How Long Is It?
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If it's an average movie, about 2 hours. But there's no way to know right now.
It should be long enough to effectively tell the story and cover all the bases.
See the above answer for what I want
It should be long enough to effectively tell the story and cover all the bases.
See the above answer for what I want
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Probably 120 minutes. Cinemas don't like movies going over two hours because they can't show it as many times during a day. A two-hour movie can be shown six times in a given theater on a 12-hour day. A three-hour movie can only be shown four times. The less times a movie can be shown, the less ticket sales which, in turn, not only affects the cinema but the studio.
I think two hours sounds about right anyway. Unless it's an epic, an epic epic, then it'll feel too long towards the end. That or there would be too much padding to kill time or excessively slow moments to drag things out.
Too short and the movie feels like it's been gutted or, at the very least, the third act has been abbreviated.
An hour fifty to two hours. That's what I think is the ideal length.
I think two hours sounds about right anyway. Unless it's an epic, an epic epic, then it'll feel too long towards the end. That or there would be too much padding to kill time or excessively slow moments to drag things out.
Too short and the movie feels like it's been gutted or, at the very least, the third act has been abbreviated.
An hour fifty to two hours. That's what I think is the ideal length.
Beat me to it. :thumbsup:
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If the movie is too long then watching it will be hard.
When it's hard, there will be feelings of restlessness.
When it's hard, there will be feelings of restlessness.
If those feelings of restlessness persist for more than four hours, you should seek medical attention immediately.
Depends on the girl.
Lord Garth --
The Original Pirates of the Caribbean was over 3 hrs long and still did very well at the box office. However that may be an abberation.
EDIT: Oops! I'm wrong about that running time -- it was 2:23 -- sorry. However LOTR: Return of the King was about 3:20.
I'd say 120 to 150 minutes is good, or as long as it needs to be to fit between the opening shot and the ending credits.
The Original Pirates of the Caribbean was over 3 hrs long and still did very well at the box office. However that may be an abberation.
EDIT: Oops! I'm wrong about that running time -- it was 2:23 -- sorry. However LOTR: Return of the King was about 3:20.
I'd say 120 to 150 minutes is good, or as long as it needs to be to fit between the opening shot and the ending credits.
How long?
Longer than John Holmes' dick spot-welded to Ron Jeremy's and then stretched in a wind tunnel.
Longer than John Holmes' dick spot-welded to Ron Jeremy's and then stretched in a wind tunnel.
As long as we can get past Rick Berman's self imposed limit of 100 minutes, I don't care. He mentioned that somewhere around the release of Nemesis. Ridiculous to me. If you have a good story and it takes 110 or 120 minutes to tell it, so what.
I know they say it means less showings per day. But if the film is shit no one is going to see it whether it is 100 minutes or 120 minutes. So IMHO, take the time to tell the story.
I know they say it means less showings per day. But if the film is shit no one is going to see it whether it is 100 minutes or 120 minutes. So IMHO, take the time to tell the story.
Paramount made Berman keep the movies down below 120, he never put a self-imposed limit on them. And the claim of 100 minutes is also false; none of the TNG films were that short (GEN was 1:58, FC was 1:51, INS was 1:43; NEM was 1:56), and the Harve Bennett-produced TSFS (1:45) and TFF (1:47) were almost as short as INS.
I'd like a three hour movie with a popcorn intermission breaking up the halves.
I think that 2 hours and 15 minutes is the perfect run time for any movie. Longer than 2 hours and 30 minutes and I might need a restroom break, which means I will miss some part of the movie. Shorter than 2 hours and it feels like a waste of my $7.00. I was always annoyed that the TNG movies were less than 2 hours. Now, any movie that runs over 3 hours will cause my butt to fall asleep, so the movie better be amazingly epic.
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