To think that films should be no more than 90 mins long

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DC want to see the new Avatar film. It’s 3 hours and 20 minutes long!! WTF?!?!

Not a chance will I manage not to go the loo for that long. Everyone in the cinema is likely to have to get up to go to the loo and miss part of the film. No mention of an intermission.

There’s just no need. 90 minutes is the correct length for a film. Anything else is just the director’s ego.

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You don't have to watch it. Kindly.. choose shorter films.

Totally agree. I can stretch to two hours if it’s a great film but anything beyond this is insanity. I saw the final Stranger Things episode is over 2 hours long and I’m already dreading it.

My DH likes LOTR and I think it’s utter trash, literally 9 hours of white men chasing after a ring. I fell asleep.

I wouldn’t go if it was any longer. We watched Oppenheimer but over 2 nights. I think I’m traumatised by a school trip to watch Ghandi when I was 11! 4 hrs!!
Edit: Just googled and it’s 3 hr 11 but obviously at 11 we exaggerated. 😂

I don't mind a long film at all, depending on the film.

I could watch all the LOTR films back to back and be fine.

Titanic not so much.

But you would have a loo break in between the films right?

No I can go all day without needing to pee, I am aware this is pretty unusual though.

The new Avatar is quite short. 🤣. Try my favourite film, Gone With the Wind at 3 hours 44 minutes!

2 hours 15 max unless it’s a world class masterpiece that has an actual reason to be that long, like the Godfather. This isn’t true of most 3 hour films.

I quite like a long film at the cinema. Feel as if I am getting my money's worth 😂

That said, Wicked really took the mickey. That did not need to be two films, one of which was over three hours long.

Anyone who can't sit for 3 hours without a loo break maybe needs to see a doctor?
Sometimes a long film (if the script is good) will just sweep you away, and you won't care about the time.... "Gandhi" was a cracker.

Bollywood films I can. I can watch Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan all day long! But I never went back for the second half of Oppenheimer.

We went to see it last Sunday and I was concerned about the length but it felt like a normal length film. It was so absorbing.

Pee before you go in and drink in small sips.

Most adults can manage 3 hours without wetting themselves. If not, that’s probably a GP issue rather than a cinema one. Go before you go in and perhaps skip the large Coke.

This.

Or pretend its part 1 and part 2 (sequel, think Wicked) and stop in middle, then watch next day.

Totally agree OP! My limit is hour 40 absolute max,Years ago I went to see the Deer hunter with my friend .Nearly 4 hours long! I go for a loo break anyway,even if 1 hr 30 .

Just choose shorter films or watch at home in two parts. I occasionally need to loo during a film but I’ll happily accept that’s my issue not a cinema issue

Watching wicked with my 7 year old. I enjoyed it, but it is way too long. I agree 90 minutes is decent.

We're unlikely to go to the cinema to see a long film unless we really really want to see it. So the cinema misses out on us just picking a film we're not sure about, to try out.

I personally think they should take as long as they need to take. Some of my favourites are well over 3 hours, some are under 90 minutes, and I enjoy them regardless.

The problem these days is that everything's so formulaic and it's rare to actually find a film worth watching of any length.

How do you make adaptations of lengthy novels without cutting out huge swathes, though?
I find the inability to focus odd, tbh.

Some of the greatest films of all time would have been ruined if they were cut to 90 minutes.

While that is true my 18 year old son who started university in September has asked that we go to see it as a family. So given he is not one for family things at the moment I am keen to do as he requests.

AHH in that case you have my sympathy!!!

Well this is my issue. I don’t mind so much if the length is necessary but so many films these days have unnecessarily long battle scenes that really could have been cut much shorter. It’s all about the director showing off than actually being key to the film.