To think that all films should be 90 mins tops?

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DH and I skipping around Netflix and Amazon for something to watch tonight with a takeaway (wedding anniversary). For info, we have one DS and both work full time so pretty knackered come 8pm.

He suggests a few, one sounds good but 2 hours 47 minutes!!! No way I'm making it to the end.

We finally settled on one which is 1 hour 34 mins. That means with a few wee breaks, we'll be done by 10pm. Perfect.

AIBU to think anything longer than 90 mins is unnecessary??

(This is lighthearted btw, and just the ramblings of a tired mum!)

Couldn’t agree more ! By the time we start a movie at say 730-8 I’m thinking there is no way I can do more than 2 hours. Older movies (I think pre 2000) were more around the 90-100 minute mark. I feel your pain, from another tired mum haha.

I love long films so I'd have to disagree
I save mine for the weekend, normally Sunday!

Yes!! This is why I love watching Disney Pixar type films with my kids. They're all around 90mins and its perfect.
DH and I committed to the full extended Lord of the Rings films one weekend pre children. It nearly killed me but I felt I had to finish as we'd committed to it. When it was over I felt like I was in a different dimension.

90 minutes?

I've got a longer attention span than that.

I also would like to watch films before bed that are done before 10! I've got no kids, I just like sleep more. Also struggle to sit still for long periods of time.

Oh no I love an epic Star Wars film.

Yanbu. A film has to be extremely good to deserve being 90+!

Yes!

Or at least have all the good stuff in the first 90 mins so it doesn't matter if I nod off.

I would recommend ‘last breath’ if it’s still available if you havnt seen it already. Completely amazing - and a true story. I think I held my breath for the full 1 hour 25mins

www.netflix.com/gb/title/80215139

90 minutes is the golden time isn't it. Most films that go in for 2 hours could easily have been condensed to 90 minutes without suffering for it.
I'm with you on this one.

Yanbu. I can't stand long films, I'm always so ready for them to end.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJL57Gq2OQ

Sorry I thought my other link was the trailer

We watched a film this afternoon, 2hr and 6 mins...it could have been condensed, it was a family film too.Think kids would have lost interest, DH did..

YANBU, I completely agree

You haven't watched LOTR, have you😂

Seconded.
If it’s any longer then I’ll probably fall asleep and have to watch it again. 2 hours plus is ridiculous, nobody can sit still for that long.

I hugely feel this way! My DS wakes a lot in the night so I like to be in bed early but any films we want to watch once DC are in bed are too long. I’ve also not got a great attention span for films so I lose interest if they’re too long

Totally agree. This is why I'm glad I like horror films...they tend to be a bit more snappy

I just watch for 1 hour and then save the rest for the next evening.

Yes! It's rare to watch a 2 hour+ long film that couldn't have benefited from serious editing

I've been brought up on Bollywood movies.
90 minute films feel like I'm being shortchanged and feel quite superficial.
If its done well longer films are divine.

This is such a bugbear of mine. And a lot of the long ones seem so unnecessarily so - they could do with a good edit.

YANBU

Seconded here too.
I find a lot of films have extra stuff added in that doesn't add anything, like long CGI sequences or lots of drone footage of settings.

If the film is excellent then I might not notice, but much above 2 hours would usually have benefited from editing in my opinion.

I totally agree OP.

Anyone who wants to make a film longer than 90-100 minutes should have to justify to a special film committee why extra time is needed. “Showing off technical effects” and “padding out kids’ films with loads of extra random manic action scenes” would not be accepted as valid reasons.

Yes yes yes 🙌 OP! I have a rule that I don’t want to watch anything longer than 2 hrs, as I can’t stay awake that long, DH thinks I’m ridiculous.