire intro and the

Ungoy

Sep 22, 10:54pm

Depends on the story being told. Some need more time than others.

BYUtka

Sep 22, 9:24pm

Only if you have bad writers

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:24pm

RE: Only if you have bad writers

Tesla Coug

Sep 22, 9:27pm

So you would trim over 2 hours off Lawrence of Arabia?

rtNelson

Sep 22, 9:32pm

Everyone is bringing up epics as a counterpoint. Run of the mill comedies push 2 hours now. In fact it's hard to find

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:36pm

Then that should be part of your poll. Because I was thinking the same thing.

rtNelson

Sep 22, 9:38pm

Epics should be the exception, not the rule.

scootsy

Sep 22, 9:38pm

That clearly seems to be the general consensus here.

rtNelson

Sep 22, 9:40pm

95-120 minutes. But there at exceptions

cougarfann888

Sep 22, 9:26pm

Is it comedy, action, drama?

Great38

Sep 22, 9:36pm

“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” - Roger Ebert

Gustav

Sep 22, 9:39pm

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