Best For Film are a patriotic bunch (well, most of us are, at least) so we aren’t about to let some upstart American in a rodent mask and cape make us forget about British hero 007. Here are the top 10 reasons why we think that James Bond is far superior to Batman… or not, as the case may be.

“What’s your hobby?” “Resurrection.”

In which Bond is at least half as cool as in the Olympic opening ceremony.

BOOM ZOOM one-liner SMASH BANG kiss Naomie Harris WALLOP KAPOW

Are we mad? Are we happy? We don’t even know.

We like that confidence, Eon. We like it a lot.

It’s ALMOST as huge as our world-exclusive Skyfall scoop… but not quite.

CHARACTER DEATH ALERT.

You’re saying rape doesn’t sell?

Hey Bond, want to show us your license to underwhelm?