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> Very, very few action movies need to be more than 100min. I’ve read somewhere that blockbuster movies are trending longer at the moment, because people are e
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
> Very, very few action movies need to be more than 100min.
I’ve read somewhere that blockbuster movies are trending longer at the moment, because people are ever less willing to pay the high prices for cinema tickets, drinks and snacks, so movie studios need to offer a really big experience to make it seem worthwhile.
- morkalork 3y agoThis is true but it's getting to be too much. I want to see Oppenheimer in theatres but 3 hours plus travel is just killing it for me.
- europeanNyan 3y agoDon't forget the ads. They have gotten obnoxiously long. The last time I went, the ads for products and trailers went on for 45 minutes with an intermission so they can sell ice cream and snacks. I haven't been to the movies since.
- mrweasel 3y agoYears ago I went with a friend to see Transformers. He is an absolute massive Transformers fan, so he insisted that we arrive no later than an hour before the movie would start. Me and my girlfriend meet up with him and a few other 90 minutes before, got our tickets, went for dinner and arrived about when the commercials ended and the trailers started. My friend was completely out of it, in his mind we missed part of the experience. I think he's the kind of customers the movies want. For me, I just get my ticket in advance and show up about 20 minutes late, seems to work out fine.
- bastardoperator 3y agoI bought a projector and a popcorn machine, haven't been to the movies since.
- esafak 3y agoI have those and it doesn't compete with IMAX and cinema sound, so I still go to the movies.
- ars 3y agoYou can't pause or rewind a movie. For that reason alone I would never go, and only watch at home.
- firebirdn99 3y agoare you able to distinguish the quality from watching on a high quality TV?
- watwut 3y agoI 100% can. I also do not care, cause ability to pause matters more.
- duckmysick 3y agoWhat kind of a projector?
- ghaff 3y agoWhile I watched a lot of films on the big screen at school (I was involved in the film group), over the years I've watched fewer and fewer. These days my maybe once a year criterion is whether it's something I'd want to see in IMAX if I could. Though I'm not sure how much length has to do with it. I'm honestly surprised that movie theaters have come back to such a degree. I suppose the lesson is that the pandemic didn't really change things all that much--certainly not to the degree a lot of people expected. Even more flexible work arrangements, much less fully remote work, is mostly in some bubbles.
- dysoco 3y agoI mean not that many films that I really want to watch come out per year, so if Oppenheimer is 3hs instead of 2hs or whatever then let it be; I'd rather spend one more hour at the theater and watch the movie knowing the director didn't need to cut an hour off the film. (Although I do have to say Oppenheimer got somewhat tedious in certain parts)