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Spooner

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it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
 
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MaxDSP

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Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
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you suck at capitalization...:p


and yes, you're alone. I wish it wouldve been 5 hours long
 
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SherEPunjab

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don't watch bollywood movies then. almost all indian movies are 3 hous plus.

and yes, you're alone.
 
rudder

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Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
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or do like they used to an include an intermission. Of course people are less cordial now and oyu will probably lose your seat.
 
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propellerhead

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I wouldn't sit there for three hours for that movie.

I'd sit there for three hours with your girlfriend though. Just kidding....
 
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Spooner

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Originally posted by: propellerhead
I wouldn't sit there for three hours for that movie.

I'd sit there for three hours with your girlfriend though. Just kidding....
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hehe.... wiseass
 
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alm99

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you are not alone I waited till FOTR came out on DVD before I saw it. I swear the longest 3 hours of my life. I almost turned it off because I was falling asleep.
 
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hdeck

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when i went to see the first one i was getting pretty bored throughout it. i wanted it to end, but then i realized it doesn't really have any resolution so i just sat through it because my ride wanted to watch the whole thing. i haven't seen the second one.
 
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Siddhartha

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Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
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I agree sitting in a theatre for three hours is not the most comfortable thing to do. But to have the movie closer to the book, the movie should have been longer. I imagine that the "Extend Edition" will be thirty to forty minutes longer.
 
flavio

flavio

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I think any movie over two hours long should have an intermission .
 
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palad

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Can you say 'short attention span', boys and girls?

"Short attent... oooh, look at the pretty lights!"
 
Queasy

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Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
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or do like they used to an include an intermission. Of course people are less cordial now and oyu will probably lose your seat.
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When my brother went to the Univ of Alabama in the 80s, there was a theater near campus that had an awesome intermission....bar in the back of the theater :)
 
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Queasy

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Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie

Am I alone here?
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Just don't drink a Big Gulp before you walk into the theater and you'll be ok :) TTT actually flew by faster for me than FOTR.

 
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Spooner

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Originally posted by: palad
Can you say 'short attention span', boys and girls?
"Short attent... oooh, look at the pretty lights!"
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You're kidding, right?

i don't call sittin for 3 hours a short attention span.
 
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FeathersMcGraw

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Originally posted by: Spooner
it should NOT be 3 hours long

going to see two towers with the GF tonight, and i'm actually dreading sittin there for 3 hours, even though i really want to see the movie
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So, you expect six to seven hundred pages of text to be easily compressible into two hours of running time? How long does it even take to read that much material?
 
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palad

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No, I'm not kidding. Consider it good training for a career. If you can't sit on your butt for three hours, how will you ever do it for eight (or, if you're going into management, for 12)?


Okay, maybe I'm kidding just a little. :)

<edit> Let me rephrase that -- I'm kidding! Period. It was a joke.</edit>

Seriously, tho, I when I saw FOTR, I didn't even realize how much time had passed, and I'm chronically hyperactive -- I always have to be moving or doing something with my hands. The only reason my wife and I haven't gone to see TTT yet is that she's due to give birth any time now, and definitely doesn't feel like sitting in one position for more than about 20 minutes. I agree that an intermission would be a great thing to bring back to the movie-going experience. Give everyone a 10- or 15-minute break to go out, hit the head, refill their drinks, stretch their legs, whatever. The times my wife and I have gone to the opera, the intermissions were lifesavers.
 
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Spooner

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Originally posted by: palad
No, I'm not kidding. Consider it good training for a career. If you can't sit on your butt for three hours, how will you ever do it for eight (or, if you're going into management, for 12)?
Okay, maybe I'm kidding just a little. :)
Seriously, tho, I when I saw FOTR, I didn't even realize how much time had passed, and I'm chronically hyperactive -- I always have to be moving or doing something with my hands. The only reason my wife and I haven't gone to see TTT yet is that she's due to give birth any time now, and definitely doesn't feel like sitting in one position for more than about 20 minutes. I agree that an intermission would be a great thing to bring back to the movie-going experience. Give everyone a 10- or 15-minute break to go out, hit the head, refill their drinks, stretch their legs, whatever. The times my wife and I have gone to the opera, the intermissions were lifesavers.
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I've already been in my career for about 2 years, so don't give me a "i'm older and wiser than you" speech. That comparison is infinitely different than a long movie, though. Since you said you were kidding a little, I won't pursue my counter-argument.

I'd like to see this question posed on a not so geeky, everyone loves the lord of the rings message board, though.... i'm sure it would be very different
 
flavio

flavio

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The problem is when you have to take a leak, your legs are cramped up, or you are dreadfully thirsty.

Really long movies need a 5-10 minute intermission so you can take care of this stuff and not have to miss anything.

I know when I saw Two Towers i went to the bathroom right before the movie and only had a very small cup of soda during, but I was still uncorfortably "holding it" for the last 30-45 minutes of the film because I didn't want to miss a frame.
 
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