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I had some structural questions, particularly about the second act, and the presence of (spoiler)Scarecrow(end spoiler) feels a little tacked on -- as a villain he just can't compete with (spoiler)Ra's Al Ghul(end spoiler).
Christian Bale's Michael Keaton impression really annoyed me. Whenever he's in the Batsuit, he's painful to watch. (Gary Oldman and Michael Caine, on the other hand, are entirely excellent. EDIT: I forgot Liam Neeson, maybe the best actor and almost certainly the best character in the movie.)
The last major action set-piece has some serious logical problems, particularly in the logistics of the clean-up.
But all in all Batman Begins easily surpasses any of the earlier Batman film adaptations, including the Burton film, and it's definitely worth seeing for anyone who grew up on this myth.