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Swear To Me: The 10 Greatest Batman Movie Moments Ever

Few fictional characters have had as long and illustrious a history of film adaptations as Batman. Going right back to his cinematic debut in a 1943 movie serial, the Dark Knight has been portrayed as everything from a gritty, grounded figure to a gothic tragic hero to a LEGO comedy character. There have been some groan-inducing lows over that time, yes, but lots of dizzying highs as well. Hopefully, we'll get another one this year, when Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne teams up with the Justice League for the very first time on the big screen.
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Published: May 22, 2017 09:56 pm

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1) “I’m Batman” – Batman

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It’s tough to pick the greatest Batman movie moment of all time, but today we’ve gone for the character’s introduction in modern cinema. Discounting the earlier serials and the 1960s movie, 1989’s Batman was the first time that the Dark Knight as we know him today was depicted on the big screen. And the film kicked off in pitch-perfect fashion.

We begin with a husband, a wife and their small boy being cornered by a couple of muggers in a Gotham alleyway. As the muggers celebrate their loot, a terrifying figure emerges from the mist. The apparently bullet-proof vigilante confronts them, causing one mugger to whimper: “What are you?” Cue the immortal line: “I’m Batman.”

This one is a tremendous scene all around. The beginning is an ingenious bit of subversion of our expectations (as we believe we’re watching Batman’s origins) and the reveal of the hero is simply spine-tingling. Tim Burton’s direction, Danny Elfman’s score and Michael Keaton’s whispering delivery all combine to make this a truly outstanding opening to Batman‘s contemporary cinematic career.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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