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Live Poll: Your Favorite Movie Length?
Intro:
Some people get tired by watching movies with runtimes longer than 2 hours. Other can stand runtimes longer than 4 hours without getting tired. It might depend on the content of the movie. But by looking at these examples, please just try to imagine movies with an approximately close runtime, which were most exciting for you.
So which runtime do you prefer?
Discuss here.
Suggestions:
It's ok, if you suggest movies that are closer to the runtime of them I presented on the list. But I would like to ask you for three things: 1.) They should be very popular, like e.g. the movies from the top 250 list. Also movies that are popular and better have 50.000+ ratings on IMDb. 2.) So I'm not completely ok with Valhalla (option #4). Maybe someone has a better example for 75 minutes. 3.) When you suggest a movie, please try to hit the runtime most exactly. It should match better than the existing example.
Maxence_G
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As long as the film is good, there are no limits. I have no real preference for the runtime.
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Breumaster
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3 years ago
If there are no further objections, this list is ready to go.
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Breumaster
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3 years ago
*bump*
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ElMaruecan82
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3 years ago
Interesting question, if I made this poll I would be tempted to add (as a neutral answer) the admirable quote from the late Roger Ebert: "a good movie is never too long, a bad movie never short enough" which sums it up pretty well.
That said, like I pointed it out before, we live in the smartphone era and unlike the older days, I find myself guilty of checking my phone once I reach the 60-70 minute mark, sometimes to find some trivia about the very movie I'm watching... sometimes because it's a scene that don't need much attention.... I hate that habit but I don't think I'm the only one on that boat. But if a long movie is good enough, it grabs me from start to finish...
I don't have a favorite length but I know one thing: I hate comedies that are longer than 100 minutes, I think comedy needs a short format more than any other genre :)
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themoviesmith
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3 years ago
About 90 minutes for me. Also there is a small typo in your description there: About 90 minutes are enough to tell a good story. I like feature movies in a overlookable lenght.
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Jessica
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3 years ago
Please correct:
Your Favorite Movie Length?
Some people get tired of watching movies with runtimes longer than 2 hours. Other can stand runtimes longer than 4 hours without getting tired.
#3: 60 minutes is enough for me.
#4: 75 minutes is a good time to watch for a movie.
#5: About 90 minutes is enough to tell a good story. I like feature movies in an overlookable(?) length.
(I'm not sure overlookable is the right word here)
#7: It covers an evening, the perfect time for me.
#8: About 135 minutes is still ok for me.
#10: About 165 minutes is ok for me.
#14: Up to 225 minutes is still bearable.
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ACT_1
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3 years ago
Sitting in a dark crowded movie theater for more than 2 hours is .... uncomfortable
Not so bad at home sitting in a large comfortable chair watching a movie on large screen TV
where WE can get up any time for a snack & drink and well, you know...
without pestering others to move out of the way
And WE able to talk out loud to others in the room about the movie and other topics
Too many two hour movies to add some samples here.
Feature Film, Running Time of 120 minutes : 2 hours
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&runtime=120
3,723 titles
They should be able to tell a story in 2 hours, more than that - make it Part II
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Add to you list ? ?
EDIT to add
Feature Film, Running Time at least 720 minutes (12 hours)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&runtime=720,&sort=runtime,desc
35 titles.
Long time to sit in a dark crowded movie theater
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dan_dassow
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3 years ago
Congratulations, @Breumaster!
Your Favorite Movie Length?
Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/ERYvIWIWzVY/
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jeorj_euler
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1 year ago
Well, the longer a movie is, the better (or more enjoyable) I expect it to be, like exponentially. Sometimes 165-minute-long movies aren't all that they are cracked up to be, and I would rather see shortened cuts of them. I find that 285-minute-long movies tend to push the limit, but I may settle for simply watching parts of them in separate sittings if the experience is worthwhile. In a usual week, I don't watch movies everyday, Sometimes, I go weeks without watch any movie. Thus, depending on the nature of how overwhelmed I am, I will only watch 15-minute-long movies or ones even shorter, rather than feature-length movies that I might only find to be okay in value.
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