There are many reasons for this, or at least why it seems this is the case.
1: “good” is often the default. This is particularly true with large themes like Star Wars or Marvel. If I go to see a Star wars movie, I will like it by default, and if I don’t like it, there must be a reason.
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Most positive comments on a movie are fairly simple – “that was good, I liked it.” Negative comments, however, almost always explain why. “That movie was awful because ___.”
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If no one gives feedback, creators will continue doing what they did in the last one. If you liked the last one, you don’t need to say anything, then. But if you didn’t like it, you want to let them know that what they made was not to your liking.
- You’re equating “trying” with “succeeding”. Disney tried to make a movie fans would like. They did not succeed.
Do or do not, there is no try.this contributes nothing to my point, I just had to quote that. - Eight wasn’t bad because it was different. It was bad because it was bad. If eight had been different and good… Well, some people would still complain because it was different, but not to the extent it got.
- This may seem harsh, but: if Disney, or whatever director, made a bad movie, that’s their fault, not the fans. Disney kept trying to change things based on the criticism of the sequal trilogy, but it failed because it was still bad. At least to some people – I know people who loved the sequal trilogy.
Also, I hate the sequels because IX wasn’t called From His Nap.