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15 minute test: Failed to get past


Gave it 15 minutes and it was horrible, like really bad horrible. No character development, no action, just people talking.

WTF?

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Character "development" in fifteen minutes? That's absurd. Stick to movies where things explode so your attention is held.

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Character "development" in fifteen minutes? That's absurd. Stick to movies where things explode so your attention is held.

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Yes, 15 minutes is enough. If any of the characters have not even begun to get the audience interested in them by 15 minutes, then most likely that movie is going to suck.

You saying the rest of the movie was so incredible after the 15 minutes?

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Yes, 15 minutes is enough.


No, it isn't. No one with mature, adult movie-watching sensibilities has a 15 minute rule.

You saying the rest of the movie was so incredible after the 15 minutes?


I personally didn't find the movie as great as so many critics did, but it lead to a satisfying pay off that the initial pacing made possible.

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If you just watched 15 minutes of the movie, you can't judge any aspect of the movie. And as someone who watched this movie several times, I guarantee you that you talking out of your ass...

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Wow I feel bad for you then you've probably missed alot of awesome movies..Take your meds next time, who just shuts off a movie after 15 mins that makes no sense. I'm surprised you would even have an account on here, doesn't sound like a fan of film I doubt you'd know a great movie even if you sat through the whole thing

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Hey if you guys want to sit through crappy movies more power too you. I got stuff to do IRL. Sorry I had a different opinion than you and it sent you into overload.

I didn't criticize you or belittle you, shame on your for attacking just because someone thinks differently than you.

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They are not attacking you because you didn't like the movie. They are attacking you because you say a movie is crap to you if there is no action in the first 15 minutes. You're on a movie site, you say something that stupid here, people are going to call you out on it.

Also you say that this movie is crap. 7.3 out of 355,157 votes here. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 93% rating, based on 249 reviews, with an average score of 8.2/10. Production budget at $40 million with a domestic box office of $150,117,807. That's over 3 times it's budget. To YOU it's crap most people disagree.

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Ahh I said I gave it 15 minutes and the movie was not interesting. There are actually a lot of people who say the movie was boring, I just didn't take the chance of watching the whole movie to make that assumption.

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It is the juvenile, ADHD nature of your 15 minute rule that is getting you this much deserved flak, not that you have a negative opinion about this particular movie.

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Hey if you guys want to sit through crappy movies more power too you. I got stuff to do IRL.


In a strong field, this is the lamest comeback I've read here in quite a while.

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