 If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you may notice it's harder to sit through a movie without having to get up to go to the bathroom halfway through. Now, some of this could be attributed to the fact that your body's once youthful age has now gotten old and completely useless. But it's also because movies have in fact gotten longer. And today I'm here to talk about it on this episode of Harry Potter and the Deathly Bowls. That's a working title, only on Guru Hub. Let's kick things off with some Q&A. I find that knowing completely meaningless information about things helps me get through the day. Question, what is the longest movie of all time? Logistics. It's an experimental art film that runs at a breezy 857 hours. Or 35 days and 17 hours. It's a roller coaster of a movie following the production of a pedometer. Looks like we both know what you'll be saving those vacation days for now. What is the longest best picture winner? 1939's Gone with the Wind runs at a swift 238 minutes. Just shy of that coveted four hour mark. What is the shortest film nominated for an Oscar? Fresh Guacamole was nominated in 2012 for Best Animated Short Film. And it's an extremely charming watch at only 1 minute and 40 seconds. It's also far more creative and enjoyable than what you're watching now, which begs the question, why are you even here? I don't know. It's the longest amount of time someone sat on their phone at the movies. During Tomb Raider, I clocked a dip on his phone for 35 minutes and 26 seconds straight. I thought maybe someone near him would say something, but why would they? Why would they say something? It's just accepted now. Long movies is not a new concept. It's happened throughout history. You'd see movies that three hours or longer, such as Cleopatra. It's just that the average now is going up quite a bit. But there were films like 1959's Ben Hur. 1962's Lawrence of Arabia. 1974's Godfather Part II. 1982's Gandhi. 1993's Schindler's List. 2001's Lord of the Rings. And 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. These movies all required a lengthy viewing, but they were damn good all the same. In the last few years, far more bad movies are asking for that same time dedication. I think most of that has to do with the huge rise in comic and book adaptations being made. I'm not sure what Michael Bay's excuse is. Transformers Age of Extinction is two hours and 45 minutes long. In what f***ing world do you need more than 15 minutes to flesh out a Transformers script? Optimus Prime should be able to save the day in an hour 15 tops. Get on with his day. Superhero movies in general seem to be in a competition for who can run the longest. Batman v Superman is over two and a half hours long with an ultimate addition pushing over three. Why anyone would want a longer version of that film is beyond me, but different strokes I guess. Pearl Harbor isn't a new film by any means, but it clocks in at three hours and three minutes. When in reality, it should have never been made. Let's do a review. If you aren't watching The Lord of the Rings extended edition trilogy, like you're just simply doing it wrong, make a day of it and watch all three in their entirety back to back to back. This will set you forward 11 hours, 15 minutes and 37 seconds. That's time well spent. Hell, you could double down and toss the Hobbit trilogy into the mix first. It's not as good, but it's a nice starter entree before the main course. That's a full day's worth of Middle Earth magic filled to the brim with amazing characters, a rich world, beautiful music, incredible direction and some of the most memorable moments put to film. And dare I say it, yeah, I think I dare, it's the best movie trilogy of all time. And it's definitely worth taking days off your life for. I give it a 10 out of 10, precious. You have my sword. And you have my bow. And my axe. Before I was even born, theaters had this fun little thing called an intermission. It was a break halfway through the picture where you could get up, stretch your legs, buy a concession, talk to the local farmhand or doctor in the town of 36 you lived in. And then you would go back and watch the rest of your movie. I need to bring this feature back because honestly, how are they expecting people to sit through a two hour film of monsters breaking buildings anymore when they can't even stay off their phone for 15 minutes? It gives these idiots a chance to check in on social media, gives a concession stand a second life. It also provides the elderly with an opportunity to go to the bathroom. I asked the kids on Twitter what movie they thought was too long. They had some things to say. Colin goes with the Scorsese picture, The Wolf of Wall Street. Asking the question, how many hookers snorted coke lines in Leonardo DiCaprio monologues do you need before it becomes too long? I guess not enough, LOL. Jack goes with what he considers a controversial pic, The Dark Knight Rises. Saying he likes it but two hours and 40 minutes? It's a long, kind of boring but still great movie with an awesome send off to the Nolan trilogy. As long as those trim down scenes don't include Bane, I'm okay with that. Then you have my intermission to die. Thanks for watching the never ending movie. That's a working title.