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Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say
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this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Does this mean we can see the end of the overly long film trend?
I miss films being ~80 - 90 minutes. I've had a long day, I don't want to commit to three hours unless it's something really special.
I hate short movies
Stories feel rushed and theres not enough time for good story arcs
A well constructed film does not feel rushed in a shorter run time.
I like long films, like really long ones. Ones where the length is part of the experience. For example, I loved Apocalypse Now Redux.
What I don't like is films that are substantially longer than they need to be. I don't want them pared down, I want them built around the format their story suits rather than padded out. I like breathing room (mostly!) but it's a fine line to walk.
A good film opening gets on with things quickly, getting the viewer up to speed, but too often I find myself quoting Springfieldians from Marge vs. The Monorail - "GET TO THE MONEY!"
A well constructed, long, film also doesn't feel long
True, but it's a lot easier for me to find 90 minutes than 180 minutes on a weekday night.
That's a completely different problem. You were arguing if a film deserves to be long (it does if it's worth it). Now you're arguing that you don't have time for a long film.
Convenience isn't an Oscar category. A good film can be short or long, it depends on many factors.
~~Sigh, I was trying to meet you in the middle. I'm in no mood to fight with you.~~
Edit: It's a new day and I see people have decided to upvote you so fuck it, arsehole mode is go.
I was agreeing that a film doesn't have to feel long despite being long, however whether a film feels long or not has no bearing on its runtime.
Film length has no inherent bearing on whether a film is good or not, when well executed, and therefore I want more short films because I have time for them.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR QUALITY PURPOSES, as you just said.
I was not arguing about whether it "deserves" to be long. That's an entirely different question and fuck off for trying to put words in my mouth. Couldn't just not be a cunt, could you?
Sigh. I'm not the person you were arguing with.
Edit: let's just remove this attempt at being chill and block this board. I'm in no mood to argue further with people that just want to fight me.
I honestly love when I get really engrossed in something, credits roll and I look at the scrub bar... ”wtf that was barely more than an hour?"
Yesssssss, thank you. 1:30 is the sweet spot. It can go up to like 1:50 and i still totally dig it. Once it goes above 2 hours it starts to detract from my enjoyment of the experience instead of adding to it
My sweet spot is the 2:00 to 2:15 mark. Any less than that feels like an extended TV episode to me.
For some reason, horror movies are good at 1:30 to 1:45.
most comedy and horror films are that short.
the long films are action movies. and you'r emostly talking about comic book movies.
There's this thing called "TV shows" for the quick hit you want.
Why would you want to watch the quality and content of a 90 minute film drastically stretched to fit a whole season?
Why would you a compelling story squished into a ninety minute marketing pitch?
Not all shows are serialized, either.
Could it be that different stories require different lengths of time to tell? No, that'd be silly. Clearly you two should keep arguing.
That would indeed be very silly
Thank you for the educational response.