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As someone else with a film degree, there are movies that are far longer and have far more dialogue. Stop trying to make that into an elitist thing. Or go watch Jeanne Dielman on repeat until you can’t get off to high brow cinema any more
As someone who doesn't have a film degree, I'm surprised that the degree doesn't teach OP that movies are subjective.
As someone with a film degree, I can safely say film buffs are among the most gatekeeping of gatekeepers, right along metalheads (which I also am). "Subjective" is not a word in their dictionary.
It's true with any art.
Art is something so heavily based in opinion that you don't actually need any formal knowledge or training on the subject whatsoever to have an opinion on it.
This leads to every know-nothing shouting their opinions because all opinions are "equally valid" in this context of subjectivity. After all if you watch a lot of TV, you must know a lot about it right?
Have had this when I tell people I'm not into Gojira. "But they're some of the most talented and technically proficient musicians!"
Ok. I didn't say they werent skilled. But like damn I don't like the way their shit sounds.
If your movie is far longer than 3 hours, it's practically a miniseries.
The movie Gettysburg is 4 1/2 hours long. My wife and I couldn't make it through it when we saw it in the theater.
Lonesome Dove fits that bill and it's fantastic.
"Sometimes doing the right thing costs ya a few feet of good rope."
I need to go back and re watch that. Wonder if it ever made it off of VHS
Old movies rarely make it to the big name paid streaming services, but I just checked and you can watch it for free on Tubi, PlutoTV, and Freevee.
I don't normally watch westerns, but I might check it out.
As the overeducated on the subject child of someone who founded a film history department at a major university, I'm less qualified, but I agree with you 100%.
And Avengers: Endgame was 3 hours long and had tons of dialogue, so if that's the criteria for 'too highbrow for the normies,' then the bar is set pretty low.
Oh this is cool. What's your favorite movie as someone with refined tastes