I've previously noted several things I hated about the Dark Knight. Here's one more. (Spoiler)
The Joker arrives at the fundraising party at Bruce Wayne's penthouse for Harvey Dent, scuffles with Batman, and then manages to get Batman out of the way by throwing Rachel off the roof. OK, I accept that the Joker has incredible intel and knew where Dent was. I even accept that Rachel was miraculously not smashed to pulp by the fall because she was somehow magically cushioned by Batman.
But why, after getting Batman out of the way, does the Joker politely leave? And why does Batman show no urgency in getting back to the party to make sure everyone's ok? It's as if an entire scene was cut from the movie.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
A serious plot flaw in the Dark Knight
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Simple... The Jokers whole goal was to kill Batman. He thought he had done just that.
ReplyDeleteThat's something I didn't notice until it was pointed out to me. I guess it's good that it wasn't obvious during the course of the movie, but still annoying that its there. I think I read somewhere that a deleted scene explains it.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, a fan made this comic of it - http://meketaten.deviantart.com/art/House-Parties-Are-Bad-Ideas-93417435
Uh, is it really that big of a deal? I loved TDK; I'm not one for nitpicking. :P
ReplyDeleteBut fine. It was a perfect way, I assume, to escape unfollowed by Batman. The Joker had a lot of other stuff in his plan to carry out, too, he wasn't going to loiter around for Batman to return and kick his ass. ;) Maybe that's why?
During the interrogation scene, after the Joker has captured both Rachael and Dent, he taunts Batman with their locations.
ReplyDelete"For awhile there I thought you really were Dent. The way you just threw yourself after her!" -The Joker
He knows Batman has some sort of relationship with Rachael. Therefore, it's conceivable that whatever the Joker's original plan was when crashing Dent's fund raiser was modified as soon as he discovered that Rachael was someone he could use against Batman. This would explain his exit. I'm sure Batman did return to try and track the Joker, but did we really need to see that? No, I don't thing so.
Also, the whole thing could have been just to draw Batman out. The Joker did, after all, give clues as to who he was targeting.
"I wanted to see what you do. And you didn't disappoint!" -The Joker
The Joker does not want to kill Batman, he even states that during his interrogation.
"I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? No, you complete me" -The Joker
Most of the seeming Joker "flaws" are understood and clarified on repeated viewings.
A million years late to the party, but there WAS actually a scene deleted, here. If you can find an original version of the script, it shows the Joker being driven away from the scene of the crime by his henchmen, and saying something along the lines of "very interesting."
ReplyDeletePics of it can be found in various internet dustbins, as well. It looks like the Joker's playing cat's cradle with his hands in the back seat of a car while a thug with a stocking over his head is in the front seat.