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After watching 3 and a half hours of Ben-Hur this weekend I reached this conclusion.

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Jul 26 '09, 21:28

Best Film Editing? Seriously??? Were all of the other nominees 6 hours long or something?

Also, whoever's job it was to tell me that trying to watch the top 100 most influential Hollywood movies was a really bad idea... fired.

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What list is this? Top 100 influential according to who? - kelly Jul 27, 06:07 1
- Me. You can start with Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows! -- nm - Jim Jul 27, 06:16
A lot of things that were astounding the first time are like duh obvious now, also, it doesn't matter how long or short, editing is about timing and - zeitgeist Jul 27, 00:14
Not enough explosions. -- nm - Michael Bay Jul 26, 21:58
you do not have to see all 100 this week -- nm - peglegpete Jul 26, 21:32
I know you're just being snarky, but where do people get the idea that "editing" = "taking stuff out"? - Reagen Jul 26, 21:30 5
- Bah, a REAL editor could get it down to just the credits. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 05:47
- You're right of course. And I am just being snarky. There are certainly many stories which need more then 2 hours to tell. - Fuzzy Jul 26, 21:43 3
  - Well, it was also made in a time when people had attention spans longer than 91 minutes and didn't depend on Megan Fox bent over a car to sell it. - Trish Jul 27, 03:58
  - Depends on what baseline you're comparing it to - The Maltese Falcon, or The Bourne Identity? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 22:53 1
    - Dune probably has a plot per page and a whole movie per chapter, you could probably make a chapter by chapter serial of LRDRN -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 00:16

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