题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
江西省景德镇市乐平市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期末英语试题
①Where have those traditional hour-and-a-half-long films from the old days gone? In recent years, we've seen more and more big Hollywood films run for three hours or more.
②There were films like Avatar: The Way of Water(《阿凡达:水之道》) that lasted three hours and 10minutes, and Oppenheimer(《奥本海默》) that went on for three hours and nine seconds. On Oct 20, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon(《花月杀手》) went for about three and a half hours. When it came out at the Cannes Film Festival in May, some people got sleepy, and there was a long line for the restroom. People started asking: Why have films become so long?
③Franchises(特许经营权)are one driver of longer films as studios(工作室) want to make the most out of their expensive intellectual property(知识产权), said The Economist. The hope is that a great, longer film will draw audiences away from streaming platforms(流媒体平台) and into cinemas. This. plan has often paid off: Avengers: Endgame(《复仇者联盟:终局之战》), Marvel's three-hour superhero film, was the highest-grossing(票房最高的) film in 2019.
④Also, longer films have to do with the growing influence of directors. Studios have given famous directors, like Nolan and Scorsese, greater creative freedom. Otherwise, streaming platforms may lure (诱惑) the famous directors away. They do not have to worry as much about the length because viewers can pause at will, noted Vanity Fair《名利场》.
⑤However, longer running times also bring some problems. Cinemas can play fewer films because a three-hour film takes up more screen time. The audience may choose streaming platforms instead of going to the movies.
a. People may get tired.
b. Fewer films can be shown in cinemas.
c. Directors get more creative freedom.
d. The audience may turn to streaming platforms rather than cinemas.
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