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Old 05-11-2010, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by missmacabre View Post
Wouldn't the content of a film being pretentious depend on the views of the person watching it? Like If I like Darren Arronofsky's movies, I myself am pretentious for thinking so?
It's a matter of opinion whether a film is pretentious, but if a person likes a film that other people consider pretentious, it doesn't make them pretentious (whew).

Looking up Webster's definition of the word pretentious, I see I'm not using it correctly; I apologize. When I said pretentious, I didn't mean that these directors were arrogant or ostentatious. What I meant was, their films tend to be full of incomprehensible symbolism, a non-linear plot, and extremely slow pacing. Don't get me wrong; there are some films of this type that I do enjoy, just not these.
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