Comments on: Movies Getting Longer (But Just Barely) http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Spoker http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/comment-page-1/#comment-416288 Spoker Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:08:06 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/#comment-416288 Why is this a surprise? It takes longer for todays movies to lecture than it did for movies in the past to entertain. Why is this a surprise? It takes longer for todays movies to lecture than it did for movies in the past to entertain.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/comment-page-1/#comment-416108 Dave Schuler Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:00:07 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/#comment-416108 Self-important and self-indulgent directors. I won't dispute that there are occasional stories that support a treatment at length. More common are a half hour of story expanded to fill a two-hour slot (with commercials during replay on television). Self-important and self-indulgent directors. I won't dispute that there are occasional stories that support a treatment at length. More common are a half hour of story expanded to fill a two-hour slot (with commercials during replay on television).

]]> By: Bithead http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/comment-page-1/#comment-416104 Bithead Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:55:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/movies_getting_longer_but_just_barely/#comment-416104 One's perception of what is 'endless' is perhaps tempered by the material on the film itself. I don't recall many people complaining about the overall length of Lord of the Rings, for example,which in it's full version ran 250 minutes, give or take. The reader's imagination is invoked here as to why a movie about women and their sexual relationships with men would seem overly long to Sullivan. One's perception of what is 'endless' is perhaps tempered by the material on the film itself. I don't recall many people complaining about the overall length of Lord of the Rings, for example,which in it's full version ran 250 minutes, give or take.

The reader's imagination is invoked here as to why a movie about women and their sexual relationships with men would seem overly long to Sullivan.

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