The Batman’s Opening Scene Secretly Revealed The Riddler’s Biggest Mistake
WARNING! This article contains spoilers for The Batman.
The Batman's opening scene shows The Riddler (Paul Dano) hunting people through his mask, and this shows his biggest mistake in the DC movie. In Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson's new Batman universe, Bruce Wayne/Batman encounters a fellow orphan with a different goal for the city of Gotham. However, the Riddler believes he is quite the same as the Batman, citing the latter as his inspiration — and in the end, this proves to be his downfall.
The Batman begins with the Riddler watching Mayor Don Mitchell (Rupert Penry-Jones) and his family, before breaking into his home and killing him. Throughout The Batman, the Riddler targets several corrupt authorities from Gotham City and leaves postcards for the Batman to find at the crime scenes. The Batman and Commissioner Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) believe the postcards are clues and the Riddler is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Batman. But when the two meet at the Arkham Asylum, the Riddler confesses the Batman was his inspiration: the Riddler misinterpreted the Batman's quest for vengeance against the corrupt and has become a villain. However, he doesn't realize the Batman is fighting precisely people like him, and becomes deeply distraught when he realizes the Batman won't be celebrating the chaos and fear he created in Gotham.
Related: Why There Are 3 Batmans Now
The Batman's opening scene is mirrored later in the movie when the Batman follows Selina (Zoë Kravitz) to her home. Just like the Riddler, the Batman watches Catwoman from across her building, through his mask. But in this case, the Batman doesn't kill Selina — this goes to show exactly how disillusioned the Riddler is. He believes he is the same as the
Read more on screenrant.com
