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James Cameron defends ‘Avatar’ sequel’s runtime: “I don’t want anybody whining”

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James Cameron has defended Avatar: The Way Of Water‘s three-hour runtime, saying those who find the film too long can simply “get up and go pee”.READ MORE: Avatar 2: Everything we know about the upcoming sci-fi epicSpeaking to Empire, the director said he didn’t want to see people complaining about the upcoming sequel’s length when many are quite willing to binge-watch several hours of TV in one sitting.“I don’t want anybody whining about length when they sit and binge-watch [television] for eight hours,” he said. “I can almost write this part of the review. ‘The agonisingly long three-hour movie…’ It’s like, give me a fucking break.“I’ve watched my kids sit and do five one-hour episodes in a row.

Here’s the big social paradigm shift that has to happen: It’s okay to get up and go pee.”Cameron also addressed the criticism from some fans that interest in an Avatar sequel has faded over time.“The trolls will have it that nobody gives a shit and they can’t remember the characters’ names or one damn thing that happened in the movie,” he said. “Then they see the movie again and go, ‘Oh, okay, excuse me, let me just shut the fuck up right now.’ So I’m not worried about that.”Avatar: The Way Of Water will be first of four planned sequels to the 2009 record-breaking film.

In the Empire interview, Cameron revealed that the third film has already finished filming, but that he may not return to direct the fourth and fifth instalments.“The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming,” he said.

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