Avatar: it's not you, it's me

Around hour 1, when we finally made it to the beach, I realized something. This was going to be a long ass movie.

Let me break down a scene for you.

The villain is supposed to be interesting right? A combination of both his past self, and a new reborn person. So when he finds his dead body, is he alone, or is he paling around with his buddies?

Do we see his face on full frame. Do we see his reaction, besides what a rushed comic panel would show?

No, we don't. We are starved of character development.

And you deserved more than a story about family sticking together. You deserved something that made you curious about who these people are. You just spent 3 hours with strangers. You know everything about what they did, but nothing about why they did it.

And when they don't let me meet the characters, I don't care when they threaten their lives. This isn't sports. I don't have a team to cheer for.