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"Batman Begins" has a few forgivable flaws and a climax that doesn't necessarily make sense but overall this will make you a Batman fan all over again (especially if you never were one). I really wasn't in the mood to see this movie not after enduring "Batman and Robin," but I thought I would go see it anyway on the big screen.

What makes this film work are the supporting characters. Never before have Alfred and Jim Gordon ever been used as more than decoration (at least not in the live actions). Michael Caine is the best Alfred ever and Gary Oldman is the best Jim Gordon ever. And they actually do something in this movie too. Liam Neeson is great as ... well ... I won't give away what exact he does. Let's just say he's the type of anti-hero I root for in hopes he will beat up the good guy (like Bull's Eye in "Daredevil"). Oddly enough, I was rooting for Batman the whole time.

Christian Bale is, well, the best Batman ever. Best Bruce Wayne ever. The two best scenes are when he first meets Katie Holmes (an under-rated talent who really needs to ditch Tom Cruise before he converts her to his flaky Bowfinger religion and so she can play in the sequel) after his self-imposed exile and when he terrifies information out of a crooked cop. But Bale has always been great. I've been a fan of him since his title role in "American Psycho."

"Batman Begins" is actually a "Spider-man" movie in disguise. All the elements used to make "Spider-man" spiffy are used here as well. In previous Bat-movies, Bruce Wayne is a prop. The audience could wait for him to put on his cowl. But in this installment, the audience can't get enough of Bruce Wayne.

I'm already eager for the sequel, especially if it's who is hinted to in the end. I figured "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" would be the best summer film this year had to offer but "Batman Begins" thankfully proves me wrong.

If I taught at a film school I would use this film as an example of how to do a low budget film right. Dinosaur Babes could have been easily been played for camp (and no one would've blamed the filmmakers) but it was effectively pulled off well considering the premise.

The special effects are low budget but used very well. Actually, the title of the movie is misleading. Granted there are plenty of half- and fully naked cave girls but the movie is so much more. Heck, after seeing this I want to make my own dinosaur movie.

The only suggestion I have to make the film better is to expand the role of the narrator. The other characters could talk in grunts or some primitive tongue and the narrator could translate for us as if we were watching one of those Mutual of Omaha wildlife programs. Sometimes the continuity isn't perfect but this is still an amazing film to watch.

I was much upset to learn that 15 Minutes actually isn't 15 minutes but 120. Geez, I have ADD and I can't handle anything for that long. Not when there is a lot of talking. So much could've been edited out to make this movie shorter and better. Why do De Niro and Burns have to chatter all the time they aren't saying anything important. Just cut it all out and just show them shooting at and blowing things up. Now that is something I can watch for a long time. And what's with the Eastern European bad guys talking all the time about being famous and criticizing the media. They don't need to say anything. We already know they are bad because they are foreigners who talk with an accent.

Violence I can handle and am always wishing for more. But nudity is another big thing on my list. The movie really suffers because there isn't a girl in the movie I was just dying to see naked, with the exception of Charlize Theron. I wasn't screaming, "Show us your +i+s!" bu instead, "Keep your clothes on! Please!" Come on, was De Niro so expensive for this movie that a babe with decent knockers couldn't be hired? As much as I admire De Niro I just have no desire to see him naked. Theron is usually good about getting naked in her films (God, I loved her The Devil's Advocate) but she was completely underused.

I'm tired of movies that mislead you to see the movie. This movie wasn't 15 minutes at all. And any movie that lies to you like that can be good at all, unless it has car crashes and boobies.