The 90 Minute Movie
I just saw Where The Wild Things Are with my brother and his wife. It was beautiful and I enjoyed it but I didn’t really connect with it (its a movie stuck between ages) and I felt it was 20 minutes too long. I feel that way a lot and for the past few years I have been railing against movie length to anyone who will listen for most of my adult life. Movies over two hours are self-indulgent ego driven junk and I essentially have stopped watching films longer then that time frame and have can’t recall a single film longer then 90 minutes that I felt couldn’t have been better at 90 minutes or less.
So I was happy to stumble upon my friend Noah’s post sharing the sentiment on his site and linking to a commentary in Esquire. Good to see I’m not alone on this one. I am working on a personal project which I hope to launch before the end of this year that deals with this specific issue. Stay tuned.
