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NOLANtards are snobs

posted 3 years ago by Truthtalker (1979)
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They love proclaiming that The Dark Knight, in being so “realistic”, is somehow the most true to the dark, psychologically intense world of Batman. They say this because:

(a) They want to convince themselves that Batman comics really are intended to be this realistic and intense and

(b) They want to convince others that what they read is so realistic and intense so that they can feel less embarrassment at still reading them in their 20s and 30s. The reason they overrate that movie so much is because so much personal validation is tied into that movie for them. So the more realistic the movies are, the more comic fans will claim to anyone who will listen that they just witness a movie that is exactly like the books they’ve been mocked for reading for decades.

[–] Fredo (64) 3 years ago

Naw,
The Dark Knight is just a better movie.
Better pacing, better performances, better writing, better music.
The Batman is a good Batman movie.
The Dark Knight is the best comic book movie ever.
There is no shame that they couldn't top that.