This was terrible.

The alleged plot holes they point out (the majority at least) are easily justifiable.

I don't have to read all the comments, but I think we need to keep in mind the difference between what's unrealistic, what's a genuine plothole, and what's not shown but implied. Unrealistic is Dent not dying or becoming permanently incapacitated by his wounds. A plothole is the school bus pulling perfectly into the line of other buses driving past the bank at the end of the prologue (and what the hell were all those buses driving past a bank in downtown to begin with?). What's implied is that the Joker is surrounded by henchmen who are both like-minded and well-paid. Sure, he stole 30 million at the bank, but something that always stuck with me were the expressions on the faces of the henchmen when the Joker explained the audition process and then snapped the pool cue in half. Those guys were smiling as if they were savoring the moment even though they had almost certainly gone through the same thing themselves. Those guys didn't seem like the average comic book henchman and I wish the movie would've done something with that idea.

Finally people are starting to get that the movie sucked... I'm glad I'm not alone.

wow, you just misinterpreted the entire video so you can just say stuff like "I told the movie sucked".

They're just having fun with it, but never did they state that the movie sucked. Because it doesn't.

"HARVEY DENT, CAN HE BE TRUSTED?"

i dont mind when people notice plot holes, but i hate when they look for them

The plot holes they mentioned weren't plot holes, which is funny because just about everything else IS a plot hole.

Dark Knight Blows . . . goodness everywhere, but seriously it sucked . .. big balls . . . of freedom . . . to suck. Ya'll are crazy fothermuckers. I hope you disect everything you do in your life as much as this movie . . . to realize you yourselves are full of plot holes. Damn hypocrits!

What's with all these crappy jokes about the movie and not even one nod to the 50 story fall?

Oh and this is an honest question that crossed my mind the other day: would they do a 21 gun salute in the middle of a city? Wouldn't they be almost guaranteed to shoot out someone's window.

I don't care either way, it worked.

My favourite part is where Harvey Dent disarms the mobster with the gun all ninja-like in the courtroom, delivers his ridiculous little monologue then turns back to the court with a smug smile on his face.

Seriously, that scene had me laughing as much as the Batman and Robin part where ice-skates pop out of their boots. If people take an opportunity to take off their fanboy-goggles while they watch this movie, they'll spot plenty of dumb things going on. People take their Batman movies a little to seriously now a days.

But there isn't any commentary on The Dark Knight DVD.

My favorite part was when a disfigured man publicly threatened the mayor's life, causing everyone to panic and tighten security at the mayor's next public event. (Well...except for the fact that no one took notice of the disfigured man standing around dressed like a cop. Oops.)

But this probably has more to do with the fact that I don't really need for this film to be considered important. I don't automatically go into spin control mode when someone points out flaws in it or refers to it as a comicbook movie.

A friend of mine, let's call him "The Cameraman," has been doing original youtube comedy clips of late and before TDK came out in theaters I suggested he do one about Batman (so that he would get more views) called "The Dark Knight of the Soul."

A draft is below. It was written before I'd seen the movie and you gotta imagine it with Batman speaking with the ridiculously deep guttural voice.


phone rings several times while The Cameraman is sleeping

...finally pick up phone and a tired "Hello?" is muttered with a hint of a question in the voice as if to emote "who could/would be calling me this late?"

Batman: Are you the Cameraman?

Cameraman: (shaking off tiredness, sitting up in the bed a little) Yeah

Batman (remains silent)

Cameraman: That's one of my many "hats."

Batman: I'm familiar. I wear a mask.

Cameraman: If you think about it (finally exhibiting that you're fully waking up) we all wear masks and dress in costumes.

Batman: I take it to the next level.

Cameraman: Yeah, I understand you're a complex guy.

Batman: I'm Batman.

Cameraman: Whatcha want, Batman?

Batman: Someone's been rattling my cage.

Cameraman: That a metaphor?

Batman: (declining to answer the question) I know that you're the one I need to talk to. I need some information.

