Too Long to tell the story

Rating: 6/10 (23 January 2017)

I have zero problem with a movie that is long if it has a lot to say to tell the story. This movie is 2 hours and 41 minute, as most of Scorsese movies are long I have never had an issue with any of them in fact as in the Godfather series I wanted them to be longer, each scene had something different to contribute to the plot and progressed perfectly to the end. Intro,char development, climax, closing. In Silence it was Intro,char development, then about 40 minutes of more char development that was repetitive to the point you loose interest and become desensitized. Then it finally hits climax and the close is about 5 minutes too long.
So in the opinion of this avid movie goer of all types of movies, I gave this movie a 6 and more then likely would have been a 7 maybe 8 had the editor done his job and cut about 45 minutes from the film.