But Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight started the change that conversation, while recent films such as Wonder Woman and Logan continued the push toward seeing a comic-book adaptation become a legitimate Best Picture contender.
This year, Disney is putting a lot of its Awards Eggs into the basket of Black Panther, ignoring Avengers: Infinity War in the process, and I’m telling you, that’s a huge mistake.
Years ago, there was arthouse prestige and summer-blockbuster fare, and never the two ever met.
Superhero movies never were confused with Oscar contenders.