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Originally Posted by dkelly26666
Well, that's good for people who think they need it.
But, again, the absolute obsession people have with this film's length is irritating, as I didn't hear any of that this summer, over "Oppenheimer", last Christmas, over "Avatar 2", I didn't hear that over "Avengers Endgame"; and historically, I didn't hear that over "Titanic" or "Avatar".
And the 'Nolan and Cameron and Marvel are more popular' argument is irrelevant, because we're not talking about that. We're talking specifically about film length. If you won't like this film, you wouldn't like it any better if it was 90 minutes long.
People just want to specifically complain about Scorsese, and this makes for an easy argument for them. Or, they're just following the online pack/trend that says to be concerned about it. Since no one mentioned "Oppenheimer" being almost as long as this film, no one cared about that.
People are so easily swayed and influenced and controlled by the internet.
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Here's a post for the ages. The movie is three and a half hours long, and the person directing it, Scorsese, has something to do with it, but not as you have inferred, but the exact opposite.
That it is an R-rated film intended for an adult audience that will be released to streaming within weeks of its theatrical premiere is the issue. If it was any director except Scorsese, or two or three others, they would be fired for refusing to cut the film under three hours if those putting up the money, i.e., Apple, were counting on theatrical box office, which they're not.
Why? Where can adults, you know, the ones with jobs, kids and commitments, find not only the time for the movie, but the time to travel to a theater, plus have something to eat, or at the very least a drink and a small bite, before or after?
When we screened
The Irishman (209 minutes) at The Belasco in NYC, when you add the time getting settled in your seat plus the time which was added beyond the announced time for stragglers, you are clocking close to four hours.
Attendees, an older crowd for sure, were groaning when they left their seats.
Their expressions, especially given the subject matter and the film ending, was grim.
Now, switch the film content from getting the gangster gang back together to an even sadder history lesson illustrating how awful the Osage were treated, well, I guess we're going to find out.
Three and a half-hours worth, and ticking.