People have no idea how to appreciate moves like this anymore. Yes, the pace is slower........... that's the point........ It's an enthralling movie that sucks you in, and then builds, and builds, and builds, to deliver one of the most epic payoffs in cinematic history.
But of course people can't handle this story structure anymore. Human attention span continues to dwindle. It doesn't matter if a movie is great, it doesn't matter what masterpiece you craft, if the movie is longer than 2h30 and doesn't have an action scene every 10 minutes, then you've lost the audience.
And It's not just the frequency of action, It's the type. Forget anything with a sense of aura and beauty, even the action scenes themselves have to be fast paced, explosions all over the screen, with speedy moving shots that each last half a second, to the point where you actually struggle to even keep up with what's happening, not that anyone cares, because as long as the screen is bright enough and there are enough moving objects, your audience is stimulated.
Is it absolutely perfect? No is it better than 8.2? Yessss
edit: Update in 2022, yeah iv'e matured a bit i think lol, this movie isn't as good as i thought it was. The forced side plots come across as cringe when it's all so thin. I'd actually say i prefer 'the town' now lol. Cause that movie isn't amazing but at least it stuck to it's lane and didn't try to be more than what it was. Heat needed to be 4 hours long to actually properly execute what it was going for, 2h 50m isn't enough time for everything they tried to jam into this film.
But of course people can't handle this story structure anymore. Human attention span continues to dwindle. It doesn't matter if a movie is great, it doesn't matter what masterpiece you craft, if the movie is longer than 2h30 and doesn't have an action scene every 10 minutes, then you've lost the audience.
And It's not just the frequency of action, It's the type. Forget anything with a sense of aura and beauty, even the action scenes themselves have to be fast paced, explosions all over the screen, with speedy moving shots that each last half a second, to the point where you actually struggle to even keep up with what's happening, not that anyone cares, because as long as the screen is bright enough and there are enough moving objects, your audience is stimulated.
Is it absolutely perfect? No is it better than 8.2? Yessss
edit: Update in 2022, yeah iv'e matured a bit i think lol, this movie isn't as good as i thought it was. The forced side plots come across as cringe when it's all so thin. I'd actually say i prefer 'the town' now lol. Cause that movie isn't amazing but at least it stuck to it's lane and didn't try to be more than what it was. Heat needed to be 4 hours long to actually properly execute what it was going for, 2h 50m isn't enough time for everything they tried to jam into this film.