Cameraman: Well, you're calling me in the middle of the night and waking me up, what's so important?

Batman: I'm troubled. The woman I love, I've always loved...since childhood...since...before...she's in love with another man...
and this other man is a good man, well at least he is for now...and she says she can't be with me...because I'm the Batman.

Cameraman: That's been established. So wearing a cape and fighting crime is both a blessing and a curse, right?

Batman: I can't seem to get her out of my mind. She haunts my thoughts. I can't seem to let go of a lot of things.

Cameraman: Yeah, that's a problem. Why me, Batman? You calling for advice?

Batman: You're The Cameraman...you see things as they are. I'm a criminologist...a psychological detective, but I can't examine myself. There... are obstacles.

Cameraman: I know a good ear, nose and throat guy. He could have a look at you.

Batman: You're wasting valuable time. There are lives hanging in the balance. It's not so simple. If I give up being the Batman then the innocent will suffer.

Cameraman: We wouldn't want that, no.

Batman: But I fear I'm becoming what I hate.

Cameraman: "Hate" is such a strong word.

Batman: I shouldn't have called you. I get better results in person.

Cameraman: For someone that intimidates through fear you sure have a lot of insecurities.

Batman: I'm complex.

Cameraman: Yeah, listen Batman, I gotta get going and get back to bed. You sure you don't want me to call Dr. Lozengemann and make...

Batman: ...the things I've done...the things I've seen...

Cameraman: (growing annoyed, emphatically stressing the words)...and make an appointment for you. Hey Batman, ever wonder why Jewish mothers make good parole officers? They never let anyone finish a sentence.

Batman: (makes guttural noises)

Cameraman: I've found it's important to develop a sense of humor. Goodnight Batman, I'm hanging up now.

(hangs up phone)

There's stuff throughout the movie that isn't particularly watertight but one of the funniest things to me is the very first establishing shot of The Batman in The Dark Night movie. In the opening scene, the Scarecrow and his henchmen are meeting some underworld types for their buy in the parking garage. Several vigilante copycats are of course there too (in hockey pads haha) to greet them. In the shot where The Batman makes his appearance, his gloved hand reaches in to grab a nare-do-well's firearm and then Batman simply bends the barrel...and not just a little bit, either. We're talking a ninety-degree bend here. This action, (again, it's the very first shot of Batman in the flick) of course begs the question concerning how extensive Batman's strength abilities are. And to me it's just funny (in an insulting to your intelligence way) how the whole shebang starts of with Batman (supposedly a superhero more grounded in reality than Superman) demonstrating superhuman strength.

*yawn*

The Joker did have a plan. Basically his goal was to either corrupt Batman, corrupt the people of Gotham, or corrupt Harvey Dent---he would've been happy with any one of those outcomes. His plan optimized his chances of getting at least one.

He only partially corrupted the people of Gotham, but he did show that they were not incorruptible. He obviously managed to completely corrupt Harvey Dent. He did not corrupt Batman, but he did show that Batman's philosophy is fundamentally untenable. In the end, Bruce Wayne realized this, but also realized that he could ultimately resolve the inconsistencies in his philosophy and foil the Joker at the same time by taking the blame for what Dent did and running.

Anyhow, I thought the video was amusing, even if the plot holes aren't really holes.

Everyone needs to calm down. They were just having fun. Why do you care?

There are tons of plotholes on this movie, I've pointed them so many times on so many forums that I'm too tired of reading retarded "explanations" for those obvious plotholes, so I'm not going to post them all here because it would be the longest comment ever made at any website on the internet's history.

Well, just a few examples without going into too many details:

-Why did Bruce hide Dent at the party and left Rachel there instead of telling her to go with them and hide in a safe place??? If Bruce had done something as simple as that The Joker would have never met Rachel and she wouldn't have died later.

