20 Things You Didn't Know About Batman Begins
15. The Film Probably Has The Most Likeable Thomas Wayne Ever
For much of the characters history, Bruce Waynes parents Thomas and Martha have been little more than ciphers theyre the rich people whose deaths make Wayne devote his life to fighting crime. In recent years, the work of Jeph Loeb in particular has recharacterized Thomas Wayne as, in many ways, the father of Batman as much as Bruce Wayne; hes a cold, aloof figure a just man, but not a warm one. Surprisingly, considering how much inspiration they took from Loebs work in other respects, Nolan and Goyer went against the grain by making Thomas Wayne an immediately likeable and sympathetic character the man is only on screen for about five minutes, but you immediately feel terrible when he dies, in a way you usually dont with depictions of Batmans origin. No wonder Grant Morrison told Comics Alliances David Uzumeri that the Batman Begins version of Thomas Wayne was his favorite version of that character.