The Batman

[Midvillian1322]

Hey Lawrence of Arabia was well over 3 hours, so hey maybe it will be ok.

But I wonder if the movie theatres will again incorporate intermissions into these longer films at some point. Just so they can increase their snack sales if nothing else. It happens in live theatre all the time and used to even happen with movies.

Doubt it cause it would cut into how many times they can play that movie in a day. It’s already a long movie, intermission breaks would just make it even longer. Non blockbusters ? Sure they could do that. The Batman is gonna want every screen possible as many times as possible in a day.



Anyway only thing that worries me about the runtime is that it’s Batman. That’s a long time to sit with a film with that kind of mood and tone. It’s easier to breeze through let’s say Endgame at 3hours because while it gets heavy. Their is a lot of humor and fun to break it up and keep things moving along. 3Hours of Moody angst could get hard to watch even if it’s great. I trust Reeves though and I’m sure it will be fine. Penguin looked fun in the trailers, so I’m sure he will find ways to break it up a bit.

[Frobisher]

God, can we not just have an alternative "cinema" cut for films that are blatantly too long (looking at you too, Eternals)? - let people vote with their wallet on how many piss breaks they're comfortable taking. Or at least ban cocaine from the Editing Suite.

[Vakanai]

God, can we not just have an alternative "cinema" cut for films that are blatantly too long (looking at you too, Eternals)? - let people vote with their wallet on how many piss breaks they're comfortable taking. Or at least ban cocaine from the Editing Suite.

...whu-what?

[BeastieRunner]

Locally, both Endgame and No Time To Die had intermissions. With Endgame, you could chose which screening you got but there was no choice for Bond.

I really enjoyed the intermissions personally.

[Scott Taylor]

Doubt it cause it would cut into how many times they can play that movie in a day. It’s already a long movie, intermission breaks would just make it even longer. Non blockbusters ? Sure they could do that. The Batman is gonna want every screen possible as many times as possible in a day.



Anyway only thing that worries me about the runtime is that it’s Batman. That’s a long time to sit with a film with that kind of mood and tone. It’s easier to breeze through let’s say Endgame at 3hours because while it gets heavy. Their is a lot of humor and fun to break it up and keep things moving along. 3Hours of Moody angst could get hard to watch even if it’s great. I trust Reeves though and I’m sure it will be fine. Penguin looked fun in the trailers, so I’m sure he will find ways to break it up a bit.

True. They do make a decent amount off concessions, maybe a third of the total income, but ticket sales are a lot higher than that.

I had the issue you mention during Joker. It was a great film but watching it was tough precisely because it was a never-ending spiral of depression.

[choptop]

I am quite worried about the long time, it is almost 3 hours. Matt Reeves would need to have a very perfect pacing and very good film editing to make sure the 3 hours run goes quite fast and is not really noticeable that will make the film come of bloated.

Well endgame was 3hrs and it had 1 hr and 30 minutes of plot lol

[Castle]

Well endgame was 3hrs and it had 1 hr and 30 minutes of plot lol

I cant seem to reoccur endgame that much although I do remember watching it and knowing some major things happened like Iron Man and Black Widow died, Thor added so much weight and there was big fight at the end, but I will be lying to say if I can tell were the 3 hours went.

I feel The Batman is running on a different game, it is going more for drama, story, depth, style. I am expecting like a lord of the rings serious film consciousness with The Batman. lord of the rings used to clock little under 3 hours.

[Wildling]

So far everything about this is looking good. I'm a little apprehensive, but only because recently I wound up hating all the other movies I had looked forward to (Godzilla vs Kong, Mortal Kombat, Batman: The Long Halloween, three in a row films I hoped would be good but didn't enjoy). Hoping this'll break my losing streak of film watches. I so want to like a new movie again.

They just announced a sequel to that today and I personally say bring it

I'm not 100% sure about the Batman trailer but I'm optimistic. One thing I really hope the movie has in store is great Batmobile action, that has always been some of my favorite Batman movie things.

[BeastieRunner]

Yeah ... I am 100% on board with the new Batmobile.

That thing looks cool and is better than the Battank stuff of recent years. I've always enjoyed the modded car look for a younger Batman, glad it is happening on film.

The one scene so far with Penguin is promising.

Edit to add: so the press cut kit is coming out and one of the test cuts of the film was over 4 hours! So Reeves submitted a 2:55 and a 4+ hour cut for final!

Damn man ...

[Frontier]

Yeah ... I am 100% on board with the new Batmobile.

That thing looks cool and is better than the Battank stuff of recent years. I've always enjoyed the modded car look for a younger Batman, glad it is happening on film.

The one scene so far with Penguin is promising.

Edit to add: so the press cut kit is coming out and one of the test cuts of the film was over 4 hours! So Reeves submitted a 2:55 and a 4+ hour cut for final!

Damn man ...

The DCEU Batmbobile was pretty nice.

[numberthirty]

Yeah ... I am 100% on board with the new Batmobile.

That thing looks cool and is better than the Battank stuff of recent years. I've always enjoyed the modded car look for a younger Batman, glad it is happening on film.

The one scene so far with Penguin is promising.

Edit to add: so the press cut kit is coming out and one of the test cuts of the film was over 4 hours! So Reeves submitted a 2:55 and a 4+ hour cut for final!

Damn man ...

One guy's take...

The character is literally a picture of obsession.

That obsession extending to putting his own batmobile together himself?

Always made complete sense to me, and I am glad it will finally wind up on the screen.

[choptop]

I cant seem to reoccur endgame that much although I do remember watching it and knowing some major things happened like Iron Man and Black Widow died, Thor added so much weight and there was big fight at the end, but I will be lying to say if I can tell were the 3 hours went.

I feel The Batman is running on a different game, it is going more for drama, story, depth, style. I am expecting like a lord of the rings serious film consciousness with The Batman. lord of the rings used to clock little under 3 hours.

I just saw endgame again last week I still don't know know were the 3 hrs went lol

[choptop]

I guess the test screenings of batman was 4 hrs long so WB cut a full hr!?

[phonogram12]

Anyone else think the practice of greenlighting a sequel to a movie that hasn't even been released yet kind of jumping the gun (even if it is Batman)? Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to it's release as much as the next guy (I've bought the Hot Wheels versions of the Batmobile and Batcycle and the McFarlane figure today, so maybe a little more, actually), but didn't they also do this for Green Lantern and Justice League?

[protege]

I guess the test screenings of batman was 4 hrs long so WB cut a full hr!?

Maybe I'll wait for them to release the director's cut.