Easily thirty minutes too long.
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romarub — 16 years ago(July 19, 2009 03:29 PM)
For me, at least, the parts of this film fit together like those of a jigsaw puzzle - nothing extra needed, nothing to be left out. As was stated earlier, the character studies/development give legitimacy to everything we see on screen. I was fascinated by this film from the first time I saw it and, considering how frequently it's appeared on TV in the last few years, so do the TV networks. I wouldn't tinker with this minor masterpiece; they did with the re-make and it got them nowhere.
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screenman — 16 years ago(March 21, 2010 03:45 AM)
Only half agree. It was a character-driven movie and character isn't something you can just demonstrate in seconds. Like all relationships, it evolves gradually. For this reason I have no problem with the movie's length. However, the ending did strike me as all too brief and a bit of an anticlimax. I'd like to have seen them actually land the `Phoenix'. So a few minutes more would be my choice.
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gribfritz2 — 13 years ago(October 12, 2012 08:06 PM)
What more did you need for the ending? Show some heart-to-heart talks on the ride home? Show everyone chillin' at Doorfmann's house for a reunion party? A scene to show how Ratbags is readjusting to normal life? I think it was great how the movie begins on the plane and ends right after they escape. No extra nonsense tacked on. Just the stuff that mattered.