Movie lengths

[Xilia]

The problem with so much modern cinema is just the fact that these movies are so long with relatively little story wise happening and/or just aren't that interesting to look at cinematically (even ignoring the whole CGI vs practical).

• 1995-2005 average movie time: 117 minute (a little under 2 hours)
• 2005-2015 average movie length: 125 minutes (a little over 2 hours)
• 2023-2024 average movie length: 143 minutes (nearly 2 and a half hours)

A lot of disney films during the 90s were about 90 minutes (a little less or a little more). There's so much not needed padding to movies now a days. I fully believe this is a huge reason why newer movies (really 2020 and onward) just aren't doing that well anymore, regardless if you watch it in theatres or streaming.

 

[Ravenfreak]

To be fair, animated movies and other films targeted towards children tend to be shorter than movies targeted towards adults. Children have a much smaller attention span and after a while they tend to get cranky and start throwing tantrums. Most of the films I've watched have only been around 2 hours and 30 minutes or so, I don't usually watch films like The Lord of the Rings. (I love fantasy but that series is just boring to me, I don't want to watch hours of footage of the characters just walking around.)

 

[Aaron]

You've also got older movies such as Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur that go on for between three and a half hours and four hours

 

[Arantor]

And yet modern audiences complain about how slow older movies move…

 

[Kyng]

I don't really have a problem with longer or shorter movies: it all depends on how that time is used.

If the narrative requires 3 hours to be told properly, then I want to see a 3-hour movie. But if it only requires 90 minutes, then I'd rather they just made a 90-minute movie. I don't want to see padding or filler.