Movies, and plays before them, were made in relation to the size/capacity of the human bladder.
Then movies were made so they could be sold to TV and fit into a 2 hour time slot which meant a 1 1/2 movie with commercials.
Back in the day, long movies like Ben Hur, Larry of the Desert etc all had intermissions. I don’t think theater owners like long movies because they could run a shorter movie twice and make more money.
Unfortunately now human attention span is only 15 minutes.
As for The Irishman, or Oldfellas, I thought the dialog felt extended, like De Niro’s shoes, noticeably so, as if they were trying to stretch the time for Netflix. Scorsese felt out of his element. It was OK. But not great. Joe was great.
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