I’ve had a couple people approach me regarding my salty Endgame feelings and address the fact that “the movie was already 3 hours long, they fit in everything that they could.”
To that, I say this:
A few months ago, the Russo Brothers released a statement that they were having difficulty cutting the movie down to 3 hours.
If you can’t tell your story in 3 hours, maybe you need to start over from square one. Maybe it’s a script issue, not an editing issue.
All the movies prior to Endgame did a fantastic job at telling their story in 2 1/2 hours or less, including Infinity War. And I’m almost positive at least 30 minutes of Endgame was nothing but fat jokes, pee jokes, taking a shit on PTSD and mental health, “America’s ass” jokes, “Nah, take a picture with him!” jokes -- you get my point. Cut that down and you could have allotted more time.
So I repeat: If you can’t tell your story in 3 hours, maybe you need to go back to the drawing board.
