Iron Man Iron Man run time - under 2 hours

[Ironfan72]

I'm fine with around 2 hours, its not quantity, its quality, I've seen many films that went way to long and others that should never have been.
We'll see what the final run time is, he's still got over 250 days until the films release, things could change.

 

[Spidey 2007]

for some reason i think its pretty good. a pretty good start. I think itll be like an hour 50 minutes ,or so. I think it will be great. I have complete Faith. Even if it was an hour 30 minutes i still think itd be great.

have the sequel be 2 hours and 15 minutes, lol. seems to be the pattern.

 

[skorponok]

Every movie ever made. Seriously, you have no idea how movies are made.

Read what Favreau said, 3 hours is SHORT for a first cut. Most movies are much, much longer.

Glad that there is someone else who knows what they are talking about with this subject

 

[FrostBite]

Glad that there is someone else who knows what they are talking about with this subject

Jeez I don't remember where I heard this, but I do remember reading the initial runtime of Spidey 3 all together was somewhere around 6 hours before they started snipping, and adding effects.

So I don't really care about this. It's not going to hinder the movie, unless he ****s up the pacing in the process.

 

[redlion2]

It's official dang it! IM's going to suck and all Marvel movies are crap and I'm never going to go see another one.

Nah....honestly, I'd much rather see a good quality film that's shorter in length than a long crappy one that's 2 hrs of pure torture to view. If the film comes in at 1 hr and 50 mins or so and is a very well done and entertaining film, I can live with that.

 

[SurfDUI]

Considering there are only three major action set pieces.

Capture/Escape the cave
The dogfight
Iron Man versus the Iron Monger

Sooo, we get a third possible 2/3'ds of the actual suit time, and the first act to cover the creation of the suit and Stark background??

 

[Casius--J]

Just under 2hrs is fine with me, thats about the ideal length for an Iron Man movie.

 

[Kent]

Under 2 hours could be just fine... as long as it isn't around 1 hour and 30 minutes (or... shorter). That short running times are usually symptomatic of problems with the movie (like with FF2).

 

[Sun_Down]

Pay attention to what Favreu says, people:

Favreau: No, I hope not. I looked at a cut and the longest cut of everything was a little less than 3 hours, which isn't that long for a first cut. It will be below 2 by the time it comes out. So, I have a lot of decisions to make.

Hes saying that most films are incredibly long when first put together, cutting is what makes a film the right length. He didn't make a complete film then chop away an hour of it, he's just tightening it up. Happens to all movies.

Every movie ever made. Seriously, you have no idea how movies are made.

Read what Favreau said, 3 hours is SHORT for a first cut. Most movies are much, much longer.

Everyone read these two posts before posting anymore stupid "OMgZ! he dleted aN howr!?"

Favreau is batting 1.000 with this thing so far and I for one trust that he'll deliver the goods at whatever length he sees fit. X-Men was 104 minutes and was one of Marvel's most successful films to date. Christ, it launched the superhero movie craze we enjoy today. And I've never heard anyone complain about it's length because it never feels rushed. The Last Stand, while clocking in at the same exact length, does feel rushed because it's poorly paced and crammed full of too many characters.

Now which one of these scenarios sounds more likely, considering what we've seen?

 

[Roland]

X-Men was 104 minutes and was one of Marvel's most successful films to date. Christ, it launched the superhero movie craze we enjoy today.

Really? What about Superman from 1978? Batman from 1989? Blade from 1998?

 

[Sun_Down]

Really? What about Superman from 1978? Batman from 1989? Blade from 1998?

And how long did it take DC to make another successful superhero movie after B89? Oh yeah, 16 years. How long did it take Marvel? Two years.

And I don't consider Blade to be the launching point because most people didn't even know Blade was a comic-book character.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

A movie's length does not automatically make it good or bad. However, a longer runtime typically allows for more character development and for events to play it smoother as opposed to a sense of "rushing" we feel sometimes feel with shorter movies.

My concern for this movie is the fact that this movie will contain "the twist". And no, not the dance that MJ and Harry did. But the twist, to the non-comic book fan, that Obadiah Stane is really a bad mofo and will become the Iron Monger. This requires Stane to be built up as a close confidant of Tony's to have the twist be really effective. Is there enough time to develop Tony's character, Tony's origin and his close relationship with Stane and then have Stane turn evil and fight Iron Man? This is why I preferred Stane make his "turn" in Iron Man 2. Let the relationship between Tony and Stane really play out through out the entire first movie, only to have it hit the fan in the second film thus leading Tony into his downward spiral of alcoholism(after he loses his company to Stane).

Having Mandarin be the villain for the first film, to me, still makes more sense and even more sense now that the runtime is shorter than I thought. Have him battle someone that is evil from the beginning, requires less time for the villain's character development as opposed to Stane's. Plus, since this is the first Iron Man movie, I wanted Tony to be the only man in iron. Having two men in iron sort of takes the spotlight away from Tony.

 

[Sentinel X]

This does not sound good. I can't say I trust Favrau yet cause I didn't really like the films hes made so far; despite the good casting calls and set reports I have to say that this is a little scary. On the bright side; X-men 1 was also under 2 hours as well...so it has worked for comic book movies before

 

[turtlefocker]

Why does every movie have to be extreamly long for it to be good? Im fine with 2 hours and a little below.

 

[Qwerty©]

This film has always seemed like a character piece to me, so it doesn't need to be a 3 hour long epic. Under 2 hours is fine.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Under 2 hrs is fine as long as it is more like X-Men length or longer and not FF:ROTSS length.

 

[TheVileOne]

Just FYI, Favreau's been saying it will be under 2 hours for over a year.

On IESB last year and he even said "a compelling hour and a half film."

If it's longer than 90 minutes, like 105, 110 minutes, that would be nice.

Hopefully not the 92, 95, whatever crap with the X-men and FF films.

 

[Sun_Down]

Just FYI, Favreau's been saying it will be under 2 hours for over a year.

On IESB last year and he even said "a compelling hour and a half film."

If it's longer than 90 minutes, like 105, 110 minutes, that would be nice.

Hopefully not the 92, 95, whatever crap with the X-men and FF films.

X-Men and The Last Stand were 104 minutes.

 

[Mr. Socko]

X-Men and The Last Stand were 104 minutes.

And I've counted. Last Stand was precisely 96 minutes of screen footage and 8 minutes of credits. Rise of the Surfer was even shorter.That's too short IMO.

I hope this movie is at least 1hr 50mins, especially this being the origin.

 

[Sun_Down]

And I've counted. Last Stand was precisely 96 minutes of screen footage and 8 minutes of credits. Rise of the Surfer was even shorter.That's too short IMO.

I hope this movie is at least 1hr 50mins, especially this being the origin.

Rrrright, and X-Men was the exact same length, yet it didn't feel short because it was well made and paced properly.

 

[Flint Marko]

As long as we get a Director's Cut later on the way with a run time of over 2 hours, I'm cool with it.

I agree
I personally still think this movie will be incredible, even though I wish it could be longer...

 

[TDK2186]

Thank God it's under two hours. A couple movies could have learned a lot from this example. Superman returns and Spider-man 3 come to mind. If only they were edited some more. :::: Anyway, I can't wait to see iron man.

 

[Nathan]

What? Spider-Man 3 could've used like 30 minutes more for character development.

 

[kedrell]

What? Spider-Man 3 could've used like 30 minutes more for character development.

They'd have been better off cutting a villain or two so they wouldn't need that much time for character development. No way that film shouldv'e been longer though.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

I like my movies long. Like Ben Hur.