The often-cited example is Slumdog Millionaire winning over Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, and The Reader when The Dark Knight wasn’t even nominated.
Superhero movies aren’t for everyone for sure, but there is absolutely zero question that The Dark Knight was one of the most influential movies of all time. Even the academy sort of admitted it was a mistake by adjusting some of their nomination rules afterward.
The often-cited example is Slumdog Millionaire winning over Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, and The Reader when The Dark Knight wasn’t even nominated.
Superhero movies aren’t for everyone for sure, but there is absolutely zero question that The Dark Knight was one of the most influential movies of all time. Even the academy sort of admitted it was a mistake by adjusting some of their nomination rules afterward.