The 2024 movie Horizon: An American Saga is an interesting scenario that opens the door to discuss how modern audiences engage movies. With a 181 minute running time, Horizon’s seemingly poor opening weekend might spell doom to some spectators following Kevin Costner and his ongoing epic. Which is the perfect time for defenders like co-star Michael Rooker to step in and call out what’s been called the “Tik Tok-ified” audience of the world.
It all started in a conversation between The Walking Dead vet and a contributor for TMZ , as Rooker was spotted at the airport and engaged in a chat. As part of the epic Horizon: An American Saga cast , one could have bet that he’d have some thoughts on last weekend’s $11 million debut; and sure enough he did. When responding to the initial question of how he felt about Horizon: Chapter 1’s public response, Michael Rooker bluntly laid out the following: It’s real cinema, folks.
So be prepared. We ain’t used to that shit. We’re used to 90 minute movies.
Everything is 90 minutes. Give me a break. Get over that shit.
Let’s watch a movie that actually tells a story where you learn about the people and grow to like them or hate them. It’s not all fast and cut, cut, cut. In all fairness, I’m one of those viewers who’s firmly on Team Horizon.
I praised the picture greatly in my Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 review , and I stand by my praise as strongly as ever. But even looking at this from the outside, and with.