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Batman Returns: The Novelization

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I don't know what the other guy who reviewed this book was talking about, but you don't need a soundtrack for this book to be good. Think: imagination, it's a wonderful thing. I'm betting that's why some people don't think this book is all that good. It does stay with the script, that's true. It's dark, no matter how you look at it: book, or movie. I love this book.

From the author that brought us the novelization of the first batman movie, come the novelization of Batman Returns. To be frank, I did't know it existed until I saw it accidentaly on a dusty shelf of a small bookshop in Leicester. Anyway, as a lover of the film, I bought it instantly. The problem with this book, as with other Batman books, is that a Batman movie is relied on the vision and the music rather than the story. As a result, the book is a little bit boring to anyone who is not a fan of the film. This book is not better or worse than the BATMAN 1989 novelization and closely follows the script of the film. It is recommended for those who loved the film, and it is best enjoyed when is read together with listening to the soundtrack.

Another competent Batman novelisation, which again suffers from the original script itself. Trying to whack two villains in together in that short a space doesn't really do justice to one or the other, and in this case it is the Penguin that draws the short straw.

That being said, the rest of it is decent enough, and you can certainly get it very cheaply now.

This is a very good book, Alot better than the first one. I think Gardner did an ecxellent job on this book. Batman Returns rule.


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This book is much better than the movie itself, in my opinion. It's much more serious and sophisticated in a graphic novel format and the gothic mood is more captured in this way. And it also demonstrates quite elegant drawings of the beautiful, sexy Catwoman in her shiny sewn-together costume and the virile Batman in his handsome bat get-up with its long, sweeping cape. Their lithesome stunts and fierce struggles on the moonlit rooftops are artfully depicted in each panel as well. As for the Penguin himself, he provides a very colorful, circus-like flavor to the story with his kooky penguins and his gaudily-costumed associates. In addition, there are many grisly deaths and a much more tragic ending as well. In all, this film adaptation is quite a lovely little comic album to keep anywhere on your most favorite bookshelf!