When Movies are Still Three Hours Long

Ah.. the good old days, when they actually dared (though not always succeeded) to make a film that runs for more than three hours which is twice (or even more) the length of recent films nowadays. I felt contempt and disgust whenever my new friends asked about what kind of films i had in my collection, or what kind of films that i recently watched and liked. One of my friend had made a dire mistake when she said that Transformers is one of the best film ever made. Now, wait, one of the best film e-v-e-r made? I ignored her completely the next day when she proposed that we all go see a movie which was about the 16213rd films that told a similar story about duo police (Rush Hour 3). Yep, been there, seen that, and i won't waste my good money to see another 'Mi'-'Yu' gags again, we've seen too many of that already (considering that there was virtually no border to cultures, and countries worldwide nowadays, an oblivious knowledge to foreign names i would considered as rude, barbaric, pompous, and ignorant character), and sitting in the dark with a know-it-all girl (among others) who hadn't even interested a bit to see Gone with the Wind. I rest my case, there.

Now, let me back to the good old days, when movies are still three hours long. I recently watched Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (for a second time, and still a thrillingly pleasant experience), and Once Upon a Time in the West. All of which runs a slight minutes off the three hours mark (Lawrence of Arabia, however, runs a slight minutes off the four hours mark. Four). And strange but true, when sometimes i dozed off during a film that runs for shy 90 minutes, i rarely did for the longer experiences, ever savoring the experience in its earnest and loving them for what it's worth. Beautiful.

Back to reality, i had an experience once, quite recently, when someone asked about my collections, he said that 'You haven't had any good stuffs there, are you?'. Sigh, most of my new friends here considered that good films is where you see many slapstick jokes (you know, where actors tend to humiliate themselves?), and many explosions. They hadn't even know about Heat. That's blasphemy! How come an action film lover (as these snob people claimed themselves to be) doesn't even know about Heat?. Sigh. Times sure are changing. Fast.