Remarkableriots Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/two-hour-movie-dead-says-214920714.html Quote What’s the last great two-hour movie you saw in theaters? If you’re having trouble answering that question, perhaps Joe Russo is right in proclaiming the 120-minute movie is an endangered film species. Speaking alongside brother Anthony Russoat Business Insider Ignition (via Deadline), Joe predicted the two-hour film is on its way out of Hollywood and the next generation of filmmakers won’t be limited to the long-dominant runtime. “We are in a major moment of disruption,” Joe Russo said. “The two-hour film has had a great run for about 100 years but it’s become a very predictive format. It’s difficult, I think, to work in it. … It’s sort of like saying, ‘We all like sonnets, so let’s tell sonnets for 100 years, as many ways as we possibly can… I’m not sure that this next generation that is coming up is going to see two-hour narrative as the predominant form of storytelling for them.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 There are tons of great movies in recent times that are two hours and don’t require world building. Not everything is a cinematic universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 28 minutes ago, johnny said: There are tons of great movies in recent times that are two hours and don’t require world building. Not everything is a cinematic universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I want to live in a world where all the Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, and Sandra Bullock romantic comedies are part of a cinematic universe, and they all have to unite for the single biggest, quirkiest love frenzy New York and London have ever seen, in order to save the universe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I don’t want to see 2 hour format die. Just stop making it the default time for so many movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'm pretty sure the legions of people watching the 2 hour (or almost three in Avengers' case) Marvel movies in theaters can easily answer the question? I'm guessing he's saying it's for non-universe movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Is he implying that everything be longer or including shorter movies too? becsuse at 101 minutes Jon Wick is a shining beacon of how you can tell a great story complete with loads of world building in a “short” amount of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Easy: Arrival. 1hr 56 minutes (according to Wikipedia). Entirely self contained with no need for sequels, prequels, offshoots, etc. There are plenty of other "good" movies in that runtime too, and my sample as it is is biased since I have a preference for big sci-fi worlds that do often benefit from a series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 The last few movies I saw in theaters: A quiet place 1:31 Halloween 1:44 Unsane 1:38 (well, this one isn't all that good but...) Also, I didn't realize Arrival was so short. Such a 'great' movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Crazy Rich Asian, 2 hours 1 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Captain Pickle said: The last few movies I saw in theaters: A quiet place 1:31 Halloween 1:44 Unsane 1:38 (well, this one isn't all that good but...) Also, I didn't realize Arrival was so short. Such a 'great' movie! Genre movies are typically no longer than 100 minutes unless they are big budget blockbusters. Dramas are the ones that typically run longer... and epic movies based on novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I thought 90 minutes was the typically-aimed-for generic run time mark? Is this implying films will become longer, shorter....what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I thought 90 minutes was the typically-aimed-for generic run time mark? Is this implying films will become longer, shorter....what? it is... I don't know why people think most films are or have been 120 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 2018 US Box Office: Black Panther - 2 hours 20 min Avenger Infinity War - 2 hours 36 min Incredibles 2 - 1 hour 58 min Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 1 hour 59 min Deadpool 2 - 1 hour 59 min Mission: Impossible - Fallout - 2 hours 27 min Maybe he's right about the coming future of entertainment, but there is zero sign that the ~ 2 hour movie is going away or losing steam. Sure, the MCU films have the advantage of having lots of extra films to built context and backstory and without that, Infinity War could never have worked. However, Infinity War is the exception, even in the MCU. It's not like Guardians required a lot of knowledge of the MCU to enjoy, and even Black Panther (the 18th MCU film) required no MCU knowledge to enjoy. You get a bit of extra context at the beginning, but really they tell you all you need to know. I think the ~2 hour mark has stuck around not out of stubbornness, but because it's and effective time frame for story telling. You can push the length another hour, but beyond that you're really hitting the limit of how long people are willing to sit around. It's not a mistake that live theater shows are very often in the 90 min - 3 hour range, and that art form has been around quite a while. I think the real innovation will happen around television. In TV we have lots of examples of episodes spanning from 20 min to nearly feature length. I think we'll see more shows that embrace that flexibility as streaming becomes increasingly dominant. Right now, even Netflix shows are often bound by traditional run times in order to air episodes on TV around the world, and many of their "originals" are made by or for other TV services. That will slowly change, but as long as theaters are around, I suspect the established run times to stick around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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