3. Batman Begins
History has shown that each Batman franchise starts on its own terms. A key is to have your own distinct tone and feel. Christopher Nolan’s version decided to press the rewind button and spend more time on the origin, digging deeper into the hows and whys of Batman. As a result, with raised emotional stakes, the resulting film became that much more rousing and exciting. The final scene of this film is my favorite Batman scene ever seen on screen: “I never said thank you.” “And you’ll never have to.”
