People Discuss Movies That Shocked Them With Their Length

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Feb 8, 2023 6:00 PM EST

We could sit here all day and talk about what the most important part of a good or bad movie is. There are many different factors, but it can't be denied that one of the most telling qualities is its length. Whether a film is 70 minutes or four hours, it all depends on its contents to conclude whether it is garbage or a masterpiece. Either way, it has the power to surprise when we check on the runtime and realize that there's so many minutes to go.

This has been the premise for an AskReddit thread, in which people were asked which movies surprised them when they saw how much time they still had left. From true classics that manage amazing feats in half an hour to boredom fests that manage to stretch out for eternity, there are a real selection here. Some good recommendations for those with failing attention spans, too.

 

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    Human body - r/AskReddit u/fire-lord-momo. 1d Join What film made you say: "Holy sh t, there is still 50 minutes left"?
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    Font - turboiv 17h In the criterion classic Freddy Got Fingered, towards the end of the movie, there's a big crowd scene with people holding signs welcoming home the heroes. One of the signs reads "When the f ck is this movie going to end?* : Reply 6.8k fpscolin 9h Especially funny since the original filming was something like 4+hrs They filmed an entire scene of blowing up Freddy's dad's boat, and it never made the cut due to time constraints
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    Font - Davicitorra 15h 1 Award The sound of music. They get married and I said "that was a nice ending" and my wife says "the Nazis haven't arrived"
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    Font - Snoo-35252 23h Pearl Harbor There's the climactic attack on Pearl Harbor. It's explosive and tragic. So many people getting hurt and killed. And then ... the movie slows down. And keeps going. For another hour. UGH. Reply ⠀ 422.7k ↓ High Stream 19h "Pearl Harbor' is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours" -Roger Ebert
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    Font - Heath_co 17h Gladiator made me say "holy sh t, there is only 50 minutes left. He enters the coliseum in second half of the movie. I felt like it had just started. : Reply 44.0k Danhuangmao 13h I haven't watched the Theatrical Cut in over a decade now. The Extended gives it room to breathe, better justifies the subplots with Lucilla and with Maximus's old servant, and doesn't drag because the film already has me wanting more.
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    Font - Guvnuh_T_Boggs 22h 1 Award I have the opposite problem with David Lynch projects, you realize there's ten minutes left, and there's no way he's going to wrap this up in that time and have it make sense, unless he comes out right now and reads it to you. But I always come back for more, like a victim of confused abuse. : Reply 47.7k ↓ desrever1138 18h I never assume I will fully comprehend any David Lynch film ever, even after the 20th re-watch, without looking up additional theories onlin
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    Font - 01 201 masma1313 21h Full Metal Jacket In an excellent way Reply 48.5k Quizzical_Kumquat 18h When I was a kid, my family used to watch this on LaserDisc. I think it's the only movie we had that you not only had to flip the disc, but there was a second disc. I'm pretty sure the multiple intermissions are why it was our family Christmas movie, although my dad claims it's because they sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
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    Rectangle - EliseOvO 23h 1 Award Transformers age of extinction, that movie was so awful I never even finished it ⠀ Reply 47.3k ↓
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    Font - Girhinomofe 23h Daft Punk's Electroma. Good f cking god, it was like a solid hour of a robot walking through the desert. : Reply 4 1.9k ↓ Lord-of-the-junk 17h Hahaha yes, and I LOVE daft punk. That sh t was excruciating even by French film standards
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    Organism - Pmabbz 22h The extended versions of the Lord of the rings. Didn't realise how much additional footage there was. Amazing though. : Reply 42.8k Solid Waste 12h "I've run out of food and there's still 20 days of film left. Please send help."
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    Font - firecow745 23h The Irishman 3.5 hour run time was a little long for one sitting.
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    Font - We-keep-meeting 23h Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Not in a bad way. I just remember feeling like I was watching the climax and then it kept going. Reply o : 5.3k AchyBreaker 19h Would have agreed with the sequels but I actually thought the first Pirates was a perfect movie.
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    Font - EthanEpiale 23h In a good way, Barbarian. Was baffled at the midpoint where the thing you know if you saw the movie happens lol. Also Skinamarink. As much as the movie has grown on me, the short film version Heck just works better.
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    Font - HydraHamster 23h Titanic. Back in the 90's where VHS was still a thing, Titanic the movie was split between two VHS tapes. The first being all about the onboarding and love story while the second finally was about the iceberg hit and sinking after spending what felt like another hour on the love story. I've always doze off before the second VHS tape got entered where my family stop playing part one and just go straight to part two whenever we decided to watch to movie after that point.
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    Font - Senior-Sharpie 23h Blonde KFredrickson 21h If you watch it at a faster speed it's almost bearable. there, are, long, awful, pauses, between, each, and, : The, dialogue, is, so, ungodly, slow, in, that, movie. I, can't, express, how, horrible, it, is, to, watch, at, normal, speed, because, every, word, Reply spoken... 984
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    Font - Bean_Juice_Brew 1d Gone Girl. In my defense, I knew nothing about it and thought it was a romcom/chick flick. Reply : timidobserver85 23h Ha! Must've been quite the surprise. 42.7k ↓
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    Font - Ok-Interview3095 23h Artificial Intelligence : Reply 42.2k ↓ HabitatGreen 21h Man, that movie dragged, and then finally it had this bittersweet ending and I was like, yeah not my thing but I can totally see why people like it. And then it went on.
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    Font - krediot 22h Hateful 8. That movie is one long as conversation. But in a good way. ⠀ Reply 4.5k shotintheheadguy 21h I like the extended version even better, especially since it's broken down into four episodes as opposed to one long a s film.
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    Font - Grantagonist 23h Wonder Woman 1984. Can't believe I'm not seeing this mentioned already. Edit: I'm not just hating on it; the OP's scenario literally happened. I remember checking how long was left, and saying "jesus christ, for real?" when there was nearly an hour to go.
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    Rectangle - Kytti_Korner 23h The Eternals : CWRules 20h Reply 43.5k ↓ It would've been better as a Disney+ show. Even at such a long runtime, it felt like they tried to cram in too much.
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    Organism - SuvenPan 1d Battlefield Earth ⠀ Reply 829 Kentucky Fried Chill 18h When watching it, I realized they ALWAYS tilt the camera. The entire film has no straight shots.
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    Font - TheSanityInspector 1d 3 Awards Every film, since the internet destroyed my attention span. : Reply 5.9k Keksis_theBetrayed 1d Honestly one of the best parts of going to a theater is the fact that the social code of the setting forces you to disconnect. It's too easy to check your phone or get distracted by life when you're watching a movie at home. Hell, I've made it through stinkers in a theater I definitely wouldn't have if I was watching them on Netflix or Hulu (looking at you, Jurassi
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