Not many movies are worth the 3 hour mark. The days, I find myself trying to find films that are around 90 minutes in length, which was common in the 80s, but rare nowadays. But of the long ones, I'd say Scarface, Apocalypse Now Redux, Interstellar, The Godfather and Lord of the Rings pick your movie were worth the time. There are quite a few that are great that are 2.5 hours in length.
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Miami, FL USA Originally Posted by Ssnake
I'll go all in: "Berlin Alexanderplatz" by Rainer Werrner Fassbinder. 15.5 hours, found limited theatrical releases in 1980.
This was obviously split up into parts for people to watch over the course of a few days. Who in their right mind would sit in a movie theater for 15.5 hours?
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Miami, FL USA Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy Anything with Kristen Stewart specially those Twilight movies. Also those Hunger Games movies with Jennifer Lawrence who I don't find attractive. One of the many stupid things we guys endure to get girls: chick flicks. I had to watch every Twilight and every Hunger Games for love and country.
As far as I'm concerned, I really can't fathom why any male or anyone over the age of about 21 would be interested in either the Twilight or the Hunger Games movies.
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Miami, FL USA Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman There are quite a few that are great that are 2.5 hours in length.
"Seven Samurai" is well over 3 hours long and the film was so expertly made that there is not a single minute of "fluff".
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MS Originally Posted by Clydewinder Highlander 2. At least it seemed like the longest.
What Highlander 2?
There is no Highlander 2.
THERE IS NO HIGHLANDER 2!!!
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Atlanta, GA Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy Anything with Kristen Stewart specially those Twilight movies. Also those Hunger Games movies with Jennifer Lawrence who I don't find attractive. One of the many stupid things we guys endure to get girls: chick flicks. I had to watch every Twilight and every Hunger Games for love and country.
I watched two and a half minutes of Hunger Games before I turned it off. The shaky cam was horrendous. Battle Royale is a much better film and the one that Hunger Games stole their concept from.
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Atlanta, GA I think the longest film I've ever watched is "Lawrence of Arabia," but sadly, did not finish because I fell asleep. I don't think it was because I was tired, either, but some day wish to attempt watching again. Well, aside from the Godfather 1+2 edit, which took two nights to complete and was astonishingly good.
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French countryside I've seen a lot of movies in theater when I was a teen, so I don't remember them all, but probably the longest are Star Wars Episodes 1, and 2. Then I've started to work, and a theater's ticket wasn't affordable anymore to my conception.
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Miami, FL USA Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman I think the longest film I've ever watched is "Lawrence of Arabia," but sadly, did not finish because I fell asleep. I don't think it was because I was tired, either, but some day wish to attempt watching again. .
To each their own of course! I've seen a few classic films that did nothing for me. Having said that, I do think the first half of "Lawrence of Arabia" is far superior to the second half.
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Oslo, Norway LOTR: ROTK for me. Love the movie and the books, but the endless endings worked better in book form
Other than that, I nearly died of boredom watching King Kong. Far, far too long! Just over three hours, but it felt like six.
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Oslo, Norway Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite Originally Posted by Clydewinder Highlander 2. At least it seemed like the longest.
What Highlander 2?
There is no Highlander 2.
THERE IS NO HIGHLANDER 2!!!
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Atlanta, GA Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman I think the longest film I've ever watched is "Lawrence of Arabia," but sadly, did not finish because I fell asleep. I don't think it was because I was tired, either, but some day wish to attempt watching again. .
To each their own of course! I've seen a few classic films that did nothing for me. Having said that, I do think the first half of "Lawrence of Arabia" is far superior to the second half.
Yeah I saw a lot of promise in the film and it had a fantastic premise, plus Peter O'Toole was superb. Definitely deserves another attempt.
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Miami, FL USA Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
plus Peter O'Toole was superb. .
Indeed he was. He's one of those rare actors who could have just stood there and read from a phone book and I probably would have still been riveted by his performance.
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I didn't see it at the theatre, though I note the comment about 3hr+ movies perhaps becoming a thing of the past.
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Posts: 678 Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy Anything with Kristen Stewart specially those Twilight movies. Also those Hunger Games movies with Jennifer Lawrence who I don't find attractive. One of the many stupid things we guys endure to get girls: chick flicks. I had to watch every Twilight and every Hunger Games for love and country.
As far as I'm concerned, I really can't fathom why any male or anyone over the age of about 21 would be interested in either the Twilight or the Hunger Games movies.
When your date wants to see it and she is pretty and you want to get with her.
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