Runtime confirmed by Fox: 92 minutes!

[Kelly]

LMAO, one poll???????? around here???????



are you kidding........LMAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO......

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ I know. There will be a poll shortly if my one poll idea is good or bad and then a poll if questioning my one poll theory was right. LOL

 

[Hunter Rider]

Some examples of very well reviewed movies (not comedies or animated) that were only 92 minutes -
Notes on a Scandal

and Thank You For Smoking

I don't really think these are a good comparison,they were films solely about characters,they didn't have to stop development for massive action sequences every ten minutes

 

[Advanced Dark]

The Fantastic Four have really already been developed with their origin. Everyone going in already knows the characters...or most everyone. The Silver Surfer's origin will be saved for the solo film when that happens so him remaining mostely a mystery of sorts is a good thing, Galactus will be shrouded as well and going to deep into his character isn't really needed to tell this story. This guy is coming here to consume the Earth. That's all we need to know for now. The Silver Sufer is the real centerpiece that the FF will be dealing with and Doom to a lesser extent on screen...but no less important.

 

[Kelly]

The Fantastic Four have really already been developed with their origin. Everyone going in already knows the characters...or most everyone. The Silver Surfer's origin will be saved for the solo film when that happens so him remaining mostely a mystery of sorts is a good thing, Galactus will be shrouded as well and going to deep into his character isn't really needed to tell this story. This guy is coming here to consume the Earth. That's all we need to know for now. The Silver Sufer is the real centerpiece that the FF will be dealing with and Doom to a lesser extent on screen...but no less important.

Doom is very important and intertwined through the entire story....from beginning to end...

 

[Advanced Dark]

I said "no less" important.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It's not about introducing them for me,it's about letting them devlop as characters and not just heroes,will there be time in 92 minutes for quiet scenes where they sit and talk and we get to see more than just how they kick ass under pressure and crack jokes ?......i hope so but the run time makes me skeptical.

 

[Advanced Dark]

We saw the one with Sue putting Reed in a force field, the other scene before talking about getting married, and the other one about the effects of the Surfer. It's not gonna be just all action from start to finish with no breaks at all. There's just little room for error or bad editing. The first half of the first film had lousy editing.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I am not boycotting the movie, but I don't like where this is going. Say what you will about not intorducing many characters, they still have to grow. That takes character development, and in 92 min movies (especially action oriented ones) that is a problem. In movies like Thank You For Smoking or Notes on a Scandal, there is not a whole lot of action or destruction. Those movies are spent on the characters. This is not the same thing. It's not the same ballpark, not the same league, not even the same ****ing sport (god I love Pulp Fiction...and before I get corrected, I know the quote ain't 100% right).

Anyways, 92 mins for a movie with tons of action takes away from character development, so how good will the introduction for the Surfer really be, how strong will the characters really grow. In this time frame, all signs point to not very well.

Again, I shall judge on opening day, but I don't like what I am seeing.

 

[Sun_Down]

I am not boycotting the movie, but I don't like where this is going. Say what you will about not intorducing many characters, they still have to grow. That takes character development, and in 92 min movies (especially action oriented ones) that is a problem. In movies like Thank You For Smoking or Notes on a Scandal, there is not a whole lot of action or destruction. Those movies are spent on the characters. This is not the same thing. It's not the same ballpark, not the same league, not even the same ****ing sport (god I love Pulp Fiction...and before I get corrected, I know the quote ain't 100% right).

Anyways, 92 mins for a movie with tons of action takes away from character development, so how good will the introduction for the Surfer really be, how strong will the characters really grow. In this time frame, all signs point to not very well.

Again, I shall judge on opening day, but I don't like what I am seeing.

I agree, and I think a lot of people are in denial. I've been there. I thought X3would be great, despite a 104 minute run time.

Boy howdy, was I wrong.

 

[Advanced Dark]

I agree, and I think a lot of people are in denial. I've been there. I thought X3would be great, despite a 104 minute run time.

Boy howdy, was I wrong.

Well that's why people have different tastes. I enjoyed X3 quite a bit. I hated the first film and thought the 2nd was great though it dragged at times too much. To each his own. Though the majority seemed to enjoy it as well as made obvious by the box office, dvd sales, and the online polls. Hell even on the SHH polls where the highly vocal negative crowd lingers...X3 was still enjoyed by more people than not. Go figure.

 

[YJ1]

Well that's why people have different tastes. I enjoyed X3 quite a bit. I hated the first film and thought the 2nd was great though it dragged at times too much. To each his own. Though the majority seemed to enjoy it as well as made obvious by the box office, dvd sales, and the online polls. Hell even on the SHH polls where the highly vocal negative crowd lingers...X3 was still enjoyed by more people than not. Go figure.

Yep, I enjoyed X3 quite a bit myself. I don't agree about X2, however. It didn't drag at all. Hopefully, FF2 will find the happy medium.

Go see it and then speak. I think it's inappropriate to judge any movie on it's running time. Does this mean every movie over 2 hrs is great? We're down to weeks guys. Relax.

 

[Kelly]

We saw the one with Sue putting Reed in a force field, the other scene before talking about getting married, and the other one about the effects of the Surfer. It's not gonna be just all action from start to finish with no breaks at all. There's just little room for error or bad editing. The first half of the first film had lousy editing.

