MovieChat Forums > Magnum Force (1973) Discussion > Way,way,way,way too long

Way,way,way,way too long

posted 14 years ago by ManFromSanFernando
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With the talent in this film, it's absolutely amazing how the director ruined things with his use of all master shots, super slow pace, and 50 minutes too long film....

[–] Jack_Krauser 14 years ago

It's not 50 minutes too long... maybe 10/15 mins

Who knows, with a little editing it could've been the greatest Dirty Harry flick instead 2nd best?

Thought I was havin' trouble with my adding. It's all right now

[–] MovieMaster95 12 years ago

Agreed. I love this film, it's a great sequel to the original and I love coming back to it. The only thing that let's it down is that the pacing isn't as tight as the originals. A few minutes shaved off probably would have improved this.

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[–] NotAnUndercoverCop 12 years ago

I agree with jaytee_23. 15 minutes too long, 20 at the absolute most. I think this film is quite epic. If the first Dirty Harry is a 9.5 then this one is a 9.4.

[–] westal_sage 12 years ago

You have way, way, way too many "way"s in your topic. But I do agree the film stretched out a bit. Still love it, tho!

[–] mackbrockton 12 years ago

Yeah, there are a few things they probably could've done away with....like the grocery store hold-up

[–] manram24 12 years ago

Really? I actually liked that scene.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

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[–] wiiztec 10 years ago

Go *beep* yourself

[–] MonteCarloMan 10 years ago

I thought the last scene with the motorcycle cops was overlong. The scenes with the asian girl could have been deleted. The rest of the movie was fine.

[–] stones78 10 years ago

I thought that girl with Harry crap seemed pretentious and forced on us.

[–] A_Boy_And_His_Dog 10 years ago

It's the best entry in the series next to the first one, so what's the problem with it being longer, I say.

[–] yatzo376 9 years ago

I agree.
Too many scenes crammed in what should have been a 60 minute R rated cop show.

Dirty Harry was a happy accident, all the sequels were mediocre to poor IMO.

"You work your side of the street, and I'll work mine"

[–] pking-2 9 years ago

It is a little long. Once scene I like (to laugh at due to odd longness) is when the phone is ringing in Palancio's office and they just watch TV and let it ring and ring and ring and ring and ring.

Ah, the pace of the seventies!

Now, this is a signature gun, and that is an optical palm reader.

[–] andersb-36022 9 years ago

I remember the phone ringing sound had a certain tone on TV for years and then I picked up the blu ray and it sounded different. Then I listened to it on French monotone and the tone was exactly how I remembered it to be!