If you have the story to fill the runtime, it's great. Give me bang for my buck.
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Fewer people going? So they don’t have to squeeze as many screenings in as before? 🤷♂️
Most animated films clock in around 70 minutes traditionally.
I went to Dead Reckoning the other day and afterward it occurred to me why I don't go to movies very often anymore. With advertisements and travel time both ways, it worked out to a 4 hour commitment. I have kids. I don't often have that kind of time.
I watched the godfather for the first time a few months ago.
It might still be playing.
I've noticed that over the years without actually making a list like that. I don't know why the trend is moving to longer movies, I could guess. Maybe film makers are trying to give people more for their money with the high cost of theater tickets. Or maybe it's because more people watch from home where length is less of an issue. You don't have to watch a film in one sitting.
Keep in mind when movies are made there's a lot of footage that ends up on the cutting room floor. I've noticed these longer movies are more liberal with the editing. They have a good amount of footage that simply doesn't need to be there. Could be they're including less relevant scenes due to more relaxed requirements from producers.
I've always thought you could take a six hour mini-series and boil it down to a two hour movie. It's all a matter of editing and most of the time less is more.
Oh, the first time I saw a two part theatre release was Matrix 2. That made me so angry because they left it hanging like a serial TV episode. I went to the theatre for that one and paid the premium. I was really mad I paid my nickel and was left hanging like that. I still watched the the third release, but at home following the second one. By the time the third was out and came to DVD, I didn't remember the second. It was basically a five hour movie.
Zack Snyder's Justice League enters the chat
Not just the past few years, OP.
I remember when I was a kid in the late 90s, the standard duration for any movie was about 1h40ish. Which was plenty.
I think this trend started in the 2000s/late 2000s and it kept getting worse.
I think it was the dark knight and the LOTR that really kicked the trend into overdrive.
But honestly it's hard to make a movie with an action plot AND three dimensional characters in a hour fourty. One reason I think it's good that the mini series or short TV show format are popular.