Movies and TV Shows

The Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition has a total run time of 11 hours and 22 minutes.

Fewer people going? So they don’t have to squeeze as many screenings in as before? 🤷‍♂️

Most animated films clock in around 70 minutes traditionally.

If you have the story to fill the runtime, it's great. Give me bang for my buck.

I've noticed that over the years without actually making a list like that. I don't know why the trend is moving to longer movies, I could guess. Maybe film makers are trying to give people more for their money with the high cost of theater tickets. Or maybe it's because more people watch from home where length is less of an issue. You don't have to watch a film in one sitting.

Keep in mind when movies are made there's a lot of footage that ends up on the cutting room floor. I've noticed these longer movies are more liberal with the editing. They have a good amount of footage that simply doesn't need to be there. Could be they're including less relevant scenes due to more relaxed requirements from producers.

I've always thought you could take a six hour mini-series and boil it down to a two hour movie. It's all a matter of editing and most of the time less is more.

Oh, the first time I saw a two part theatre release was Matrix 2. That made me so angry because they left it hanging like a serial TV episode. I went to the theatre for that one and paid the premium. I was really mad I paid my nickel and was left hanging like that. I still watched the the third release, but at home following the second one. By the time the third was out and came to DVD, I didn't remember the second. It was basically a five hour movie.

Zack Snyder's Justice League enters the chat

Not just the past few years, OP.

I remember when I was a kid in the late 90s, the standard duration for any movie was about 1h40ish. Which was plenty.

I think this trend started in the 2000s/late 2000s and it kept getting worse.