How long would you make the movie?

Festax0333

I would do 2 hrs and 10 mins

i would add sone exposition and some new battle elements to tweak things around
i feel this would be a great length

Lord_Darkeyes

2 20

I would like to expand on the FINALE emphasis which is one of my worries that the film might miss.

Richard

I would make it 2 hrs and 18 minutes. Thats the perfect time

Bane

As long as it would need to be. I would look at the screenplay and dictate the pacing. No film director sits down and thinks about how long it should be exactly. Just not how it works.

Slantee

125 minutes, without credits. Even 120 would do. Hell, even 115. I don't really care how long it is, as long as it feels right and not too rushed or too slow. I want a movie with perfect pacing, even if its just an hour and a half. As long as they fix the pacing at SC and Gringotts, which according to the test screenrs was rushed through, I'm fine.

Festax0333

i agree slantee
as darth, blackvenom and others have said

time really doesnt matter in a film, what matters is the quality and pacing of it
if itss 1. 55 and feels complete, il be happy

Bane

Also I don't get how people are coming up with these "perfect" lengths like richard's supposed 2 hours and 18 minutes. What about 2 hours and 17 minutes? 2:19? What's the difference? How is that perfect? It's something I simply do not understand. A film with "perfect" length is one that suits the story and doesn't have any material that wastes time or holds up the narrative or pacing, which is what usually gets destroyed in the cutting room. You get the script, shoot the scenes, and edit until all the crap that you don't need is gone. Nobody ever sits down and dictates what the "perfect" run time is because there is no perfect run time.

Bane

When you edit your film, watch it, and decide that it flows well and doesn't bullshit, that's the perfect run time, whether it be 110 minutes or 96.

Richard

Oh belive you me 2hr 18 min is a WIN

Bane

Oh belive you me 2hr 18 min is a WIN

I believe that, for some films, that could very well be the case depending on what it is and if 2 hours and 18 minutes is the final edited time with nothing holding up the story.

decarus

I think to complete what they need to complete with proper pacing they need around 2 hours 10 minutes or maybe 15. It is what it is though. We will wait and see.

Richard

oh well i KNOW Dh2 will be shorter than 2hr 18 min and OVER 2 hr... I think its 2 Hr 6 min but i guess thats an ok time

Festax0333

Darth i made this thread to hear everyones thoughts, silly or not (:

Nick

oh brother!!! the length will be fine in the test screeners i trust

Nick

this^

aaron

I agree with what everyone has said about the pacing. Based on how I think the film is coming along, I think the proper time to flesh out the story and round up the ending well, it would be about 2h15 or 2h20.

Bane

What I'm excited about is how, since it's 2 hours or less, EVERY SINGLE SCENE will be like PSHAW because it won't waste any time, it's either going to be kicking ass, or extremely emotional. That's why I like good pacing. No time wasted. What you call "rushed" I call "getting to the fucking point."

Slantee

What I'm excited about is how, since it's 2 hours or less, EVERY SINGLE SCENE will be like PSHAW because it won't waste any time, it's either going to be kicking ass, or extremely emotional. That's why I like good pacing. No time wasted. What you call "rushed" I call "getting to the fucking point."

No. The movies HAVE felt rushed at some points, in OOTP and the beginning of DH1 and some other times as well. And SC and Gringotts could very well end up feeling rushed. If rushed meant getting to the point, why not have a movie with a WB logo, Avada Kedavra-Expelliarmus, and the end?

See, agree with both sides of the debate. It COULD end up feeling rushed, and there's nothing you can say about it that would make these guys feel better about it cause you haven't seen the movie yet. And it COULD end up having a perfect pace within the given time slot, but everyone will continue discussing it until the movie's out and everyone's seen it for themselves.

Bane

You're taking my words and warping them. When I say "getting to the point," I don't mean bad editing/pacing or skipping ahead to the most important moments. I mean getting from one scene to the next in a timely fashion that feels good. There's a difference between fast pacing and rushed material. A huge difference. Something can be quickly paced without being rushed. I think the first 20 minutes of Goblet of Fire is INCREDIBLY rushed. I don't really think much is actually rushed in Order of the Phoenix; my problem with that film is the studio forcing Yates to cut so much stuff from the Ministry of Magic and on. That's what I don't like. And I think the only part that feels too "quick" in Part 1 is when they go from the wedding to downtown London.

I'm talking in overall terms. In virtually every film ever made you can point at one or two edits and yell "it's rushed!" but that doesn't hardly speak for the entire film.

blackvenom

OotP's problem is that WB made Yates cut the hell out of it. And the editing problems were pretty obvious. HBP, though, had extremely few editing problems and DH1 had problems only slightly in the first half and during the Malfoy Manor scene.

I actually don't really think that the first 30 minutes of Part 2 are rushed. It's just that they've kept the very important scenes because they want to go to Hogwarts as soon as possible. So, we don't get extended discussions of the Trio at Shell Cottage or Lupin's appearance. We see Harry outside Shell Cottage, then him briefly talking with Bill and Fleur, talking with Griphook, then with Ollivander and then they all apparate to Gringotts. In a way, this is fast-paced, because they've kept the very important moments of these chapters so fans were surprised, because they're at Gringotts 10 minutes in the film or something. Anyway, I hope they fix these little problems and make it flow better in the beginning. They had a whole discussion with the fans, if there were any little problems I'm sure they'll want to fix them.

decarus

I think that OotP had pacing issues because it just jumps from scene to scene at some points. It is still my favorite of the films, but pacing was not it's strong point. I would also agree that the beginning of GoF seems very random and fast. There are all kinds of things going on before you even know what is going on. Also DH with the camping. Though i do think that DH has some nicely paced sections, but overall the pacing isn't quite there.

dobby_freak19

I would do 2 hrs and 10 mins

i would add sone exposition and some new battle elements to tweak things around
i feel this would be a great length

this. Not so long, but definitely not an hour and 50!!