-After "magically" saving Rachel, The Joker could have thought that Batman was dead after falling from a building like that and could be killing everybody at the party until Dent appeared, Batman should have returned to the party asap to check out if The Joker had left the party or not, instead of standing flirting with Rachel on a car.

-And yes, the bus shit is unbelievable, everybody I've watched the movie with has said the same: WTF??? A bus breaks into a bank and nobody gives a shit while it leaves the crime scene???

-And why doesn't Batman use a batarang, some ninja trick ("I magically appear and dissapear beside you") or some batshit to leave Dent K.O. from behind in a building without lights nor walls? No, it's better to "talk" and trying to convince him that killing a kid was wrong. LOL.

-How does The Joker gets to place tons of explosives and gasoline barrels everywhere he wants without the police, the army, security guards, sailors, etc, realizing about it? And the "Let's vote" shit in the boats was hilarious.

-How did Batman know where was Dent playing russian roulette with Joker's friend?

-And the best part: Instead of blaming The Joker or some of his lunatic friends or the mobs for Two-Face's murders and Gordon's family kidnapping...Let's blame Batman!!! Yeaaaaaahhh, brilliant idea...

I could be all day with this, but I rather stop now. :P Sorry if the english is not correct, I'm from Spain.

Forgot to mention this: Why did The Joker leave the cops alive after stealing their uniforms to kill the mayor? He has killed everybody and their mothers during the movie without thinking twice and leaves those cops alive so anyone can find them and find out his plan to kill the mayor. FAIL.

I agree with most of what you've said except for this...

"-Why did Bruce hide Dent at the party and left Rachel there instead of telling her to go with them and hide in a safe place??? If Bruce had done something as simple as that The Joker would have never met Rachel and she wouldn't have died later."

Coulda Woulda Shoulda... You can't nitpick a character's actions in a film. Although it does bring up a good point. Bruce LOVED Rachel, so if he knew she could potentially be exposed to danger, you would think his first move would be to protect Rachel, not Dent. I agree, it makes more sense for that to happen, but it's not what happened.

The biggest Plot HOLE is the fact that Batman left Joker in the penthouse after he and Rachel fell. I mean, come on, the Joker and his goons were up there TERRORIZING people, in BRUCE WAYNE's HOUSE. You would think that he would have gone back up there to resolve the issue. It could have made for a grand escape scene from The Joker, stealing the helicopter that Bruce and the supermodels flew in on. That is a plot hole, seriously. On opening night, first time I had ever seen the movie, right after that scene, where it cuts to the next day, it was literally jarring for me. I thought the theatre had messed up and spliced the wrong reels together. It made no sense not to resolve that scene.

P.S The Michael Caine guy was pretty spot-on.

I loved the Dark Knight and I thought this video was pretty funny and I noticed stuff even you guys didn't. (Morgan Freeman never resigned at the end.) Lighten up and take it for what its worth.

Holy shit, you guys are being fucking retarded. It's a humorous video. It's meant to entertain and be laughed at, not to be analyzed in every detail. Jesus Christ...

No, The Dark Knight HAS to be EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE MOVIE, with no room for logical criticism or dislike.

Seriously, you think Twilight fans are bad, read some of the comments on this article.

This article??? You should have read the article, over at superherohype.com, talking about how Twilight broke TDK records. I read it and the comments (all of them) just to laugh at the posters.

Morgan Freeman didn't resign. He said as long as that machine was at Wayne Enterprises he wouldn't work there. He entered his name at the end of the movie it broke the machine. So he still works there.

hahahha nice production loved it and as for all these batman protectors man get over yourselves

It's not about being a "fanboy" or "protector" all of the problems they showed in this video are easily explained.. these aren't plot holes

i find the video hilarious but but if you didn't get the things that they claim are plot holes your IQ must be 13

i understood and didn't find any plot holes in the things they are complaining about :-/

It's hilarious but the shit they complained about were pretty self explanatory

I love Dark KNight...and i love this vid. Yeah, the Michael Caine dude was awesome.

yea, as others already said. none of those are really plot holes at all.

just a reason to get some people to check their youtube i guess.

