A well-paced film makes for an extremely satisfying watch. Whether or not the story calls for 90 minutes, two hours, or in any other case, a movie ought to finish with the viewers considering, “that was simply the proper size.”
Nonetheless, that does not at all times occur, and viewers are sometimes left wishing the film they’re watching would end (or at the least anticipating it to).
Redditor u/fire-lord-momo requested r/AskReddit which motion pictures made folks say, “holy s***, there are nonetheless 50 minutes left!” These are a number of the finest responses.
1. The Sound of Music (1965)
u/Davicitorra answered, “The sound of music. They get married and I mentioned “that was a pleasant ending” and my spouse says “the Nazis haven’t arrived.”
This prompted u/Booklady1998 to reply by saying, “Some folks didn’t understand that The Sound of Music had an intermission. They solely watched half the film.”
2. Pearl Harbor (2001)
u/Snoo-35252 urged “Pearl Harbor.”
“There’s the climactic assault on Pearl Harbor. It is explosive and tragic. So many individuals getting damage and killed. After which … the film slows down. And retains going. For an additional hour. UGH.”
u/High_Stream adopted that up by quoting the late, nice Roger Ebert:
“”‘Pearl Harbor‘ is a two-hour film squeezed into three hours”
-Roger Ebert”
3. Titanic (1997)
u/Hot_Task1408 remembered watching the epic film at house and mentioned, “Titanic, if you put that second tape within the VCR.”
There was full settlement from u/LadybugCalico, who adopted up by saying, “Sure! That is how I noticed it and could not consider there was nonetheless a complete tape to go.”
4. Full Steel Jacket (1987)
Some customers responded with motion pictures they had been blissful had extra time than anticipated to go, with u/masma1313 saying “Full Steel Jacket,” earlier than following that up by clarifying, “In a superb manner.”
u/DreadedChalupacabra responded by saying “Full steel jacket f****d me up the primary time I noticed it, the tone shift was so drastic that I assumed somebody modified the film once I went to the toilet.”
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
u/EliseOvO answered, “Transformers age of extinction, that film was so terrible I by no means even completed it.”
u/Toiletdisco responded by saying, “My husband gained free tickets. We went to the cinema collectively. I used to be truly having fun with it, I discovered the entire thing ridiculous and not-believable however I loved myself. Then there was a loooooong time of explosions. After which the film ended, I assumed. I used to be like, nice, 90 minutes is an efficient size for a film. After which they went to f***ing China en it took one other hour to finish. It was so extremely boring which might all be averted if they only reduce it off at 90 minutes.”
6. The Irishman (2019)
u/firecow745 urged, “The Irishman 3.5 hour run time was just a little lengthy for one sitting.”
There was full settlement from u/Max_Rocketanski who replied, “Got here right here to seek out this. I knew the movie handled the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Jimmy Hoffa “disappears” and there’s nonetheless an hour to go.”
7. Black Adam (2022)
u/Logical_Garlic_4548 mentioned “Black Adam. I do know it was solely 2 hours, however to me it felt a lot longer.”
u/bitchfacevulture responded in settlement, saying “My husband and I assumed the identical factor. I paused it saying god rattling how for much longer do we now have? After which noticed it was two hours whole. Felt like a glitch within the matrix or some s**t.”
8. Blonde (2022)
u/Senior-Sharpie merely urged “Blonde.”
Folks agreed, with u/unluky10 replying, “First film in years I could not make it by way of and needed to flip off.”
u/PrinceKitsune went into extra element, saying “I’m a sucker for artwork movies so I preferred it as I used to be watching it at first but it surely’s so unbearably sluggish and it’s simply tragedy after tragedy shot superbly, however the pacing and the torture p*rn nature of the film makes it unfinishable. Minimize it in half and don’t name her Marilyn Monroe and I believe it could be superb.”
9. Babylon (2022)
u/jkhabe mentioned “I watched Babylon final evening and I used to be like, “Holy s**t, there’s nonetheless 2 hours left?”.”
u/Big_lt responded by saying “I had no concept it was so lengthy. It wasn’t a very good film in any respect and I ended up leaving the theatre early.”
10. The Batman (2022)
u/Match_96 mentioned, “Batman (2022) after the Riddler will get caught.”
u/justinsroy agreed, saying “I used to be making an attempt to suppose which latest film was like this, and this was it. I paused to seize a drink or one thing and my speedy thought was “How the HELL is there nonetheless THIS a lot film left?””
11. Eternals (2021)
u/Kytti_Korner merely mentioned “The Eternals.”
There was widespread settlement, with u/CWRules replying “It might’ve been higher as a Disney+ present. Even at such an extended runtime, it felt like they tried to cram in an excessive amount of” and u/Megalopath agreeing by saying “Actually watched this whereas constructing a desk, the desk was extra fascinating, tbh. :(”
12. Australia (2008)
u/afwaltz urged “Australia, but it surely was extra like 90 minutes left. Nonetheless loved it, although.”
An enthused u/YEEyourlastHAW responded with “Sure! This can be a good film for considering you had been on the finish then wait! Bonus plot!” and u/masterventris agreed, saying “It actually does really feel like two motion pictures glued collectively!”
13. Cats (2019)
u/-Gigi_the_cat- merely replied with “Cats” earlier than including “Edit: I assumed it could be fun-bad like Birdemic but it surely was BORING-bad like The Final Airbender.”
u/TieOk1127 replied in settlement, saying “I can not consider that is the one point out out of hundreds of feedback. This movie is excruciating. I felt like time had actually slowed down, perhaps that’s what hell actually seems like,” after which u/iraragorri quipped “It is as a result of nobody else watched it.”
14. Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice (2016)
u/videoman7189 answered “Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. When Bats and Supes are carried out combating and that the battle with Doomsday was nonetheless going to occur. The identify of the film was the primary clue that it was going to be a very lengthy slog.”
u/Dragon_King3199 was in full settlement, saying “They might’ve made the entire doomsday matter right into a separate film, however NOPE, gotta mix it with a literal god going towards a man carrying a coke can.”
15. Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually (2022)
u/INI75 replied with “Black Panther Wakanda Perpetually, it was simply a whole lot of filler.”
u/Dynamic2390 responded humorously, saying “At the very least the title of the movie is sincere.”
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