I have been forced to speak up. Society needs to act to rein in ridiculous movie runtimes | Rebecca Shaw

We have gone too far as a society in letting movie makers get away with pushing out movie runtimes.

We now have movies coming in between two and two and a half hours that never would have been that long if they were made 15 years ago .

Most of the time it’s not because the genius auteur needs that long to fulfil some vision.

It often actively hurts the film and my bum on uncomfortable cinema seats.

I love seeing movies, I love cinema, and I want the best for all of us. Long movies aren’t necessarily better, aren’t necessarily longer for “us”, and it’s time we gently put our feet down. However, I’ve heard enough judgmental queer men and musical girlies say that Wicked is good, and worth seeing on the big screen, that I’ll probably go and see it. It’s very hot outside and I could use a frozen coke..