The Batman Exposes One Of Bruce's Biggest Flaws And Fans Are Loving It

Throughout "The Batman," Bruce Wayne's privilege is tackled in a way rarely seen in Batman stories. Set two years after he first donned the cowl, the movie explores the way Bruce must grow as a person to become an effective crimefighter. Thematically and narratively, the film identifies the blind spots in his worldview that come with being raised in fabulous wealth. Not only does Selina Kyle — without knowing who Batman is — correctly identify him as having been raised with wealth due to his black-and-white perspective on crime, she also points out that he and the police only care about solving the murders of rich white men and don't show much interest in tracking down her missing friend Annika.

Batman is portrayed as overly judgmental of people whose circumstances in life compel them to crime. He goes so far as to imply that Annika deserved whatever happened to her because she was working for mob boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro). Meanwhile, in another moment, The Riddler reveals that seeing the young Bruce Wayne being sympathized with by the press and Gotham's society after his parents' deaths while he was forced to live in squalor — in an orphanage owned by the Waynes, no less — caused him to develop a deep resentment of the city's elite. 

Bruce has been so caught up in his own pain that he failed to consider the circumstances of others, and this blindness leads him to miss clues, most notably the deeper meaning behind the murder weapon used by The Riddler to kill Gotham's mayor. As Reddit user u/Collinisrollin07 noted, "He is a genius, but he misses clues because he was born rich. Like, at the end there, when [a] cop tells him about a carpeting tool. It's not something Bruce would know anything about because of his position."