The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization (Movie Tie-In Edition)

This was an exceptionally good book. It had a powerful, heartless antagonist who seemed virtually unbeatable through most of the book. The Batman (Bruce Wayne) seemed to old and compassionate for this youthful assassin. The storyline was excellent. In many ways it was the traditional David vs. Goliath battle, with David, Batman, being outgunned physically. What our hero lacked in physical attributes was balanced by having a righteous cause to take down one who threatened millions of innocent lives. I enjoyed the diversity of characters and a hero who wasn't really concerned about being the typical hero but his main concern was to protect the innocent.I also apprecitated that the language wasn't loaded with 3 and 4 letter words.

I enjoyed how the novel gave first-person detail of what the characters were thinking and feeling during particular scenes. I have seen the film twice before I finished the novel. When I watched it a 3rd time, it helped give a greater scope of the plot, events and especially the characters.Especially since I didn't catch of all the dialogue in the film, the novel helped. I knew the Joker was not going to be mentioned in the film, but he didn't have to be because of his outcome in The Dark Knight film: He is stopped by Batman in the finale where he says Joker belongs in a padded cell (Arkham Asylum) to which a SWAT team arrests the Joker. In the Dark Knight Rises, Bane releases prisoners from Blackgate Prison, which is located on the main Gotham island where this story takes place, so Arkham has to be on a different island (The Narrows, I think).Greg Cox's langauge tends to switch tones, making it feel like it was two writers were in charge of the novelization. One is high school-direct, the other is flowery-college, but it got the job done.There are minor differences in some of the actions compared to how they actually unfold in the film. I assume this has to do with the fact that he did not see the film as he was finishing this project. Maybe it's based on the screenplay which would not contain the changes made during film's principal-photography. Who knows, maybe these minute differences work better for a novel then to a film.This is why I give it a 4.5, but I enjoyed it overall. When people read this book or watch the Blu-Ray with subtitles, they'll understand the story a whole lot better and will enjoy the film a lot more than they do now, I believe.

I have a love-and-hate relationship with movie novelizations. There is just one notable case where I loved the book more than the movie (The Phantom Menace, by Terry Brooks), but generally, movies are better as, well, movies.I've read all three of the official novelizations. Authorial styles are largely personal preferences, of course. For myself, I preferred Greg Cox's unornamented, true-to-script style better than Dennis O'Neil's more fantastical approach, which, while presenting some interesting facets of the characters, painted those in such black-and-white contrast as to pass over the mark. That's not to say I absolutely loved Greg's particular novelization's approach, which IS at times guilty of softening the characters (particularly Bruce) overmuch. But the lines in the movie make more sense with the expansions given in the book, so overall, I found it a good movie companion. Especially given, you know, Nolan never does a director's cut of his movies.Bottom line: if you're looking for a movie companion that offers a longer, more expanded script, this book works. If you're looking for more insights or slightly different perspective, this book won't be of much interest.

This is the novelization of the final installment in the Nolan Batman Trilogy. It follows the screenplay almost word-for-word and does not really add anything that significantly alters the story. Unlike books that are written first and then adapted to a movie, in which a ton of material ends up being cut out, what you get in the movie is pretty much what you get in the book, with only minor variations. So, if you liked, or loved the movie, you will probably like the book. Personally, I would have liked it if the author would have fleshed a bit more of the story out (especially the ending), but otherwise it is a fine novelization.

I loved this extremely special and recognisably awesome story and fiendishly clever writing! It’s got a beautiful feeling to it!

I watched TDKR in theaters before reading the novel. Even though the novel was pretty much the movie in book format, I still enjoyed it anyways. Yes it would have been nice to have 'deleted' scenes, some things were enlighten on, but more by the thoughts, though, really, one could tell that already if one watched the movie beforehand.The story itself wasn't bad, I enjoyed both the book and movie. If anything if I wanted nitpick, it would be how the plot had gaps in it and where left unexplained, or too little detail. I think my main complaint would be that in most ways this strayed way greatly from the comics. I could see I guess where Nolan wanted to go with Batman if it was a bit more realistic, and he had is right for his point of view. I know TDKR was heavily influenced by the comics "No Man's Land" and "The Dark Knight Returns".I mostly read the novel because I did like the movie despite it's flaws it did have some good points. I am one who usually likes to read a novel version of a comic movie if I can.

Very good. Interesting change in adapter from Dennis O'Neil to Greg Cox. Cox treated this movie tie-in with far less additional scenes than what O'Neil would accomplish. Basic adaptation, well told. I can't help that some of the extra lines worked better, but since the movie was clocking at two hours and thirty plus minutes its understandable. So it all ends, but a great end. A-

Great thank you

This book is the best for batman fans. I ordered this book and it was be imported so I thought it will take a lot of time but it was delivered within a month .i was shocked when it was deliveredThe book is the best for people who didn't understand the movie well or batman fansAfter that I only ordered from amazon if anything was needed .......

This story has everything. It is well written. True to the character, taking elements from some of the best Batman comics Kinghtfall, No Man's land, and Dark Knight Returns (the comic not the last movie). Not giving too much away the basic story is Gotham has had 8 years of peace with no need of the Batman or Bruce Wayne. Now this is coming to an end thanks to the arrival of Bane. Comic fans already know who he is, but his origins are slightly different in the book, and he might not even be the biggest threat. Bruce has to reinvent himself and rise from the ashes if he has a chance of beating Bane. Alfred sums it up when he tells Bruce that you are not Batman anymore, but he will need to be if Gotham has a hope of surviving. Excellent book. Even though it is 413 pages, they will fly by. Recommended to any Batman fan of the movies or comics. Cox and the Nolans to Batman justice.

I have and enjoy the movie. This is a very good transfer novel from the movie so I can get into it well and remember the parts I like. A good length, I recommend it

Si vous avez aimé le dernier film de la série des Batman par Christopher Nolan, ce roman vous permet de l'explorer plus en détails.