In recent years the average length of a feature film has increased to seemingly indulgent levels. When Peter Jackson dropped 9-hours of hobbits and orcs on us we sat watching in awe but also while crossing our legs, desperate for the toilet... and that was just the standard editions!
Martin Scorsese gave us 3-hours and 26-minutes of Killers of the Flower Moon and despite it being a wonderful film, many cinemas, much to his disgust, broke it into two parts with an intermission.
