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Whenever I am shopping for a theater movie, I find myself turned off when it is only 1 1/2 hours long. It makes me feel like it’s very low budget, poor acting or that I’m not getting my money’s worth. Does anyone else feel the same way?
Movie length cycles (or at least it did). Typically the serious themes used to run long. GWTW, LOA, Schindler's List, and so on would take whatever time it took to tell the story. Kid's films ran short.
I don't remember exactly when, but sometime in the 70s or 80s, there was a drive by studios to have theatres get five or six showings in during a day, supposedly to maximize profits. That meant that 100 minutes was about the max a film could run, less if previews and ads were included. After a while, that stopped when some powerful director broke the rule and made a lot of money. (This stuff happened all the time)
Horror is generally short, as it is difficult to maintain the emotion for long periods. Some long films are horrors BECAUSE they are so long. (Interstellar, I'm singling you out)
Thinking back to scheduling, the few films that ran less than 90 minutes were generally B features for drive-ins or comedy. Film came in canisters, and almost all contained at least six reels. Each reel held up to 20 minutes, so somewhere between 100 and 120 minutes was normal.
Whenever I am shopping for a theater movie, I find myself turned off when it is only 1 1/2 hours long. It makes me feel like it’s very low budget, poor acting or that I’m not getting my money’s worth. Does anyone else feel the same way?
I am turned off by most films over 2hrs...the turnoff for me is 2hr and 15 minutes....I hear that...I am like there is gonna be a big boring segment.....anything around 2hrs or just under is ideal for me.....forget 2 hrs 33min
It really depends on the type of movie in question. Some movies feel too long at 90 minutes, others feel short at over 3h. Whether a movie uses its time wisely is the most important question to me.
I thought the Return of the King was a great movie, and that it was too long. I do judge it less because of that.
I loved TRotK too, though I'll be the first to admit it had some problems. That said, length wasn't the problem.
I love epic movies, and yeah, if I pony up $12 for a movie ticket only to sit in the theater for 90 minutes, I feel a little cheated. But there are a whole lot of fantastic movies that come in well under two hours.
I probably have a tendency to discard the idea of a movie that shows pretty short when searching thru options. If it's under 100 minutes I probably toss it aside faster unless the synopsis is really compelling (they usually aren't). But I do love me a good, long, epic movie that leaves me feeling bereft when it's over.
Whenever I am shopping for a theater movie, I find myself turned off when it is only 1 1/2 hours long. It makes me feel like it’s very low budget, poor acting or that I’m not getting my money’s worth. Does anyone else feel the same way?
No. A movie should be just long enough to tell the story well. Length by itself is no virtue.
Half an hour too long and will he ever stop talking, holy cow.
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