[trainfromkansas]

Everything Everywhere All at Once was the last time I sat in a theater where, for the first half at least, I thought I was watching an instant classic.

But that movie just dragged on, and now I look back and see it as a bungled opportunity. It could've been so much tighter in the edit. They could've cut a third of the movie and made the whole thing so much better.

[brandall10]

This has generally been my experience with most highly acclaimed movies over the past 10 years. Most recently had this w/ Marty Supreme... last year had this w/ The Brutalist and The Substance.

The first half has me thinking instant classic, my hope is sky high. But then toward the end I find myself looking at my watch and realize it's simply not going to the stick the landing.

OTOH, many acclaimed streaming series have generally done this well. My take is that as long-form storytelling has evolved, movies have transitioned into this post-modernist phase as directors/writers don't feel they have the runway to tell something truly cohesive that doesn't end up being trite. It's much more about saying 'something' or imbuing a feeling than telling a fully fleshed 3 act story.

[jhbadger]

I did like how The Brutalist at least included an intermission the way long movies used to do.

[dietr1ch]

> They could've cut a third of the movie and made the whole thing so much better.

I feel that way with Inception. That out of nowhere 30-minute snow action part dragged on forever.

[watwut]

> They could've cut a third of the movie and made the whole thing so much better.

It would become just an action movie with crazy plot then.