10 Movies That DELIBERATELY Didn't Give Fans What They Wanted

There's surely no recent blockbuster more violently polarising than Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Though predecessor The Force Awakens did a solid job of bringing the series back to firm ground following the highly divisive prequels, many felt it played things too safe in basically functioning as a soft reboot echoing the plot of A New Hope.

Johnson, appreciating fans' complaints, certainly didn't rest on his laurels with the sequel, even if the result splintered the fanbase straight down the middle.

The pre-release expectation was that The Last Jedi would basically be the dark middle chapter of the sequel trilogy, mirroring The Empire Strikes Back. It would position Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) as the ultimate galactic big bad, while setting the stage for a final battle in the third film.

But instead, Johnson decided to obliterate expectations by having Snoke be killed off by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) mid-way through the film.

Additionally, Rey's (Daisy Ridley) parents were revealed to be nobodies - counter to fan theories she would be related to a classic Star Wars character - and Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) dark backstory was a far cry from the clean-cut hero fans knew.

These creative decisions were all massively controversial, many feeling that Johnson subverted expectations for the sheer sake of it, while others appreciated that he veered away from the lazy comforts of nostalgia.

The backlash was severe enough that J.J. Abrams ended up downplaying a lot of Johnson's bolder ideas in sequel The Rise of Skywalker, which pandered aggressively to the most sentimental and unadventurous quarters of the fanbase.