People have been left astonished at the runtime of the Avatar sequel, as the first reviews for the highly anticipated movie flood in.
Avatar: The Way Of Water is a sequel over a decade in the making after the first installment became the highest-grossing movie at the box office, taking in a staggering $2.9 billion, per Box Office Mojo.
When we settle down to watch a movie, it's often between 90 and 120 minutes long - with a few notable exceptions like the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, which run far longer.
But critics have been left divided about the runtime of the latest Avatar movie, as they have gotten their first glimpse at James Cameron's latest work.
Watch the trailer for Avatar: The Way Of Water below:The fantasy film comes in at approximately three hours and 12 minutes - which some people have deemed simply too long.
Leah Greenblatt at Entertainment Weekly said: "At 192 minutes, the runtime is almost certainly too long. It’s strange, maybe, or at least wildly uncritical, to say that none of that really matters in the end."
Brian Viner from the Daily Mail reviewed the movie saying: "This sequel is tremendous fun, even bigger and better than the original, but by golly, it will test your bladder."
Brian Lowry from CNN seemed entirely unfazed by the runtime, however, adding: "The Way of Water melts away any skepticism that it might be too late or too long in its return to Pandora.
"For a franchise that popularised the line ‘I see you,’ the director has created a sequel that truly deserves to be seen, not from the comfort of the couch, but on the biggest screen you can find."
Robbie Collin at the Telegraph believes that it's not the runtime that'll bore viewers, as he left a particularly scathing review: "This decade-in-the-making sequel [has] almost no plot whatsoever to speak of, original or otherwise.
"The Way of Water has no beginning and no end, two characters solemnly proclaim at separate points. They’re absolutely right, but then it doesn’t have much of a middle either."
Speaking to Total Film Magazine, director James Cameron revealed that the run time is as such because he wanted to focus more on relationships and emotion than the first movie did.
He said: "The goal is to tell an extremely compelling story on an emotional basis. I would say the emphasis in the new film is more on character, more on story, more on relationships, more on emotion."
Avatar: The Way Of Water releases in cinemas on December 16... Just remember to go to the toilet beforehand!
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