Just because we've seen it on a tv spot doesn't mean it will be in the movie....come on AD thats a weak argument and you know it....there were scenes in the tv spots last time that didn't make it into the movie....you know that tells us nothing...

 

[Retroman]

I don't really think these are a good comparison,they were films solely about characters,they didn't have to stop development for massive action sequences every ten minutes

That's what i think too. My point was more that those examples show that a good quality movie can be 92 minutes long.(Just trying to add a little positivity to thread )

Here are a couple action movies that were the same length as FF2 - Jurrasic Park 3, The Scorpion King, The Transporter .

 

[Tempest19]

Just because we've seen it on a tv spot doesn't mean it will be in the movie....come on AD thats a weak argument and you know it....there were scenes in the tv spots last time that didn't make it into the movie....you know that tells us nothing...

Planetarium for instance- that scene was everywhere and the scene was reshot.

 

[Kelly]

2 scenes I remember specifically....

*Sue and Reed are discussing the 1000's of letters from people that are asking for their help....Sue says "People want us to save them, and we can't even help ourselves...." IMO a poignant scene....

*Family scene, where Ben gets mad, goes through the door.....Sue say...."Great now we need another door...." IMO pretty funny.....

And I believe there were others, those are just 2 I can think of off the top of my head....

 

[Spider-Fan]

That's what i think too. My point was more that those examples show that a good quality movie can be 92 minutes long.(Just trying to add a little positivity to thread )

Here are a couple action movies that were the same length as FF2 - Jurrasic Park 3, The Scorpion King, The Transporter .

This is all a matter of opinion, but all those movies sucked, so thats not that encouraging.

 

[Tempest19]

I really hope they keep the wedding montage between Johnny and Ben. Because that scene in the book is GREAT!!!!

 

[JP]

This is all a matter of opinion, but all those movies sucked, so thats not that encouraging.

I share that opinion.

 

[Malus]

Well that's why people have different tastes. I enjoyed X3 quite a bit. I hated the first film and thought the 2nd was great though it dragged at times too much. To each his own. Though the majority seemed to enjoy it as well as made obvious by the box office, dvd sales, and the online polls. Hell even on the SHH polls where the highly vocal negative crowd lingers...X3 was still enjoyed by more people than not. Go figure.

I'm not that invested in the X-Men characters (not for a couple of decades anyway) so I wasn't as outraged about the unnecessary changes made to the story in X3 as other fans were...I still dislike the apparent killings of Cyclops and Prof. X, though I can see where those killings served to ratchet up the direness of the situation more effectively than Jean flying off into space to burn up a planet of Asparagus people as she did in the comic -as if we'd ever see that...But I digress...

I meant to address running time: X3 didn't feel truncated to me. It seemed to hit all the right "beats" and when it ended I didn't feel cheated. I wasn't thinking "Man, that was too short."
Just my two cents.

 

[Retroman]

This is all a matter of opinion, but all those movies sucked, so thats not that encouraging.

No those weren't the greatest but there aren't any great action movies that are only 92 mins not that i could find at least. Most are at the very least 100 - 110 mins If someone can proove otherwise then gladly.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I'm not that invested in the X-Men characters (not for a couple of decades anyway) so I wasn't as outraged about the unnecessary changes made to the story in X3 as other fans were...I still dislike the apparent killings of Cyclops and Prof. X, though I can see where those killings served to ratchet up the direness of the situation more effectively than Jean flying off into space to burn up a planet of Asparagus people as she did in the comic -as if we'd ever see that...But I digress...

I meant to address running time: X3 didn't feel truncated to me. It seemed to hit all the right "beats" and when it ended I didn't feel cheated. I wasn't thinking "Man, that was too short."
Just my two cents.

I will agree the runtime of X3 did work and wasn't the problem with the movie. I felt it was about the quality of the other X-Men movies unlike most (but that is because I don't hold X1 or X2 in nearly as high regard as most seem to). I felt a lot of X3's problems stemmed from problems from the first two (Cyclops would not thave been treated that way if Singer saw fit to make him an actual character and not a jerk, or not throw him away for 3/4's of X2, Singer made Wolverine the definite lead so X3's lengths to make him a leader were already present, etc. I could go on, but this is a FF forum, not X-Men one.

However, X3 had two movies before it, and could more afford a shorter runtime. This is the second movie, and we need to see the characters grow and progress. While many movies can work in 92 minutes, action movies never seem to. X3 was even a tad longer than this. I hope this movie works, but history says that is an uphill battle for movies of this genre.

 

[Spider-Fan]

No those weren't the greatest but there aren't any great action movies that are only 92 mins not that i could find at least. Most are at the very least 100 - 110 mins If someone can proove otherwise then gladly.

92 minutes is too short for an action movie, that is why it is like that. I can't name any 95 minutes or shorter action movies that are any good either. I don't care if anyone shows proof of good ones from the past, where I want to be proved wrong is in the theater on the 15th.

 

[Kelly]

Rush Hour was 97 minutes, 93 in Spain????

Rush Hour II 90 minutes...

 

[Spider-Fan]

Rush Hour was 97 minutes, 93 in Spain????

Rush Hour II 90 minutes...

Not much of a Rush Hour fan. I know many people are, but I wasn't big on them.