Going to see Killers of the Flower Moon this afternoon.
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I’d love to see it, but 3.5 hours is a bit much for me. Be interested to know if it flies by though 
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Do films really need to be that long? I feel 2 hours is about right…
The Conversation: 1 hour 53 minutes
Warriors: 1 hour 33 minutes
Badlands: 1 hour 34 minutes
Easy Rider: 1 hour 35 minutes
Ipcress File: 1 hour 49 minutes
Airplane:1 hour 28 minutes
I rest my case!
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i’m going tonight! no spoilers please 
A real bugbear of mine that, absolutely no need for films to be that length, puts me off watching a lot of them.
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It’s the streamers’ fault. Since people will watch at home and they can pause and play at will, directors have gone nuts with film length. In some cases lazily so IMO - Oppenheimer could’ve probably been at least 40 mins shorter with no detriment to the message.
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Barbican cinema last night. Lifted an already amazing experience.
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Nice one 
I’m assuming @chavikus is now deep into his 3.5 hr marathon so it won’t be a spoiler to say KOTFM is far too long. Every scene is drawn out and there are too many scenes in the first place.
I agree it feels exactly like a 6 part streaming production.
And it’s an arrogant approach from the Director. Sure, offer a “Directors Cut” but what have you learnt in 50+ years of film making if not to tell a story in less than 2 hours?
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It didn’t fly by! It was pretty hard work in the middle tbh. I’d wait for Netflix!
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Thanks for taking one for the team. I will definitely wait for it on Netflix. I’ll probably watch it in two or three sittings. 3.5 hours is way too long for me.
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I just got back from watching it and I agree. Way too long. And slow, which is a pity, I was expecting more. De Niro scared the shit out of me, though.
Again, I think directors are getting too self-indulgent and even lazy I’d say. I’d say it’s more difficult - or a bigger achievement - to make a great 1.5h movie than a great 3h movie.
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Exactly. It’s called ‘editing’.
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Tarantino has forgotten how to edit years ago.
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Nobody to tell them “actually this is at least half an hour too long”
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Or “ one and a half hours too long” in the case of KOTFM!
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It’s coming to AppleTV+ once the cinema run is over. That being said, I’m going tomorrow night 
Just back from seeing KOTFM.
Phew, its long. Too long? Probably. Is it a bad film? No, its very good. Although strangely I didnt feel the scenes were too long, and they all exist to serve the story. Admittedly my attention wavered a couple of times and my eyes glazed over, but mostly I found it pretty compelling. Essentially if you’re not a huge Scorcese fan and can’t deal with a 2hr+ cinema sitting, its definitely one to catch at home.
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The list of long films at the end surprised me…
I really enjoyed It follows. Looks like there’s a sequel in the works, same director.
They Follow.
Ubes excited!
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