tend to have many early bad reviews by mainstream people who can't get past things that they find squicky and the lack of the usual "Hollywood Happy Ending" but that get better reviews from "true fans" later on who enjoy the fact that the directors tried to make something different even if it was flawed.
Interestingly, the opposite of what happened with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Casual fans and critics loved the subversion of genre tropes, story roles, character archetypes, and plot points.
"true fans" reviled that the direction align with their vision for the franchise, and it sounds like Episode 9 will be a return to the comfortable and familiar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize
The time series of reviews of movies like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_Punch_(2011_film)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_v_Superman:_Dawn_of_Jus...
tend to have many early bad reviews by mainstream people who can't get past things that they find squicky and the lack of the usual "Hollywood Happy Ending" but that get better reviews from "true fans" later on who enjoy the fact that the directors tried to make something different even if it was flawed.