20 Years Later, This Batman Movie’s Real Villain Still Feels Terrifyingly Familiar

Everybody talks about The Dark Knight. That’s just how this works now. Mention Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and somebody immediately starts quoting the Joker, debating the ferry scene, or explaining why Heath Ledger changed comic-book movies forever. That’s fair enough, because he did. But rewatching Batman Begins twenty years later creates a funny little problem because the first movie keeps stealing attention back. Not because it is bigger or louder, but because it feels like the moment superhero films collectively developed trust issues.