Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
What the fuck is the difference between self-importance and pretentiousness, beyond mere subjectivity?
I don't see how this question relates to any of my own; nor how it may in any way be a defence of The Dark Knight.


In other words, you don't have an answer.

Originally Posted By: Capo de La Cosa Nostra
[quote=ronnierocketAGO]Self-importance and pretentious aren't very far away from one another; I think The Dark Knight is pretentious in its self-promotion of "serious psychological drama". You can't make serious psychological drama out of the Batman character. You can't make socially relevant and politically sophisticated drama out of Gotham City, either, for that matter.

We've been through this.


Why, because you said so?