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Just How Long Are the Academy Awards? Here Are 6 Things Shorter
These Oscars, man...They dragged. Clocking in at a little over three and a half hours, it's almost like we coulda done a whole lot of other things besides watch Harrison Ford be bored out of his mind. Then again, that's kind of what we say every year, and yet we keep coming back. But the question remains: What are some other things you could have done with your time instead?
A Turtle Could Walk 12 Miles
Turtles walk four miles an hour.
You Could Watch 'The Wolf Of Wall St.'
Running time: 180 minutes
Image: Paramount
You Could Actually Watch Most Leo DiCaprio Movies
The Aviator runs 170 minutes.
Go See 'Rent' On Broadway
Dug Idina Menzel belting “Let It Go”? Coulda watched her breakout performance in Rent, the filmed version of which runs 152 minutes. Image: Sony
Get a Haircut, Color, Manicure, and Pedicure
Coulda got yourself lookin’ like an Oscar nominee instead of watching the Oscars.
Take the SATs (almost)
Granted, this one might be cheating a little bit, in that the SATs clock in at a total of around three hours and forty-five minutes. BUT, if you skipped the break, this would have been a totally legit way to pass the Oscar time — albeit a bit less glamorous.
