Great movie. But it's just too long. Kinda like Lawrance of Arabia. It's too exhausting to sit for more than 3 hours to watch it.
shareI disagree. I've probably rewatched this more often than any movie I own.
Roger Ebert had the best quote about this:
"No bad movie is short enough and no good movie is long enough."
I went to the movies and saw "The Right Stuff" by myself at 11 years old (and yes, I was, by most accounts, completely normal). I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it then, and 11 year olds aren't exactly know for their attention spans! I've watched it through many times since. Fascinating film.
TRS could probably have been made into two very good movies.
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4) You ever seen Superman $#$# his pants? Case closed.
Great movie. But it's just too long. Kinda like Lawrance of Arabia. It's too exhausting to sit for more than 3 hours to watch it.Really? Over the years, from when it was on HBO and then on DVD, I've watched this, hmm, maybe 8 times. I've probably watched Lawrence of Arabia at least 15 times.
I agree, felt too long. They could have definitely cut it down to 2:25 without losing the spirit of the movie. A lot of the dramatic wife stuff could've gone and few would have mind. Also the weird pieces (i.e. Aborigine stuff, whole Texas BBQ/dancer scene, etc).
shareI enjoyed as it was but kind of agree that it could have done with some cuts to make it more rewatch able. Reducing the amount of time on the sound barrier and Chuck's story.
shareThe last bit was supposed to say would have helped.
shareReducing the amount of time on the sound barrier and Chuck's story.So a movie titled The Right Stuff without telling us about... the right stuff?
Yeah, and I'd even go so far as to say the reason the Aborigine stuff and Texas BBQ/dancer scene slowing the pace down is easily explained: it wasn't in the book and, hence, contains none of Wolfe's anecdotes or writing. Frankly, whenever I watch the movie, except for Yeager's NF-104 flight, I fast forward through that other stuff at the end. It was if the filmmakers ran out of material from the book and just ad-libbed and fabricated the ending out of thin air. Sometimes I wonder if, after Glenn's flight (subtracting the Aborigine bit), it had been better if they had just done a simple, straightforward cut to Yeager's NF-104 attempt, and ended it with Yeager walking toward Ridley after the crash.
The rest of the movie that is (more or less) directly adapted from the book make it an easy film to watch, even with the extended length, just like the book is a good read. It really does a superb job of catching the spirit and feel of the time.
You have a short attention span, I think.
But so does most of the American movie-watching public. Movies have gotten significantly shorter over the past 20-30 years or so.
Just out of curiosity, how does your attention span fare when it comes to reading a book? Can you stick with one that's more than 300 pages?
Wow, you don't sound like a stuck up condescending a**hole at all. Nope.
shareMy favourite movie is Gettysburg. It has a directors cut of four and a half hours. I have no problem watching it a lot
shareI have no problem watching TRS every twelve months or so. My Blu-Tay is paused while I read these boards.
I also like wathicng Gettysburg - an excellent movie. It's a shame that the second in the series (Gods and Generals) was seen as a flop and the third part was never made.
Not all people can sit and watch a three hour moviie though.
When I first started to go to the cinema there were usually two movies on with an intermission between them. Usually with the long epics there was only one movie though (Lawrence of Arabia has an Intermission even if you watch it on DVD/Blu-Ray).
:-) Not at OUR house.
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