10 Ways To Fix The Biggest Superhero Movie Problems

3. Three Hours Might Be Mandatory

The Dark Knight Rises People who complained about The Lord of the Rings being 3 hours long a piece are usually laughed at, and with good reason. Many fans of the films and books could have easily done another hour or so each. Avengers could have been another hour easily and I wouldn€™t have complained. Whatever happened to intermission? You mean that they€™ll pause for ten minutes so I can take a leak? Oh Joy! Seriously if the story feels too complex to tell in under two hours, then why not go for three? If the film is good then the extra time is immediately justified. The second Nolan Batman film might not have been so horribly overrated if it hadn€™t tried to squeeze 45 minutes of storytelling into roughly six minutes. People who say that loved that piece of crap (admittedly Heath Ledger saved that film) likely would have still felt that way if the movie was longer, heck they may have loved it so much more that my harsh review would have resulted in my death. Er€ It€™s time we looked at our dwindling attention span for what it is: completely horrifying. The State of The Union Address is one of the most important addresses the American President gives annually, the length of the speech has gotten shorter and shorter at an alarming rate through the years, despite the fact that one could argue that America has only grown in complexity over the years and that the President would need more time to explain things, not less. Why can€™t Marvel and DC take it upon themselves to make longer movies that are entertaining and also address the issue that maybe spending three hours or so being entertained isn€™t the end of the world? There is no benefit to the lack of the ability to pay attention. So the next time someone complains about having to sit through a three hour movie, sit on them for four. Even me, I hate three hour movies, but it€™s because I have a cigarette issue that needs attending, give me a smoke break and I€™m all yours.
 
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Dante R Maddox got started in writing about pop culture in 2007. He developed his conversational style majoring in English and minoring in speech communication, his desire to write as if he were speaking to the reader face to face was the bane of many professors. An odd blend of geek cred and regular fella chic', you're just as likely to end up talking about baseball or politics as you are about comic books and movies (just don't mention Tucker Carlson, you are addressing the man who will go to jail for assault in the future after all). He wrote a book called The Lineage of Durge that's available on Amazon for a small amount of money, he's writing a second while acting as Editor-in-Stuff over at Saga Online Press, there is a graphic novel expansion of his book series also in the works as well as continued development of his cheesecannon, one day Canada...one day (Seriously, a piece of ham, you slice it up and now it's bacon?!?!? I say thee nay!!!)