I read an article in the New York Times last week about the bloated length of films recently, largely referring to Terrence Malick's The New World, which he has since taken and trimmed to about 2 hours and 14 minutes. The article also mentioned Brokeback Mountain as an egregious offender in this regard, stating that it spent way too much time on the pretty vistas and took forever to get going.

Yet this is what the Hollywood foreign Press (an organisation of dubious merit, in any event) chose as Best Picture, which goes to show what hype will buy.

In case anyone was wondering, yes, they did mention King Kong as another offender, as well as Munich.

Here's a link: Films in Need of a Little Nip and Tuck .