Have you seen the money shot

ehhhhhhhh they be some of the biggest offenders.

Otakus notoriously some of the most pretentious niggas in the world.

-and this is from someone that was otaku adjacent during high school I love anime lol.

Only calling it "pretentious" is weak, but if you articulate how it is "pretentious" then it is valid. It's no different than when people say something has "good cinematography". The criticism is only as strong as its articulation.

FACTS

How does this thread have 19 pages

maybe the audience is but I can’t see how the movie itself is

you know what

Lynch released this on netflix and we cant call him pretentious?

i dont believe its pretentious. Its a purely entertaining thriller

Lynch not beating the pretentious allegations

Flyhiii thread

nah we can expand its all good

The mcu is pretentious.

I am sure people call Evangelion pretentious

Dune is pretentious.

lol

Heinicke's The Piano Teacher is also a big part of Black Swan

Mother! is fire but I understand how someone could call it pretentious

Stanley Kubrick is pretentious.

HOLY S*** YOU GET IT

this will cut too deep for some posters in this section!

honestly if i submitted this thread for critique in art school i'd probably get called pretentious for it

THERE WE GO

objectively true