Why are movies typically about two hours long Why is that the

Because 1 hour is too short and 3 hours is too long

That dog is probably dead by now.

>>79292257
Nice non answer faggot

those flowers are probably dead by now

>>79292227
Likely because studios and movie theaters want to fit in a certain amount of showtimes per day and 2 hours is optimal for that.

>>79292300
It's a perfect answer shitbrain.
Movie length is a product of the history of film.
Trip to the Moon is 15 minutes long and has no characters.
Metropolis is 3 hours long and feels like a 700 page book.

If you need another answer, it's how long people are willing to hold in their pee and sit down in a dark room.

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>>79292296
>mfw the dog from Wizard of Oz is probably dead now

>>79292227
Why are songs typicalls about 4 minutes long

Why is that the standard amount of time to hit some notes on a track

>>79292437
There is way more variation in song length than in movie length.

satantango is the most perfectly paced adaptation of a book

>>79292456
Not in popular songs/movies

>>79292381

> If you need another answer, it's how long people are willing to hold in their pee and sit down in a dark room.

Intermissions used to occur for this reason. I remember the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven had one since it ran 2 hours and 45 minutes long.

I wish i could see a "movie" that's 50mins - 1 hour long
man that'd be nice

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>go watch movie at the cinema
>it's only one and a half hour long
>feel cheated

>>79292631
there are so many tv shows that are in the hour long format, are you retarded

>>79292431
>probably
It "probably" died 30 years ago or more

>>79292544
>Intermissions used to
>used to

Yes, not anymore. Fuck 3 hour movies, nigger.

>>79292754
>30 years ago

Try 70 years ago.

>>79292700
they don't have a conclusion and finality you braindead retard

Didn't it have to do with how long a projector could keep running before overheating?

>>79292227
Don't really know, but maybe something to do with the human attention span?

I've enjoyed plenty of movies over 2.5 hrs long, but with all of them (with the exception of Love Exposure) I remember thinking "I hope shit wraps up soon."

That being said, people watch t.v. series's in one sitting all the time, so idk.

>>79292437
Similar to this >>79293826

I feel most songs kind of pad their length with 3+ refrains/choruses whatever. It can get a bit tedious.

I like punk and thrash for that reason. Generally around the nice cozy 2 min mark. Doesn't have a chance to wear out its welcome.

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>>79292457
I think it takes a little more than 72 seconds to read a single page of a book. But yeah the movie is almost as loyal as possible in that sense

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>not enjoying the occasional 4 hour gauntlet of plot

Most people can't do it but it's really the ONLY way Madoka Magica should be viewed

>>79292227
pee breaks

>>79292227
>tfw fell asleep during LoTR : RotK

some of those theaters can get me really sleepy at around 2:30-3hr

maybe I shouldn't have eaten so many crab legs and cheesy potatoes

>>79292227
It's 2 hrs for dramas, 1.5 hrs for comedies and horrors and anything light, and the 2.5 to 3 hrs for epics. If you go outside of that you're movie is probably boring