Avatar: The Way of Water first reviews praise director James Cameron for his dazzling visuals

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After a number of different premieres all over the world, the reviews are finally in for director James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.The first waves of reviews were published on Tuesday evening, with the film scoring a strong 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, out of the first 133 reviews.Critics from around the world - including Daily Mail's own Brian Viner - heaped praise on Cameron's direction and astonishing visuals, though the story and bloated three-hour-12-minute runtime were points of contention in many reviews.

Reviews: After a number of different premieres all over the world, the reviews are finally in for director James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water Critics: Critics from around the world - including Daily Mail's own Brian Viner - heaped praise on Cameron's direction and astonishing visuals, though the story and bloated three-hour-12-minute runtime were points of contention in many reviewsViner stated in his four-stars-out-of-five-stars review, 'This sequel is tremendous fun, even bigger and better than the original, but by golly it will test your bladder.'He added, 'Yes, this is an insanely long film – but so was David Lean’s Lawrence Of Arabia, which director James Cameron cited as a major influence on Avatar for its ‘good, old-fashioned, adolescent adventure storytelling’, and that was even longer.' Viner added that Pandora, 'looks absolutely ravishing,' particularly in 3D, though he doesn't think it's, 'a film for the ages.' Review: Viner stated in his four-stars-out-of-five-stars review, 'This sequel is tremendous fun, even bigger and better than the original, but by golly it will test your bladder''It is tailored so carefully for our own age, with ecological and environmental messages that could not hit.