What does a movie have to do for you to consider it to be pretentious?
When it puts pacing, logical character development/actions and general entertainment aside in order to convey a """"""message"""""".
>>71825347
It's a modern movie shot in black and white for no reason
>>71825757
>it's a malick episode
When the main character is a Jesus
>>71825347
directed by Lynch
>>71825347
Using obvious religious symbolism when portraying the way people blindly follow bad people
>>71825347
>quotes before the movie starts
>definition before the movie starts
That's when my fuck off meter starts up, "light levels" start registering with,
>narration
then they kick up into "unsafe levels" with
>flashbacks
"dangerous to humans levels" are
>bad guy isn't a bad guy
or
>main character dies
>>71826201
>bad guy isn't bad guy
>main character dies
how is this a flaw?
Be directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Complete lack of self awareness.