That means Freeman, who wasn't the biggest star in Batman, made the list while Helen Mirren, Best Actress for 2006's The Queen, was left out because she hasn't had major roles in enough recent movies.

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But Nolan's non-Batman films haven't performed quite as well.

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It isn't a massive film like "Batman" so you have to give away a bit of it and hope that the amnesiac effect that's part of the subject of the film is working on the audience as well.

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But then "Batman Begins" doesn't want to be another mindless action adventure, just as Bruce Wayne doesn't want to be a vigilante.

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The necessity of a cursor can't be blamed solely on exterior factors, either -- some titles (like Batman: Arkham City) offer the user a gamepad-incompatible list of applicable CD keys upon launch.

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' And I said, 'Excuse me, you went to Warner Bros. with an idea of how you were going to do Batman, and you're saying I'm supposed to do Superman, but I don't have the idea in my head.

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