Friday, June 14, 2013

Man Of Steel: An Observation

Duck Soup—running time: 1 hour 8 minutes

Casablanca—running time: 1 hour 42 minutes

Citizen Kane—running time: 1 hour 59 minutes

North by Northwest—running time: 2 hours 16 minutes

Man of Steel—running time: 2 hours 23 minutes.

I will grant you that Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and Schindler's List are long movies, but they fully justify their running time. Otherwise, if you make a movie longer than Casablanca or Citizen Kane, you better have something to say. Anyway, that's my opinion.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Amen to that!

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  2. AnonymousJune 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Amen to that!

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  3. AnonymousJune 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM

    (I felt so strongly about it, I said it twice – O, Technology)

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  4. Mythical MonkeyJune 14, 2013 at 1:54 PM

    I felt so strongly about it, I said it twice

    That's okay -- I've thought it more than once.

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  5. TomJune 15, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    Excellent point.

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  6. Who Am Us Anyway?June 15, 2013 at 10:37 PM

    But ... but ... I WANT it to be good! Because, born in 1955! Does it really suck that bad?

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