Perhaps a long movie is not popular in the future?

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@youless (112112)
Guangzhou, China
February 4, 2023 9:52pm CST
It is raining and there is no better plan in the weekend. So I told my son go to see a movie in a cinema. To my surprise, he said he was not interested as one of the current popular movies last for 2 hours and 55 minutes. He said it was quite long for him. This is an interesting found. I agree that it is a long movie. But it also seems today the children don't want to watch a movie so much. Sometimes they even just watch the review videos about the movies and that's it. As the reviews videos can already explain the movies very well and it is no need to spend longer time watch the whole movie.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62118)
• United States
5 Feb 23
I don’t know that long movies have ever been popular. “Epic” films like Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments had built-in intermissions because they were so long.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
I heard about Ben-Hur but I haven't watched it yet. It is a very classical movie.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62118)
• United States
5 Feb 23
@youless — I love that movie, but it IS long.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
5 Feb 23
Some War and Historical or Fantasy movies tend to be long. We had a popular war movie in 2003 that was even 3.5 hours! Not something easily watchable at a stretch in the hall. May be today people don't want to watch longer content in part due to a lot of Series in Streaming media like Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
I have watched some Indian movies in recent years and some of them are very good indeed.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
5 Feb 23
@youless Oh that's cool ! Which ones have you watched?
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
6 Feb 23
@youless Oh that means you have watched many !! Did you watch on YouTube? I would also recommend a Superhit movie : Sholay (1975).
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Feb 23
They seem to be in too much of a hurry nowadays.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
We live in a busy world...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Feb 23
@youless ........Busy, busy, busy. Too many people.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Feb 23
A 3 hour movie would tax me to sit still long enough to watch it to the end. Most of the time, the reviews show the best parts of the movie anyway, so why waste money watching the entire thing? It sounds like your son is practical as well as frugal. I still watch movies online that last less than 2 hours. I've been watching some while I'm awake at night and nobody is talking with me on myLot.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
I think today children don't really like spend long time on watching movies. Perhaps they are busy to do something else
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil It is true that short videos become popular.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Feb 23
@youless Depending on their age, they could be watching Tik Tok videos or making Tik Tok videos to earn money.
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rosé
@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
5 Feb 23
That is true. I have a sister and she is younger than me. She likes watching movies though, but her attention span is short. Then even if the movie lasts just for an hour, she doesn't want to watch it anymore.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
Exactly. This is an interesting trend.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Feb 23
I would say we live in more of an instant world. Everyone wants things now and fast. I can't imagine many siting through a long movie.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
Quite true.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Feb 23
@youless I don't mind 2-hour movies if they are good ones.
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Ifamous
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 23
That is almost three hours.. I can only watch for 90 minutes . Well good that children can't watch that long anymore, they need to exercise to stay healthy
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
You are right. Children needs more exercise.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130066)
• India
6 Feb 23
You can add me there. I too dislike long movies
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
Usually I think most Indian movies are long because there are singing and dancing scenes. But I think this is also a character of Indian movies. In recent years I have watched more Indian movies and some of them are very good.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86755)
• United States
5 Feb 23
Really? But I love long movies, if they are good.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
Today people like instant things.
Anna
@LadyDuck (458061)
• Switzerland
5 Feb 23
I have watched many long movies and they all had intermissions so that people could get up go drink something and come back.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
Here we don't have such kind of habit. If the movie lasts for three hours, there won't be a break
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458061)
• Switzerland
6 Feb 23
@youless I remember the intermissions. We had beautiful movies theaters in Milan with large cafes inside the theater. Those who wanted, got up and went to have a drink. They announced when the movie was ready to start again.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205716)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Feb 23
That would be sad. But if a movie is 3 hours long, it had better be good.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
Yes, it is. As 3 hours is long enough.
solxee
@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
5 Feb 23
If the movie is that good, I won’t mind how long it is but yeah kids nowadays are differently wired
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Feb 23
People still have to squeeze three hours to watch movies and you know today it seems everybody is busy
George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Feb 23
Most blockbuster movies these days go as long as three hours, I will take in a two hour movie instead.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
Today it seems most movies won't last over 2 hours.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Feb 23
@youless Most movies last around 90 minutes to 100 minutes.
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Icydoll
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
5 Feb 23
Short span of time movies is the movies most of them prefer now-a-days . There are people who also wish to watch good movies with good story even it has lengthy time .
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
The length can't judge whether it is a good movie or not. But I hope it will be a very good movie, otherwise it will be a time waste.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Feb 23
Some movies could easily be cut down in time without losing anything important. I'm not fond of overlong movies either.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
I don't really mind long movies but it has to be good enough
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M Cheung
@Beestring (13320)
• Hong Kong
5 Feb 23
I don't mind long movies as long as they are good. The Sound of Music and The Pianist were my favorite movies.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
I watched the movies you mentioned. I think the Sound of Music is a very old movie but it is still not out of date even we watch it today.
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Ryza Monique Olaer
@083196ryza (51)
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5 Feb 23
People's attention span have indeed become shorter the past couple of years, I think. Maybe it's because society nowadays seem to prioritize all things 'instant'. It's sad to think that this extends to something as wonderful as movies.
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youless
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Feb 23
Perhaps this is why short videos will become popular.
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