You have to think about the context of the times. It's not that audiences in 1977 were any "less critical" than they are now, more that big-budget, special effects-driven blockbusters were only just beginning to take off at the time (coming off of the New Hollywood era, which was all about...
Personally, I think that calling Friends "mediocre" would be giving it the benefit of the doubt. I did used to like the first two or three seasons (when I was twelve) but I find it utterly unwatchable now. :p
Wait, that's an unpopular opinion? I was under the impression that it was a fairly common sentiment.
Here are a few off the top of my head:
Tim Burton's Batman films are better than Nolan's (I like some of Nolan's other stuff, but his take on Batman always left me rather cold).
Homer is my...
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