I will never understand why people get offended when you say a movie’s runtime is too long. I’m sorry, but this has become a huge problem with a lot of movies nowadays. There are certain films that earn their longer runtimes, where every scene matters and things fly by. But there are way too many movies where scenes feel drawn out, unnecessary, repetitive, or simply do little to nothing to move the story forward. A movie being too long doesn’t mean I have a short attention span. It means the pacing, storytelling and editing didn’t justify the runtime. There’s nothing better than watching a great film where every moment feels perfectly synced with the story being told. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which I saw yesterday, is a perfect example of that. Not a single minute is wasted. Bottom line: if the storytelling earns its runtime, you shouldn’t be thinking or talking about the length of the film because it ultimately shouldn’t matter.