Iron Man 2 Runtime of the movie

[Figs]

Have to agree with the other who say that run-time is too short, how many 2nd movies were shorter than their predecessors and longer? Not many, X2, TDK, Spidey 2, Hellboy 2 were all considered improvments on their predecessors and were all longer, with IM2 being shorter, and being very dissapointed about what I heard in the novelisation thread, I am not impressed at the moment, hope I am proved wrong.

Have to disagree with you on that one. While I enjoyed Hellboy 2, I felt it was inferior to the original. I love that Del Toro tries to stick with real makeup, effects and suits/costumes but in the sequel he made it more of his version/world of Hellboy rather than Mignolas.

The runtime at first didn't bother me mainly because of the fact that we got his origin out of the way but after hearing some of what happens in the film i'm slightly disappointed and think it could have used an extra 15-20 minutes possibly. Make it roughly 2hrs and 15-20 minutes long.

 

[kedrell]

It's fine, IMO.

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

I'm fine with the runtime. A lot of movies make you feel like it was longer than it actually was, as Iron Man 1 did, in a good way. And i am certain IM2 will do so too.

 

[Iron_Stark]

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/recent/index.php?media=latestfilm

BBFC has the run time at 124m 29s. How accurate are they? Is this legit?

And 29 seconds? WTF why not 30 seconds?!?!! This movie is doomed without the extra second.

 

[hatebox]

How can I put this delicately... I don't think IM2 would have the emotional depth to justify a 2.5 hour length. Even TDK felt a tad long. So 2 hours is fine.

 

[marvelboy10]

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/recent/index.php?media=latestfilm

BBFC has the run time at 124m 29s. How accurate are they? Is this legit?

And 29 seconds? WTF why not 30 seconds?!?!! This movie is doomed without the extra second.

Oh yeah it's good !!!!!! So without 5 minutes added and end credit, the runtime of the movie will be the same than the runtime of iron man 1.

Yeah cool, it' s better than 1H45 without end credit

 

[FaT_tONle]

I don't have a problem with it. Not every movie has to be 2:20ish. At least it isn't X-3 at 100 and change. I think Batman movies need to be a good 2:15, but Marvel tentpoles that are pretty much fun and games can get by with around 2 hours. What difference is 5-10 minutes or so going to make when you already have nearly two hours of final footage? Avengers on the other hand needs to be at least 2:20, not exactly LOTR, but we need that type of length since it is a one shot deal.

 

[kedrell]

How can I put this delicately... I don't think IM2 would have the emotional depth to justify a 2.5 hour length. Even TDK felt a tad long. So 2 hours is fine.

I'd say it was a helluva lot more than a 'tad'.

 

[Spider-Steve]

I hoped for 150 minutes runtime, but we can dream, can we?!

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Ugh,the Cineplex website says that the movie is 126 minutes long.
http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/MovieDetails/Iron-Man-2.aspx

 

[darkslayer101]

117 Minutes runtime confirmed!

http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=136190.html

Good news/bad news?

i heard theres a lot more action than the first one...
its all good as long as the present it right

 

[Nirvana]

Why do people care how long the movie is? Length does not determine the quality.

 

[Shivsguy616]

Why do people care how long the movie is? Length does not determine the quality.

No idea! Trashy comedies are all about 90mins, and serious films are usually about 2 hours. Rarely is a film longer and if it is it strays near to 3 hours. Ironman 2 two will clearly be 2 hours give or take 10 minutes, so there's really no point discussing it.

 

[RaZaTrOn]

The BBFC usually are right.
I think they get the film, they watch it and then give it a rating for over here (UK) and get the time.

On the website it does say that the time is without any edits or cuts so if Favs has to cut some scenes for some reason in the next week (which is unlikely) the film time won't change.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Have to disagree with you on that one. While I enjoyed Hellboy 2, I felt it was inferior to the original. I love that Del Toro tries to stick with real makeup, effects and suits/costumes but in the sequel he made it more of his version/world of Hellboy rather than Mignolas.

The runtime at first didn't bother me mainly because of the fact that we got his origin out of the way but after hearing some of what happens in the film i'm slightly disappointed and think it could have used an extra 15-20 minutes possibly. Make it roughly 2hrs and 15-20 minutes long.

Well, it scored better with critics and many fans feel it is the better movie, personally, I thought there was just as much Mignola as there was Del Toro, the Hellboy comics have plenty of fantasy elements in them and sometimes veer more toward fantasy than horror, so there was still plenty of Mignola in there if you ask me.

The thing that worries me about the IM2 run-time is that the first movie was pretty much perfectly paced, and this is coming from someone who wasnt that big a fan of the movie, but the pacing was spot on. IM2 is the same length but has A LOT more characters to deal with, and this is what worries me most, some characters look like they will be short-changed.

 

[kedrell]

Favs has already tweeted that the film is completely done. No more edits left to do. That was like 3 or 4 days ago.

 

[kedrell]

Dp-

 

[FaT_tONle]

Edit/Delete.

 

[Fitzwah]

Just bought tix to opening night here in Australia and the cinema site says 150mins runtime. I'm guessing that's just a roundup with credits etc.

But, the point is I don't care about the runtime if its 126mins, I now have tickets booked

 

[Fitzwah]

Edit - Double Up

 

[Doctor Jones]

I hope it's not 117 minutes. This movie has alot going on to tell a movie in that time. Convulted as SM3 was, at least that had 139 minutes but that still didn't work. 126 I'm fine with. I'm not expecting anything over 135 minutes.

 

[rashad]

I hope it's not 117 minutes. This movie has alot going on to tell a movie in that time. Convulted as SM3 was, at least that had 139 minutes but that still didn't work. 126 I'm fine with. I'm not expecting anything over 135 minutes.

It's 125 minutes just like the 1st film. The 117 minute runtime is the movie without credits.

 

[TheVileOne]

Hellboy 2 was slightly shorter than Hellboy, not exactly epically longer.

Also regarding movie length, it generally depends.

I think part of wanting a longer movie is that well we pay a LOT of money to go to the movies now. For the same price we can arguably get more bang for our buck at best buy with a DVD that gives us hours of content. So if we are plunking down money, its like we want a movie that's not like over and done with in like 80 minutes.

Also, part of it is that we like epic long stories. We want stories that like you know feel really complete. But not just that because we love these stories and characters so much we just want to see MORE of everything.

Now length IMHO is sometimes a detriment. LOTR played it badly with all the fadeouts and epilogues and false endings. They should've figured out a quicker way to do it.

Transformers 2 was way too long and after a while the action and explosions became boring.

I mean think about X-men to X-men 2. They gave us a longer better movie that we wanted.

Favreau at first talked about Iron Man being a 90 minute movie, than I think Favreau saw that we preferred a longer movie and it ended up being about 2 hours.

Would Spider-man and Spider-man 2 have been as satisfying if they were these short little 90 minute movies?

No these are big superhero comic book movies so its sort of like we want a length to go along with the scope.

 

[Tony Stark]

This thread should be taken out and shot!

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

i'm just glad this movie is basically 2 hours, thats all i asked for. i mean, at least its not like 107 minutes, 24 Days!