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My nephew called the original Star Wars trilogy 'slow' and I timed the trench run to prove him wrong
My 15 year old nephew stayed over last weekend and we threw on A New Hope, and about 20 minutes in he pulls out his phone and says nothing happens for hours in these. So I grabbed a stopwatch and timed the Death Star trench run from the moment the ships drop into the channel to the explosion, and it runs just under 11 minutes with almost no cuts away. He sat through the whole thing quiet, which never happens. Then he admitted the dogfight shots hold up better than the CGI stuff he watches on his phone all day. I think the slow parts are the point, they make the fast parts hit harder. Does anyone else have a kid or younger relative who came around on old movies once they actually sat with them?
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noah_knight16d ago
Wait, your nephew thinks nothing happens for the first 20 minutes of A New Hope? The movie opens with a giant ship chasing a tiny ship and then stormtroopers blasting through a door. What does he need, an explosion every 30 seconds? The trench run fact is wild too, just under 11 minutes of straight action and he sat there quiet the whole time. Sounds like he never actually gave the movie a real chance until you forced the stopwatch on him. Maybe that is what it takes these days, making it a challenge instead of just saying watch this.
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