While that's the correct answer, I still voted 70-90 minutes 'cause I miss terse little films.
― Il suffit de ne pas l'envier (Michael White), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Daisies reminded me of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, but I couldn't really tell you what the plot to that one is either (the having to give a history report or they won't become rock messiahs is more of a bogus formality than actual plot device)
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
is daisies the one about the two czech chicks? tbh i haven't seen it in nine years. not exactly overflowing with plot iirc but who can say.
― the archetypal ghetto hustler (history mayne), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Sherlock Jr is perfect at around 40 minutes, Berlin Alexanderplatz is great at 13+ hours.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
BA is a tv series
― the archetypal ghetto hustler (history mayne), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, we know
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, one is blonde (Bill) and the other is brunette (Ted). They have a food fight, which I remembered reading was controversial because they wasted perfectly good food? Was it Czech or Polish, though?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
It's Czech. I am both bemused and amused at the Bill & Ted comparison.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
if a film is good, it doesn't really matter to me how long it is.
― hobbes, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
+1 for whoever sd 80 min is the perfect length for a movie
― Lamp, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I might have actually sat through an 80-minute Gone With the Wind.
― Hervé Grillechaise (WmC), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
70-80 is a sweet spot
― autotuna fish (Tape Store), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
My concentration at home is totally shot, thanks to the internet. At least I'm FORCED to watch the damn thing in the theatre (which makes me resent the bloated running times).
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
in a theater i don't mind any length, really but if i'm watching at home, I get antsy for anything over 90 minutes, so I voted 90-110
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:02 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
i cosign this 100%
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
when i get a movie from netflix and it's like 130 mins i'm always like *grooooaaan*
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
years of smoking have made it p much impossible for me to watch a 120+ movie in the theater
― Lamp, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
at least long films in the olde days had entr'actes in the middle so you could break for the day or whatever
― hobbes, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
90-110, always kinda pissed if I see it's over 2h on the DVD case/movie listing, even if it's something i can't wait to see.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
long movies at home > long movies in the theater
can take it at your own pace / don't miss key scenes in the inevitable bathroom breaks / watch the rest tomorrow / etc.
― iatee, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
That would be easier if I didn't get the itch to go on ILM, check email, Facebook, etc every ten minutes.
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i can usually stash the computer for the length of the film -- i pretty much can never not fall asleep tho
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
ILM, check email, Facebook
I have no problem doing this + watching the movie at the same time
― iatee, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
but I am part of generation ADD
I don't mind long movies so much at home because I can always pause them and take a break to go do something else if I want to, but hate getting stuck at the theater with a long movie.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
pausing/resuming movies after more than a few minutes kind of gets me out of movie mode.. loss of momentum etc..
― hobbes, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I do like skipping past credits and trailers. It offends me when I have to sit through'em in the theatre.
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
trailers are the work of satan; i like a good ol' opening credits scene, though. gotta go for The Full Effect
― hobbes, Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
As long as it takes.
(ie, not voting)
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 18:13 (3 hours ago) Bookmark
hey, there's the >150 option.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 9 March 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ADD
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/3251/josemourinho6.jpg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
(my vote for 130-150 btw)
that screenshot from satantango is great, i thought i could never get tired of narcoleptic long takes of desolate hungarian plains but jancso managed it in 'the round up' (95 mins)
the relation between runtime and boredom isn't always obvious
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
what the actual blazing fuck, 25 of you savages
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
NAME ME 10 ALL-TIME MOVIES OTHER THAN LIKE VIDEODROME THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY
110 mins pls
― cozen, Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
1. Killer of Sheep
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
2. Bicycle Thief (93 minutes total, but who watches credits?)
er Thieves
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
splits shd have been
>8080-100100-120120-140140<
imo
but then 80-100 wdve got like 60 votes so maybe not
haha milo please continue
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
3. Paths of Glory
dammit, Strangelove clocks in at 94
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
4. Lots of Chaplin/Marx Bros
5. Love & Death
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:56 (fourteen years ago) link
and several other Allens
6. Wild Strawberries
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
7. Persona
8. Rashomon
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Detour's pretty good I guess, not sure about 'all-time'
oh wait I forgot Bergman, also iirc 'Alphaville' is quite short and an all-timer of mine
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
9. Breathless
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
One of Fantastic Mr Fos's many virtues was its 80 minute length. More, please!
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 March 2010 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
*Fox
Pickpocket, L'argent, Mouchette, Lancelot du lac, Los olvidados, Viridiana, L'atalante, Umberto D., Sullivan's Travels, Palm Beach Story, 39 Steps, Cabinet of Dr. Calgari, Lift to the Scaffold, Pickup on South Street, Show Me Love, Lady From Shanghai, Battleship Potemkin all purty good
― triumph of the will the insult comic dog (zvookster), Sunday, 21 March 2010 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ok there is no doubting there are classics in the 70-90 range, but what I am saying is that there are enormously more in higher ranges
however, i guess the question is 'how long would you most often like a film to be' so all 25 of you just like films to be shorter maybe
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 21 March 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
There's some perfect 3-hour films but they're just gonna sit in my stack at home getting resented for weeks before i get to them. i checked out Petrified Forest last week - that little "82 minutes" on the back cover makes my face look like i'm about to tap some ass.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Sunday, 21 March 2010 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Novels should be within 50 pages/however many words that is of The Great Gatsby, btw.
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Sunday, 21 March 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link