Aside from simply standing out as a great sequence, the scene also showcases that Batman Begins understands The Caped Crusader’s origins and tension better than any other installment in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
First and foremost, Batman Begins unquestionably features the best live-action depiction of the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne.
Compared to what Zack Snyder delivered at the beginning of Batman V Superman, it’s a total work of art.
It’s a sequence fraught with tension, and it sells the trauma Bruce suffers at the hands of Joe Chill better than any other sequence in any other Batman movie.