Customer Reviews

The Dark Knight: Featuring Production Art and Full Shooting Script

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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.

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.

I am an avid Batman fans. I purchased The Art of Batman Begins and normally I also purchased this book. I like this book way better than The Art of Batman Begins. It has more behind the scenes look and the script which was absent in the AOBB. My complaints for this book: Not enough coverage on the designs on Two Face, which I wouldn't mind seeing more of. The part where they discuss the making of the Joker is good, but we've seen many of his in pre-release promo materials, so not much surprise there. Overall, I still find this book a good addition to Batman movies fans everywhere.

This book is as disappointing as the film was excellent. Primarily an oversized script with a small padding of mainly pre-production art and a light sprinkling of text, neither of which provide much in the way of additional information. The written content feels like a filler article for a weekend entertainment supplement.

Also, I wonder if the scope and focus shifted during the compliation or editing; some retailers are advertising this book as featuring content and interviews that are not included.

It's unfortunate that with the general drift towards CGI, true technical publications like Cinefex have featured less actual behind-the-scenes production detail and more "we did this and that, and then just replaced it all in post", and we are left with lightweight efforts like this that will probably fail to satisfy those enthusiasts who delight of the production process as least as much as the end result.

Ah well, hopefully there'll be more comprehensive material on the disc release.

I love the movie, and i love to get inspired by artbook, but this book like other said its 3/4 script, major disappointment, barely any concept, and the art work wasnt all that fantastic.
If you guys love movies artbook, i suggest the superman return artbook and the Xmen2 book, its full of awsome concept, storyboard, etc. Or most of the pixar book except a couple... like the incredible...

I was very impressed with this well presented film book,it is printed on a high quality paper,has great photos and production art throughout,is hardcover,has a dust jacket,and a reproduction of the original shooting script word for word,awesome book,outstanding for both "Batman"fans,and for serious movie fans,highly recommended!

I Write in Spanish: El producto llegó en muy buenas condiciones y me permite confiar aun mas en sus servicios para próximas compras.

Saludos

Having seen the film more times than I probably should, the necessity to purchase The Dark Knight Screenplay was not far off on the list of things I wanted after viewing the film. Having placed over fifty pages of production art, make-up tests and still photos, topped with an excellant crime/drama of a story - only gives you more reason to buy what has already become such a landmark piece in the world of movies.

This is an amazing book that contains a ton of great color photos from the movie as well as the entire script. It is very interesting and fun to see what subtle changes occured from the script to the screen, as well as what you may have heard incorrectly at the theater. Any fan of The Dark Knight would be sure to enjoy this book.

not alot of art, over half the book is the movie script. this is a little disapointing to me because i wanted more concept art