Title Characters With Too Little Screen Time

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Oftentimes, when a movie shares a title with the name of one of the movie's characters, that character gets a lot of screen time. But there are a few exceptions to this rule.
Here are a few movies where the title character got very little screen time:

"The Bride Of Frankenstein" (1935)-She's only on screen for about a minute. And she doesn't really say or do anything, she just screams once.

"The Wizard Of Oz" (1939)-We don't see this so-called wizard until the last few minutes. And all he does is give Dorothy, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow and The Cowardly Lion pseudo-awards and tell them they already had the character qualities they believed they lacked. Then he took off in a hot air balloon. It was Glinda who helped Dorothy get back home in the end.

What about you? What movie title characters got too little screen time, in your opinion? Please let me know. Have a great weekend.

[spaceball-one]

Waiting For Guffman

[RYJAPE21]

Beetlejuice

[Mierzwiak]

Originally Posted by RYJAPE21

Beetlejuice

No.

[Bolty]

For TV it would be Spock's Brain -- we never see his brain.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by RYJAPE21

Beetlejuice

You must really like Beetlejuice if you feel he got too little screen time.

[sanriel]

The Lord of the Rings

[filmbuffTX]

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - Julie Newmar only has a small cameo. The actress turned 92 yesterday.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by PhysicalMediaMaestro

You must really like Beetlejuice if you feel he got too little screen time.

I mean its true he's not actually onscreen that much in the original yet I think it probably suits the film well for it to be so.

[Jay H.]

Oscar. Even though it's from 1991, I'll use spoilers:

[Show spoiler]He doesn't show up until the very end, and has maybe a minute of screen time.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by PhysicalMediaMaestro

You must really like Beetlejuice if you feel he got too little screen time.

He's onscreen for 17 minutes.

[jess1581]

Godzilla 2014
Batman Returns

[Damon1281]

Jaws. I think the shark got about 5 minutes.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

He's onscreen for 17 minutes.

And the movie's running time was 92 minutes, so I think you have a valid reason to complain.

People made the same compliant about Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney movie "Sleeping Beauty". She only got 18 minutes of screen time in a 75-minute movie, and only 18 lines of dialogue.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by Damon1281

Jaws. I think the shark got about 5 minutes.

Even if you didn't see the shark, you still saw what the shark was doing. You looked through the shark's eyes as it swam up towards Chrissie, and saw it bite Chrissie and drag her from side to side. Then you saw it swim towards the little boy and pull him underwater, and you saw the little boy struggling to get free while his blood rose to the surface. So I strongly disagree with your statement that the shark only got five minutes of screen time.

[PhysicalMediaMaestro]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Oscar. Even though it's from 1991, I'll use spoilers:

[Show spoiler]He doesn't show up until the very end, and has maybe a minute of screen time.

That movie sounds just like The Bride of Frankenstein.

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by PhysicalMediaMaestro

Even if you didn't see the shark, you still saw what the shark was doing. You looked through the shark's eyes as it swam up towards Chrissie, and saw it bite Chrissie and drag her from side to side. Then you saw it swim towards the little boy and pull him underwater, and you saw the little boy struggling to get free while his blood rose to the surface. So I strongly disagree with your statement that the shark only got five minutes of screen time.

I disagree with your disagreement.

[russweiss1]

The Monster From the Ocean Floor.

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by Damon1281

Jaws. I think the shark got about 5 minutes.

One of the finest examples of less is more. I wish Jaws 2 showed more restraint. I'm sure most would agree that the scenes that worked best in J2 was when the shark was implied.

[Streamingsux]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Godzilla 2014
Batman Returns

Godzilla is such an odd one because in every one of the Monsterverse movies (indeed most Godzilla movies PERIOD) he generally has anywhere from 8-12 minutes of screen time. It blows my mind that he's only on screen in Godzilla King of the Monsters for like one (MAYBE two) more minute compared to Godzilla 2014 yet....it feels like he's in KOTM sooo much more. It's all about how it's distributed I guess..