In this 15th episode of our weekly movie podcast Film Spiel (and yes, Anders does have an issue pronouncing the word ‘fifteenth’) Anders and Dave tackle two of the biggest blockbusters about: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS and SUPER 8. And the non-problematic running time of X-MEN – 132 minutes – leads to a discussion of what exactly makes a movie a certain length and what even constitutes ‘feature length’, followed by an amusing chat that somehow ropes in discussion of movies that we’ve slept through, movies we could rewatch or collect, and even a bit about standard DVD technology versus the supposedly ultra-boffo Blu-Ray.
Reviews:
01:42 – X-men: First Class
12:48 – Super 8
Discussion:
24:45 -The duration of movies; do they need to be so long?
31:04 – Movies you’ve fallen asleep in.
33:42 – What movies are worth rewatching or collecting?
38:35 – DVD vs. Blu-ray
Last week’s intro quotes:
Apollo 13
Avatar
Iron Man
Shrek 2
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