James Wan had to make an executive decision to take out a couple of flashback scenes to focus on moving the story forward, and it looks like one was about a young Arthur learning how to breathe underwater.
That’s pretty standard for a blockbuster superhero film, but pushing it past the two-and-a-half-hour mark could have hurt the film’s pacing.
The theatrical release of Aquaman is two hours and 23 minutes long.
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