The film that saved Batman
It's easy now to expect another great Batman movie next year, but in 2005, I had never seen a truly great Batman movie (or even a good one as far as I am concerned). The Tim Burton films were not for me and the Joel Schumacher films were not for anyone, not even Schumacher's mother*. Christopher Nolan flew in like a hero and saved fans of the greatest comic book character of all time from only having memories of uninspired interpretations of the Caped Crusader.
* I can't confirm this but I would like to think that it is true