Two deadly criminals, Two-Face, a twisted former DA, and the Riddler, an evil computer genius, devise a sinister revenge plot against Gotham City, its protector, Batman, and his new partner, Robin. Movie tie-in.
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Peter David is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the incredibly popular New Frontier series. In addition, he has also written dozens of other books, including his acclaimed original novel, Sir Apropos of Nothing, and its sequel, The Woad to Wuin. David is also well known for his comic book work, particularly his award-winning run on The Incredible Hulk. He recently authored the novelizations of both the Spider-Man and Hulk motion pictures.He lives in New York.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent! A must for Batman fans.,
By shaun@csulb.edu (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Batman Forever: The Novelization (Paperback)
This book blows away the movie. I could not put this book down. I'm serious; read it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent,
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This review is from: Batman Forever: The Novelization (Paperback)
Well, the movie was not up to par with the two first classic Tim Burton Bat-flicks, but the book is good. The film was hardly a serious approach. Fluffy, with Carrey extremelly silly and unfunny and with Tommy Lee Jones simply One-Dimensional. However, in this book, as absurd it may sound, Edward Nygma (Carrey's character) is presented as a sad person, who is frustrated by his ruthless boss and wants to payback as the Riddler. As for Tommy Lee Jones' character (Two-Face), he is presented as a tragic figure who is not a true villain but a victim of the circumstances. All in all, the book although follows the script of the film, it is a lot better, and makes me think that the reason that this film sucked was not its scriptwriter but its director.
4.0 out of 5 stars
If Only They'd Filmed THIS...,
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This review is from: Batman Forever: The Novelization (Paperback)
Most movie novelizations are forgettable, cash-in-on-the-hype projects. Not so this one. As others have said, this book is MUCH better than the film. If the moviemakers had only used it as their script, Forever could've been the best of the original Bat films.
Peter David is a truly gifted writer, and the novel does a good job of tying the story back to what happened in the previous film, Batman Returns. He also develops the prior relationship of Batman and Harvey Dent/Two-Face and delves deeper into Bruce Wayne's personal anguish over Dent's fall from grace, as well as his feelings of guilt over his parents' deaths. The novel sheds much of the silliness in the characterizations of Riddler and Two-Face that proved distracting in the film. Frankly, I wasn't expecting much when I picked this up, but I was very impressed. It's not just a good Batman novel. It's a good novel.
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