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Batman Begins
Based on the eagerly awaited new feature film–the exciting origins of the ultimate crime fighter!
Bruce Wayne is dead. The young heir to the Wayne empire disappeared seven years ago. His vast fortune has been given away, and the crime wave that began with the brutal murder of his parents has turned Gotham City into a living hell. The last holdouts against corruption–the cop...more
Bruce Wayne is dead. The young heir to the Wayne empire disappeared seven years ago. His vast fortune has been given away, and the crime wave that began with the brutal murder of his parents has turned Gotham City into a living hell. The last holdouts against corruption–the cop...more
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Published
June 14th 2005
by Del Rey
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I really enjoyed O'Neil's perspective and expansion of the movie. The author was able to give us more of a build-up between Bruce's return to Gotham and his first official outing as Batman, with the trip to New York and such, than we were able to see in the film.
I also liked the glimpse into the thoughts of Ra's with his journal entries and such, but I'm not so sure I cared for the delving into Ra's supernatural origins. One thing that so appeals about the Nolanverse is that it's a ...more
I also liked the glimpse into the thoughts of Ra's with his journal entries and such, but I'm not so sure I cared for the delving into Ra's supernatural origins. One thing that so appeals about the Nolanverse is that it's a ...more
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Reading/L.A. Book Review #4
2 October 2010
Batman Begins:
Hero or Villain?
Batman is a criminal wanted by the police. Batman Begins is by the author David S. Goyer. The genre is fiction and action the story takes place in Gotham city. Bruce Wayne has lost everything, including the death of his parents. Now he is on a quest to get it back. Bruce Wayne has gotten arrested and is away from Gotham. The League of Shadows has recognized...more
It was just what I needed to jumpstart my novel-reading again. It was just like the movie, but not so stylized that I couldn’t see the pictures of a comic-book Batman or cartoon show Batman. At times I tried to hear David Warner’s Ra’s al Ghul instead of Liam Neeson’s—it worked pretty well. It offered an answer to one of the questions the movie left: Is Ra’s al Ghul dead? The novelization also included some added scenes and little fillers that probably didn’t survive the cutting room floor w...more
The only other movie novelisation I've ever read is 'Revenge of the Sith', so maybe that was setting the bar a little high; but this book is, basically, the script. Sure, it tries to go into a little detail in places, but it feels forced and stuffed in there, not natural at all. I have to admit, I didn't finish this. I think I was about a couple of chapters from the end, and I just couldn't stand any more. I tried, I honestly did.
I'd seen the movie years ago and wasn't overly impressed. Honestly, it was a good movie - I just think the timing was wrong for me to really enjoy it. So instead of watching the movie once more and possibly being disappointed a second time, I went for the novel. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. =)
A movie tie in with just a bit more detail. If you liked Batman Begins the movie you will like the book.
Basically, an easy read.
Basically, an easy read.
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its good. so is the 2nd book.
A movie novelization of the recently released movie, I really enjoyed this book. There was a lot more in the novel than there was in the film and I especially loved the insight into Ra's al Ghul's past and mind. If you loved the movie, you'd love this book. While parts of the book are repetitive if you've seen the movie, O'Neil does a wonderful job translating a visual story into a printed one.
Usually Movie adaptations are a "shot-for-shot" regurgitation of its film source material, not so in this case. It was a fun read and offered insight into some already familiar characters. I will definitely read this again.
A very good book. While based on the movie and holding true to it, this book gives more from the characters. Little additions of the characters' thought processes and their view of the world around them.
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Dennis O'Neil is a comic book writer and editor best known for his work on Batman, Green Arrow/Green Lantern, and The Question.
He also wrote a novel with Jim Berry under the pen name "Jim Dennis".
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