http://thedissolve.com/news/251-dude-these-movies-would-be-amazing-if-you-didnt-ha/

An article by Matt Singer I stumbled across garnered a large amount of responses from the internet, it revolved around how the general movie goers now days want a shorter more concise version of films, stripping it of all other elements besides the plot. I’m on the fence for this as I do believe some films do feel a tad too long, but most of the times I feel this way after a long drawn out day never on a first watch so I might or might not be guilty of this modern day movie goer stereotype. Films sometimes need that extra mileage in order to create the depth and interest which spark the post movie conversations; it gives that oh what was that about? Why do you think that was put in? I agree with his belief that a movie experience if only complete with the aftermath, the debates and theory crafting which follows any interesting film. I can’t recall any films which I believe would be bad without the extra minutes, but the examples in the comments and in the article seem to speak to me. I do think Benjamin Button was a bit too long, but I don’t feel as though it should’ve been cut or anything, those few extra scenes may mean more to someone else. Even for other films today, people want the director’s cut which is normally a longer version of the film. More often than not it is a better version of the film which we wished we had seen.