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That's a perfect example of what I mean.

And on an objective level, how do you liken Twilight Princess to the prequels? The prequels received mixed reviews and won Razzies, while Twilight Princess has a 95 on Metacritic and was named one of the best games of its year, or even the outright best game of its year by many publications. If anything the prequels are more comparable to - gasp - Metroid: Other M. Which also has its fair share of fans who find it incredibly over-hated (don't ask me if I belong in that group, been too long since I played it).

Anyway, one realization I had about the prequels vs. the new ones is the respective films' competition. Episode 1 had to compete with The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, and Toy Story 2. Episode 2 had to compete with Minority Report, Spider-Man, the LOTR trilogy, the early Harry Potter films, and whatever Pixar released at around that time. Episode 3 had to compete with Batman Begins, Spider-Man 2, and Harry Potter again.

By contrast, what was The Force Awakens's biggest box-office competition? Jurassic World? Age of Ultron? Rogue Nation? Deadpool? Hardly murderer's row. Meanwhile, The Last Jedi's toughest box-office competition in terms of critical acclaim...Wonder Woman? The MCU? JUMANJI? Yeah.

Plus, when the prequels were coming out, the most financially successful movies tended to receive very positive feedback from critics and audiences alike. Now, many blockbusters are met with relative indifference from critics while being slammed by fans (see: Beauty and the Beast), or are outright hated by fans and the vocal minority online (see: Transformers and Fifty Shades). Name me some hugely successful movie that came out at around the same time as the prequels that was destroyed by critics. Bad Boys 2 is the only one that comes to mind.
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