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Mar 23, 2019
12:12:01am

KingDave All-American

One thing I find baffling is why movies are so much longer today

Just looking at your list, in 1988, those averaged 107 minutes. In 2018, that top ten averaged 125 minutes. Maybe the cost isn’t significantly higher to make a movie 17% longer, but it tends to bring in more money? I dunno. It seems like you’d want to tell the best story in the shortest amount of time to get the best bang for your buck.

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Why is cinema the way it is today? I don't watch hardly any movies anymore.

777

3/22/19 11:18pm

Let me get off your lawn before I reply to your post

Beggar

3/22/19 11:22pm

Surely, this can't be an old man rant. It seem plenty of people my age and

777

3/22/19 11:25pm

It is a case of culture vs. uncultured. It is why most adults and teens stop

Q-grr

3/23/19 12:09am

Yeah, if you look at my post below showing the top grossing films of 1958,

777

3/23/19 12:32am

I feel the same way as you, and it makes me wonder if I'm prematurely

Y05

3/23/19 5:11am

Better off Dead. Full movie. Enjoy.

3/22/19 11:26pm

"I want my $2!!!"

Q-grr

3/23/19 12:12am

I’m a little confused. Isn’t back to the future a sci-fi fantasy?

Mikey

3/22/19 11:26pm

Does anyone shoot lasers out of their eyes?

3/22/19 11:27pm

It's more sci-fi comedy

Bert609

3/23/19 5:31am

Just take those old videos off the shelf, I'll sit and watch 'em by myself!

statguru

3/22/19 11:31pm

Today's movies ain't got the same soul

Tare

3/22/19 11:41pm

Not like an old-time western show.

SierraCoug

3/22/19 11:50pm

The 80’s was a great time for movies.

cougarnerd

3/22/19 11:31pm

Somewhere in those last 30 years it became cool to be a nerd or a dork...

CoachSpeak

3/22/19 11:32pm

I did most of that stupid stuff too (even convinced myself I was so much cooler

fattycoug

3/22/19 11:58pm

I actually enjoy most of the comic book/super hero movies as well...

CoachSpeak

3/23/19 12:18am

So what drew you into these films? Obviously I think I'm in the minority here,

777

3/23/19 12:56am

2019 Best Picture Nominees. Only one meets your description. Lots of good

Tare

3/22/19 11:36pm

A few thoughts...

KingDave

3/22/19 11:41pm

This is really interesting to look at the top grossing movies now compared

777

3/22/19 11:45pm

I'll go one further....here are the highest grossing films of 1958.

777

3/22/19 11:56pm

Box office in the 80s was driven by stars, today it's driven by characters

Tare

3/22/19 11:59pm

You can make an argument that the majority of those movies are pretty flawed, as

fattycoug

3/23/19 12:01am

What I'm asking is why are they all centered around the same genre? Where is

777

3/23/19 12:05am

One thing I find baffling is why movies are so much longer today

KingDave

3/23/19 12:12am

And not only that you’d think that a longer movie would be able to...

CoachSpeak

3/23/19 12:22am

One thing that has also affected filmmaking is cable television

KingDave

3/23/19 12:32am

A lot of comedies in 1988, those tend to be shorter, also

777

3/23/19 12:23am

I think we’re still into comedies, but not pure comedies

KingDave

3/23/19 12:27am

Yeah, movies now don’t limit themselves to single genre. A film can be

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:33am

This is probably what turns me off to these superhero films. I've never really

777

3/23/19 12:40am

That was probably my least favorite comic book movie of all time

3/23/19 1:20am

Yeah, romantic comedies peaked in the 90's with Tom Hanks. I wonder if they

777

3/23/19 12:37am

I think the 2000’s went to raunchy romantic comedy

3/23/19 1:22am

But if people don’t think there is a market for it

3/23/19 6:40am

I saw the new lego movie with the family recently and it went on like a nightmare

3/23/19 1:16am

Try Aquaman. Holy crap that movie is a full hour too long.

Jay Rick

3/23/19 4:32am

That’s pretty interesting actually. I wonder if special effects have something

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:21am

Yeah, i think the general population might be getting their drama and comedy fix

777

3/23/19 12:26am

Honestly, tv has proven to be a way better medium for complex

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:35am

I prefer BBC. Much less F-bombs

Bert609

3/23/19 5:34am

China. And everywhere else.

3/23/19 4:36am

Wait, I thought we were talking about good movies, not about high-grossing or

chilango

3/23/19 6:57am

I blame it on the cult of spandex. Super heroes sell. Cinema does not.

PluPerfect

3/23/19 1:05am

I don’t mind the comic book movies. I just wish there were more options

3/23/19 1:12am

Great stories are tv series now not films.. that’s where the talent is

cougfanz

3/23/19 2:45am

Super hero movies are the worst, originality is all but dead.

Cabadapeste

3/23/19 4:33am

There are plenty of good movies out there, I don’t know what you are talking

chilango

3/23/19 6:54am

I guess the main point is why are the 10 highest grossing films the past few

777

3/23/19 5:21pm

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