Summer Blockbusters

So last night we took a break from working out and headed to the theater to see Transformers. Generally, I would say that the movie was enjoyable, but why do all summer blockbusters have to be so long? It seems that in recent years all of the big event movies are about 2+ hours. That is simply too long. Last month we saw a sneak preview of "Live Free or Die Hard", which was a good movie with one issue. Yup, you guessed it, it was too long. Whoever makes these decisions, I assume the directors, need to realize that footage can be trimmed. Both of these movies would have been much better if they were 2 hours or under. Learn to cut out the fluff gentlemen.

While I am on the subject of movies, why are all of these movies now PG-13? Of course it is that way to get a wider audience but some movies it just does not work. You have the action but then you have the watered down kiddie stuff. Why don't they make two cuts of the movie, a PG-13 and an R and release them at the same time? That way if you have kids and want to see the tame version great, but if you are an adult and can handle a few f bombs, blood, etc. you can see the R version without having to wait until the unrated DVD.