The ending of Batman Begins is perfect. When Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) flips over the playing card, teasing the existence of the Joker, there was no need to keep telling the story. The narrative could have ended there. But sequels are a necessity in Hollywood, and so we got The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight. But screenwriter David S. Goyer says that he and Nolan came up with the concept of NOT giving Joker a proper origin story, and that freaked people out. Goyer said:
