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Originally Posted by timun
Whaaaaaat the #### are you talking about, "legitimized"? 
Opendoor's comment is bang on the money; holding The Dark Knight up as a cultural touchstone and masterpiece yet to be equalled is hilariously specific to one's age and proclivity for comic book superhero movies.
Don't get me wrong, I saw that movie twice in theatres and I liked it a lot at the time, but I've never watched it again since. |
It made it so that Super hero movies were not longer just for nerds and children. It made them mainstream. While there were always super hero movies they were never something you had to see to understand peoples cultural vocabulary.
Was it a great movie from an artistic perspective, probably not, but it was certainly cultural touchstone that elevated the public perception of a genre that moved on to dominate the box office for nearly a decade.