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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 1174722" data-attributes="member: 7394">The Matrix Reloaded has a run-time of 138 minutes. That's 2 hours and 18 minutes. I'm assuming that Revolutions will have a similar run-time. I think that's the reason it hasn't generated the same type of controversy. 3 1/2 hours is much different that 4 3/4 hours. There's also the fact that the Matrix, Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi were originally planned to be separate movies with a continued storyline.Kill Bill is either 2 movies at an 1 1/2 hour each, or one move at 3 1/2 hours. Personally, I think that run-time is a part of this debate that really hasn't been addressed. In my opinion, one and a half hours is a little under what I want to pay to go see for any movie. 3 1/2 hours is slightly over, but I can deal with it. The Lord of the Rings movies seem to be doing just fine in the theaters with long run-times. To me, this is clearly about corporate greed (like I'm one to comment on that), and if this does well at the box office, this sends a clear message to the movie studios that people are willing to pay twice to see one movie. I would normally give Tarantino some slack, but this sets a precendent and pretty soon we could start seeing marginal quality movies split in two. Ultimately it comes down to a case of caveat emptor, but I'm not overly fond of what this could potentially mean to the future of movies in general.I don't want to pay twice to see one movie, so I'm skipping Kill Bill until it hits DVD.</blockquote>

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