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Its a Script Book
The script accounts for 3/4s of this book. The 1/4 of the book that's left has barely passable production art photos and interviews. In other words this is mainly a script book which skimps out considerably on the "featured production art" it proudly advertises on the front cover. This is a big disappointment compared to the book "The Art of Batman Begins" by Mark Cotta Vaz. It should get a 2 rating if not for that fact that its about The Dark Knight.A few gems
I picked this book up after watching the film, and it serves as a nice companion to the movie. If you're into film design or make-up, there are a few nuggets of information that you might find valuable by picking this up. However, what I bought the book for was the script. The script is the movie, and that has gotten me suspicious. Most film scripts you buy are just transcriptions of the movie put down in a screenplay format, not what was actually present on the set. Anyone who knows film knows that films rarely follow the script to the letter and this version was almost TOO close to the final film that something doesn't sniff right. What's worse is that lines of dialogue are accented just like they are in the film, lessening the script's credibility in my eyes. It's not bad to read the stage direction and the dialogue, so if you have to have a print version of "The Dark Knight" for your coffee table, you can do worse than this book.Not much to look at.
I saw this at the book store and have to admit I was severely disappointed. The first reviewer mentioned there were about 65 pages worth of artwork, but it felt a lot less. It seemed like each page only had 1-3 pictures. The artwork was also rather bland. It's similar to the Batman Begins one, so if you've seen that you know what kind of style to expect. In fact, if you've seen the movie, this book is basically unnecessary. The Nolan movies are more realistic, so the artwork is less "fantastic" unlike the Burton/Schmacher movies which had great artwork (if you can find it) regardless of the quality of the movies. There was nothing in the book that I felt awed about. I felt like I had seen everything already just by watching the movie. Then there's the script. I felt this was more of a script book than an artbook. Though I found it entertaining trying to do my own interpretation of the joker with the script right in front of me! It's a nicely designed product. It's just too bad there's not much in it. Get it if you're a hardcore completist. Pass if you want to show it off as a coffee table-type of book.The Dark Knight: Behind the Scenes
This book is awesome, big and heavy, but awesome. I usually dont buy things like this, I love Chris Nolan's work/imagination, Batman and Batman Begins and the Dark Knight. If you like these things, you will love this book. The first 60 pages or so are drawings/concept art of all sorts of things ranging from the Batpod to Harvery/Two Face. There is alot of cool Joker stuff as well...you wouldn't believe some of the original concepts. Page 66 and beyond is the script, and if you have seen the Dark Knight you know how amazing the script is. It says its the shooting script and so far it is pretty acurate to what I saw in the film. The pages are high quality and glossy. This book looks and feels like a collectors item considering the quality of it and how well this movie is doing at the box office. 5 out of 5 stars.Keyword : batman
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