Batman begins has lots of special effects, spectacular fighting scenes and basically a good story. The cast is very good, and acting as well. There are many moments that really keep the tensions and expectations high. But the downside of the film for me was that it was overall too slow. The film has a duration of 134 minutes and that is too long for just the basic story, unless of course you are a long time fan. The scenes introducing batman's youth and trauma, the 'education' he got high in the mountains are lineair, predictable and far too long to keep the attention. The rest of the story depicting Batman saving Gothman are nice and spectacular, but also, very lineair in story line and hence a bit boring and predictable. Bottomline is that Batman Begins is a nice Hollywood spectacle and good for the fans, but with a very thin storyline that is brought in a very predicable, unexciting way.