Oh wow. You're right. And I'm actually a bit of a sucker for that film too. Totally forgot about that scene. Guess cause it's such a long movie. Oh no. I shouldn't have mentioned its length. I might trigger Nintex for forgetting aspects of a three hour flick I haven't seen in over 7 years.
The fact that you watched a long movie is enough to be a good guy in my book
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I can't count the times I've told friends or co-workers to go see a movie and the first question is: "How long is it?" Followed by: "My girlfriend doesn't want to watch movies longer than 60 - 90 minutes" or some other excuse.
It was also the most common complaint some people had about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. "I loved it but I wish it was shorter".
As a fan of immersive cinema (one of my favorites is the Directors Cut of Das Boot which is like 5 - 6 hours) this is a worrying trend.
Your friends are absolutely right, my man.
Movies nowadays are so fucking bloated with shit, they might as well be TV shows.
If Bergman could shit out a masterpiece in less than 90 minutes, you better have a goddamn good reason to keep me sitting for 2 and a half hours of Robot Man vs Alien Boy.
That said i watched and enjoy plenty of long (3+ hours) films, and there's nothing inherently wrong with length, but so much "extended edition" mentality is just to add more garbage bloat and endless cgi fistfights.
Hateful Eight, to stay on Tarantino, was way too long, for absolutely no reason.