The Avengers How long should The Avengers be?

[The Morningstar]

If there is already a thread about this, I apologize. Remove or merge if that's the case.

So, this isn't about predictions. This is about how long do you think the movie should be.

I think it's gotta be well over 2 hours. Maybe even approaching 3 hours. We don't want any main characters relegated to wallpaper do we?

It needs to have that epic scope, like a superhero version of Lord of the Rings, you know what I mean?

2 hours just won't cut it.

 

[Chewy]

1 BILLION minutes

 

[SuperSAINT]

2 Hours 20 minutes : 00 seconds.

(I'm not watching it otherwise)

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

3 hours

 

[The Morningstar]

I was thinking 2 hours 43 minutes 27 seconds.

 

[Angamb]

2 hours and 10 minutes at the very least.

Thor felt short, in my opinion, and it had less main characters.

So the Avengers need more time.

 

[Bubonic]

If this movie is to transcend good and be great I believe it'll have to be over 2 and a half hours in order to give everyone a fair amount of screen time.

 

[Figs]

I pretty much agree with everyone that it needs to be over two hours. The good thing is that we got all the characters introduced before hand with their solo movies, so the movie won't have to spend time with that. Can't wait to see them interact with each other.

 

[The Morningstar]

I think the movie will focus on Steve more than anyone. Showing him getting acclimatized to this new world.

I get what you are saying though Figs, in that the characters are already somewhat developed. But I think the movie needs to be long enough to juggle multiple character arcs. They all still need a bit more development.

 

[Figs]

I think the movie will focus on Steve more than anyone. Showing him getting acclimatized to this new world.

I get what you are saying though Figs, in that the characters are already somewhat developed. But I think the movie needs to be long enough to juggle multiple character arcs. They all still need a bit more development.

Most definitely! That was sort of what I meant about them interacting with each other. They'll grow to work together and put aside any differences.

I hope the script doesn't disappoint.

 

[The Morningstar]

Ahh ok cool I get ya. Like i said before, this should be like LOTR. Those movies did so well juggline multiple character arcs and what not. How long were those movies? They all got close to 3 hours didn't they?

 

[bored]

It must be seven hours long! And make no mistake, I will sit through that, crying the entire time.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

It should be however long it needs to be. With all the characters and what will most likely be a big epic "entire world in danger" plotline, it could be LOTR length and not drag. Marvel and Disney shouldn't be afraid of that length as long as they got a good movie on their hands.

 

[Superhero 101]

as long as inception

 

[Mako]

I'd say nothing shorter than 2H 30Mins

 

[VictorShade]

3 hours. At least. Make this the longest movie ever made as I've far as I'm concerned! I will sit through every minute, every after credit scene (by the way, to keep breaking molds, have two of them), for each cameo by Stan the Man (one for each character!), every easter egg, everything !!!!! All with a big goofy grin on my face cause I'm watching the best movie ever, that I thought would never happen!!!!

 

[itchyscratch]

Definitely has to beat least 2 hours 30 to allow for all the characters interacting as well as getting any type of decent plot and battles in there. As it is I don't know how they're going to fit everything in under 3 hours.

 

[Spider-Vader]

2:30 at the shortest.

I hope Marvel doesn't feel like they have to cut the time down for the GA. The GA isn't a bunch of ******s who can't sit down & watch a movie for that long, look at how much TDK, Avatar & Titanic made. If the movie is good & gets good WOM, people will see it & Avengers could possibly break the Billion dollar mark.

 

[Guerrilla]

I would like at least 2.5 hours. Full of well developed story arcs and plenty of battles. I would not be so happy if it seemed like the last harry potter movie where to me it felt way too drawn out and did not warrant the 2.5 hour run time. As long as it is well put together if it only ran 2 hours I would prefer that to something too stretched out. But let's hope for a well stocked 2.5

 

[Doctor Jones]

You guys are all kidding yourselves if you think this is going to be three hours.

I'm guessing 140 minutes or so at the most.

 

[marvel_freshman]

I've asked this question a dozen times, but never get an understandable answer. Does anyone know how a film's length is determined? I'm not sure if it's a distributor thing, because the longest film Disney has distributed, from my knowledge is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End which was 169 minutes.

 

[DieSmiling]

You guys are all kidding yourselves if you think this is going to be three hours.

I'm guessing 140 minutes or so at the most.

+1

I'd be shocked if it reached 150 minutes. I think 135-140 is the best realistic fit.

 

[DieSmiling]

I've asked this question a dozen times, but never get an understandable answer. Does anyone know how a film's length is determined?

Not sure exactly what you're asking. In the most basic, vague terms possible:

A director and his editor create a cut of the film drawing from all their footage based on the script. Typically, based on the script, they already have a rough idea of how long the film will be (generally speaking a script of 120 pages would be 120 minutes). Obviously there's some fluctuation in the editing process.

Obviously, the big concern among fanboys is studio interference and mandates for a shorter runtime. This is particularly common with Fox. Obviously, most fanboys (and movie fans in general) prefer that the director have final say over the cut of the film and its length, as this typically leads to the best quality.

Obviously other factors come into play these days (such as all of the VFX shots, etc.) but that's a very generic explanation of how it goes down.

 

[Dwarf Slayer]

Iron Man - 126 minutes

The Incredible Hulk - 112 minutes

Iron Man 2 - 125 minutes

Thor - 114 minutes

If I had to make an educated guess, I'd say it will come in at around 2 hours flat.

 

[marvel_freshman]

Cool, thanks. At first I thought the distributor, or whoever would set a certain runtime, and in the editing process, they'd have to cut & chop to meet that limit. But hopefully The Avengers is long enough.

Not sure exactly what you're asking. In the most basic, vague terms possible:

A director and his editor create a cut of the film drawing from all their footage based on the script. Typically, based on the script, they already have a rough idea of how long the film will be (generally speaking a script of 120 pages would be 120 minutes). Obviously there's some fluctuation in the editing process.

Obviously, the big concern among fanboys is studio interference and mandates for a shorter runtime. This is particularly common with Fox. Obviously, most fanboys (and movie fans in general) prefer that the director have final say over the cut of the film and its length, as this typically leads to the best quality.

Obviously other factors come into play these days (such as all of the VFX shots, etc.) but that's a very generic explanation of how it goes down.