some movies just seem to drag on too damn long (Return of the king which had about 25x that me and my friend thought 'ok NOW it's @ the end').

I'm perfectly happy with a well written GOOD 90 – 120 min movie.

hell unless i'ts a GREAT movie that I love (watchmen was the most recent one i can think of). I start to just lose interest and zone out by a little after the 2 hour mark.

If there's a ton of extra footage, throw it in as bonus on the dvd when I can watch it at my own pace.

some movies just seem to drag on too damn long (Return of the king which had about 25x that me and my friend thought 'ok NOW it's @ the end').

I'm perfectly happy with a well written GOOD 90 – 120 min movie.

hell unless i'ts a GREAT movie that I love (watchmen was the most recent one i can think of). I start to just lose interest and zone out by a little after the 2 hour mark.

If there's a ton of extra footage, throw it in as bonus on the dvd when I can watch it at my own pace.

Also, while I see what you’re saying, I don’t think The Dark Knight commits the same crime as RotK, or it at could at least be defended as doing it in a less glaring way. TDK made the ‘mistake’ of setting up the ending at the 2-hour point, a time when audiences are prepared for a movie to end, but I never expected that the film would fade to black at that point, seeing as the narrative was still pulsing forward, whereas you could literally choose from the four or five different ending points to wrap up RotK effectively and definitively (maybe not as effectively to sate the fanboys, but they’re fanboys).

Also, while I see what you’re saying, I don’t think The Dark Knight commits the same crime as RotK, or it at could at least be defended as doing it in a less glaring way. TDK made the ‘mistake’ of setting up the ending at the 2-hour point, a time when audiences are prepared for a movie to end, but I never expected that the film would fade to black at that point, seeing as the narrative was still pulsing forward, whereas you could literally choose from the four or five different ending points to wrap up RotK effectively and definitively (maybe not as effectively to sate the fanboys, but they’re fanboys).

I would be willing to bet money that we’d like some of those movies even more if they hadn’t had the extra meat on the end and we didn’t know what we were missing. For LOTR it’s difficult because we have extensive source material to look to.

I’m not sure I see the same thing with Pulp Fiction – I felt like it had a 3-act structure, just not in the right order.

Meanwhile, I applaud your dedication, Nevernude!

I would be willing to bet money that we’d like some of those movies even more if they hadn’t had the extra meat on the end and we didn’t know what we were missing. For LOTR it’s difficult because we have extensive source material to look to.

I’m not sure I see the same thing with Pulp Fiction – I felt like it had a 3-act structure, just not in the right order.

Meanwhile, I applaud your dedication, Nevernude!

I have left a lot of movies over the last few years thinking that they were unfinished and needed additional content to be a complete movie. The first AvP was a prime example, it seemed rushed and needed a lot more combat and development of the Predators themselves. It seemed like more of an assembly line of characters than a movie, introduce characters, stick in bad situation, kill off all but one or two of the main characters, roll credits.

I have left a lot of movies over the last few years thinking that they were unfinished and needed additional content to be a complete movie. The first AvP was a prime example, it seemed rushed and needed a lot more combat and development of the Predators themselves. It seemed like more of an assembly line of characters than a movie, introduce characters, stick in bad situation, kill off all but one or two of the main characters, roll credits.

Long, short, middlin’, to me a good movie is a good movie. If it can be long and good, I say all the better.

RETURN OF THE KING, by the way, for me, was too long before they even got to Aragorn’s coronation. Frodo and Sam’s extended march to Mt. Doom was rather… tedious for me.

Long, short, middlin’, to me a good movie is a good movie. If it can be long and good, I say all the better.

RETURN OF THE KING, by the way, for me, was too long before they even got to Aragorn’s coronation. Frodo and Sam’s extended march to Mt. Doom was rather… tedious for me.