Best of the Batman series, but still could be better. *possible spoilers*

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2005)

Batman begins could be summed up as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
The Good - Casting, performances, special effects, story-line (with some definite flaws, however), plus the other sub-categories that make up film; music, sound, editing, cinematography.
The Bad - Katie Holme's acting. The Batmobile. The clichéd act of the superhero confiding his secret identity to his love interest. The omission of any kind of detective work what-so-ever. Batman is "The Dark Knight Detective", he premiered in "Detective Comics", yet the movie spends the entire 1st third showing Bruce Wayne honing his body and his fight skills and overcoming the death of his parents. Would it have been so bad to show him hitting some books and honing the gray matter a little, and maybe solving a puzzle or two along the way. (At least the first Batman was shown creating the antidote for the Joker's Smilex poison).
The Ugly - The fight scenes. Some of the worst edited and sophomoric fighting I've ever had the dis-pleasure of seeing. After being spoiled by The Matrix series, and the latest great martial arts flix like House Of Flying Daggers and Hero, watching the fight scenes in BB was very painful and even worse, not exciting. Christopher Nolan should take note from the films I mentioned above for any sequels he's planning. The Batmobile chase was gratuitous (to the point that Alfred points it out to Bruce Wayne) and caused cops real harm and threatened their lives, which is against everything Batman stands for.
I still gave Batman Begins 8 of 10 stars, because it is a good movie overall, but with some glaring screw-ups.