Disconnect between critic and audience score is nothing new. Realistically, his only really divisive work was Star Wars VIII. Disney pissed on the accomplishments of the characters of the original trilogy by rendering them pointless with The Force Awakens. Abrams might have started this, but Rian completely derailed any potential in the new Star Wars trilogy for the sake of "subverting expectations" as well as being pretty dismissive online.
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Reply to Why don’t audiences like Rian Johnson’s work (barring Knives Out) as much as the critics do? by [deleted]
Disconnect between critic and audience score is nothing new. Realistically, his only really divisive work was Star Wars VIII. Disney pissed on the accomplishments of the characters of the original trilogy by rendering them pointless with The Force Awakens. Abrams might have started this, but Rian completely derailed any potential in the new Star Wars trilogy for the sake of "subverting expectations" as well as being pretty dismissive online.