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As if two hours wasn't long enough!


I love the Nostalgia Critic and enjoy Doug's humourous observations and ramblings on terrible nostalgic movies. I think it's a great novelty to add to the world of satirical collective online film reviewers. However, why does Doug feel the need to make these movies longer? He seems to have adopted the Zack Snyder logic of filmmaking. You must realise making a movie longer isn't going to give it more substance. I know Doug's pretty much a professional in what he does, but the extra run time with added throw-away gags serves no purpose to the story and seems rather unnecessary.

Doug claims in an audio commentary on behind-the-scenes of 'Suburban Knights' that he likes to set himself a greater task each time. I figure, but I and a host of many others could barely get into Kickassia, without regularly hesitating whether or not to continue with this.

These guys clearly put a lot of effort into their work and make do with what they have, but c'mon this movie clocks in over 3 hours! And people complain about 'The Dark Knight Rises' run time?! This kind of movie could easily have accomplished it's target with decent narrative and well drawn-out characters within an 80-90 minute mark.

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I honestly don't have a problem with three-hour long movies. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World did it. Titanic did it. King Kong did it. Why not Doug Walker? Heck, Gone With the Wind was nearly four hours in length, and it's considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Plus, To Boldly Flee was made in different parts, so those who don't like the long length can just watch the various parts in their own time.

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