coy , i honestly have no hope for critics as a whole ( IGN and their bias RATING system that needs to be bribed ; or how a lot of movie critics get paid to praise a film that is garbage ...AIRBENDER / AFTER EARTH /DEVIL as prime examples ) .
as far as my mom , well she sat though all the marvel movies including X-final stand and GREEN LANTERN and liked those , she didnt complain once cus she has no issue with it as long as the story is good ( now we can argue about plot development til the mods come home , but plots are fickle things that change as the FILM COMPANIES do to suite the bigger audiance ...LIKE thor 2 when the entire malketh backstory was killed cus disney didnt like Odin being the villain and starting the war with malkeths peaceful people)
so ill try and clarify : DIE HARD FANS are the ones who nitpick everything wrong like EVERYTHING WRONG WITH HUNGERGAMES IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS who simply have nothing better to do than to talk smack rather than do their own adaption of the subject . (WTF LOL : predator dark ages is a perfect example of fan film done right / ASH VS DC DEAD is another )
for more clarification on HOW scumbaggy critics are and why i dont care about their POV , i suggest you watch simpsons GUESS WHOSE COMING TO CRITICIZE DINNER where homer was a good person and got his dream job as a critic , THEN got screwed over by selfish FRAKKERS who sabotajed him cus he was not a *CENSORED* like the rest of them to take advantage of the free food.
sory if this makes a little sense but i tried to hit all points man .
1. Yes. Many comic fans (including me) were skeptical and openly critical from the start.
2. But just as many comic fans were defending (or remaining neutral about) JT from the start - mainly on the strength of Chronicle.
3. Movie and Comic blogs, forums and podcasts were actually hopeful, if not positive, about the trailers.
4. I never heard any pre-release slamming from film critics.
5. I think this film got a very fair chance.