Look, whether or not you liked Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, you’ve got to admit that it didn’t have quite enough to do over its 151-minute runtime.
That goes for a lot of superhero movies in fact: rarely do they do much to earn their absolutely massive runtimes. I love superhero movies! I’d love a lean, mean one which gets me in and out in under two hours, doesn’t feature leaden expository dialogue and keeps the set-pieces sharp rather than meandering. Am I alone in this cruel world?
Well, fans of the DC Universe are going a bit mad today over revelations of the unusually short length of upcoming movie Justice League. A tweet from a UK cinema chain seemed to confirm it clocked in as just under two hours, including credits:
JUSTICE LEAGUE
We can officially announce the running time is confirmed as 01:59:53!#LoseYourselfInFilm @EmpireCinemas @justiceleagueuk— Empire Cinemas UK (@EmpireCinemas) October 23, 2017
Of course, 1 hour and 59 minutes including credits is a pretty damn short movie! Erik Davis, managing editor of film site Fandango, pointed out that it’s a smidge longer, coming in at 121 minutes. He said that the runtime was Zack Snyder‘s wish.
It’s 121 minutes. I can confirm that. https://t.co/JNvAf7W2wX
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) October 23, 2017
Now, it turns out that my desire for a tightly produced superhero film which cuts all the fat and gets down to business is not shared by a large contingent of DC fans. In fact, many of them are kinda pissed that its not a nearly three-hour funeral dirge like BvS:
I can’t lie that I’m a little upset about the justice league runtime being so short but I’m waiting until I actually see it to freak out
— samantha 🦋 (@intwilighthours) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/OptimisticFan13/status/922526501832200193
I DID NOT WAIT THIS LONG FOR A JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE UNDER 2 HOURS
— rune (@femmequads) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/RKJ626/status/922554667753705474
https://twitter.com/DCEUNews/status/922488469468749826
https://twitter.com/EmperorBigD/status/922477500546068480
But among that, there are still fans who reckon it will aaaaall be ok. Including, weirdly, the mayor of Long Beach, California?
This epic classic 👇🏽 was also 2 hours. Let’s calm down folks and focus on the big picture: we are getting a Zack Snyder #JusticeLeague movie pic.twitter.com/3ONYW31glo
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) October 24, 2017
Anyway, we’re all waiting on a super duper official confirmation from Warner Bros.
