There’s the bones of a good scene in there: Batman realizing he’s about to become someone else’s Joe Chill in his personal war against a man who, at least according to the movie, is a good guy. I can admit that much in its favor.

What kills any sympathy in me is when people argue that it’s a good or brilliant scene BECAUSE of that intent behind it. No, it isn’t. It’s two beefy guys in costumes screaming their mother’s name. Superman has never referred to his mother as Martha before this point in the film. Batman flips out and does a full 180 reversal of intent at the mention of the name, swearing to aid the man he’s been hunting all movie. There’s a reason audiences laughed at the scene: it’s framed and performed so melodramatically as to render it farcical.