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Slumcat dismissed The Dark Knight as a dumb comics film and pointed to the Searchers as an example of a great film.
I wonder if The Searchers was dismissed by many as a cowboy film in its time?
It did receive zero academy award nominations.
Ultimately, the reason I think that the dark knight will eventuallybbe regarded as a masterpiece even by many snobs is that so many other films are copying it. Skyfall, Avengers, First Class, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes all lift from dark knight. Some bad movies copy it as well: Thor 2, Amazing Spider Man, Robocop. This is only a partial list by the way.
How did Avengers, First Class or Dawn of the Planet of the Apes lift from The Dark Knight?
The only thing similar in Skyfall was how the villain purposefully let himself get caught and was two steps ahead of the good guys. And it's not like The Dark Knight invented that trope.
If any film got snubbed in the 2008 Oscars it was The Wrestler anyway. I'm sure that, as well as TDK, contributed to them allowing more Best Pic nominations.