I suspect this is just a matter of style. Current style somewhat favours fast-paced action and pacing. But one can easily find counter-examples. There are co

I suspect this is just a matter of style. Current style somewhat favours fast-paced action and pacing. But one can easily find counter-examples. There are contemporary productions that are absolutely plodding -- the recent miniseries The English [1] is full of over-long shots of oblique plaintive faces looking out over the prairies. I was twiddling my thumbs at times. Admittedly, it is a contemporary Western, which is prone to that style, and it's a deliberate effect. The same kind of tension-building as in Alien, really. It's not to everyone's taste. And there are older films that feel very fast-paced and, well, modern -- I recently watched an old Japanese yakuza film, Battles Without Honour and Humanity [2], released in 1973 now 50 years ago, and it opens with a scene cut every 20 seconds or so, just action, action, action and it never lets up. Felt like watching something released a few years ago. Tastes come and go, but no style ever fully goes away. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_(TV_series) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_Without_Honor_and_Humanity_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_Without_Honor_and_Huma...