What's that saying?
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/Thatai...
Ah yes that's the one.

I like that.

Some you guys need to shut up and get a girlfriend. I mean, I like the Dark Knight as much as the next guy but like all films it is not a perfect movie. Especially plot wise. Who cares if someone makes a video about it. These people are probably fans of the movie themselves and they didn't really say anything that bad. Also, their voices were all really good. They guy that did Alfred sounded almost exactly like Michael Caine.

You're missing the point of what everyone's saying. It's not that TDK has a perfect plot, it's that these guys set out to make a video all about what's wrong with the plot, and got it entirely wrong. Every plot hole they mentioned makes perfect sense. I wouldn't have had a problem if what they said was correct, because I thought everything else about the video worked.
Also, "get a girlfriend." Come on, man. I know you're trying to show that you're cooler than all of us, but it's irrelevant and ignorant. You just come off sounding like an ass.

how is me saying some of the people on here should get a girlfriend equate to me thinking I'm cool? getting a girlfriend doesn't require any level of coolness. there are a lot of nerdy girls out there.

I'm just saying that if your protectiveness over the Dark Night (or any film for that matter) is so strong that if a couple guys on youtube make a low budget comedy short about it, you start having a cow by listing off everything that's wrong with the short; I think it's time you start reevaluating your priorities.

By the way, I'm fully aware of irony of me taking the time to reply to your post.

The Michael Caine voice rocked.

I am not defending the video. I am not supporting it. What I am is supporting fun fimmaking like this.

It was funny. Who cares if the plot holes were right or wrong?

Wow... this is already full on fanboys.

i echo everyone's thoughts.

end.

I'm sorry but this is bullshit. We all probably know all this shit, but I'll go over it again in case this fucktard or any other fucktard wants to get the straight story:

- Batman leaves because Gordon and Gotham have to learn to re-civilize without him
- Batman takes the rap because "Dent gave Gotham hope". He represented the good in Gotham and it's foundation as a functional society
- The Joker's schemes are not elaborate. If this guy wants to talk about not making any sense, he should focus on what exactly the Joker's plan was: which was nothing, which was the point of the film, which would equal to this guy not having a horrible music video
- Joker's henchmen = don't have to be loyal. He doesn't need them for very long. Anyway how are they going to betray them? And at any point if they are dependable it's out of fear for the Joker. See Batman Begins for more on that
- The tank car makes for a more effective tool for killing (eha dangling) bad guys like a weapon, whereas the phone tap is infringing on Gotham's rights as citizens without them knowing. Not OK with Morgan Freeman b/c See: The point of the movie
- Dent pulls a 180 not because of the explosion, but right before. When it came down to it, he wanted to die instead of Rachel which would leave Gotham without a white knight. He let his emotions get the better of his pragmatism.

Another few sidenotes:
- Wait, he used a greenscreen? I would have never known from the horribly fake keying DURING the movie
- It really took him THIS LONG to come out with this?
- Really? You're going to bag on the voice? Twice?
- Rhyming scheme was elementary and rap is a fucked out parody medium
- Pretty much every part of this movie felt youtube quality in the worst way which I usually wouldn't have a problem with just ignore, but he tried to fuck with the most unfuckwithable movies ever so fuck you buddy.

Please expand on your rage rant against all the "fucktards" who don't love your favorite movie of all time. I really care, and I need to know more about your obsession.

I think the biggest single reason why I like things that attack TDK is because of its diehard fans that claim it's one of "the most unfuckwithable movies ever." It's a good movie, lets not jizz all over the place because of it. In 20 years if the majority of critics feel that way, go ahead, you can call it unfuckwithable.

Even Citizen Kane and Casablanca aren't "unfuckwithable"

dude, this was funny. The "plot holes" they stated weren't valid, but I'm not going to write a one page break-down on their video. Good for them for coming up with somethign creative, shooting it, and running it through post-production.

You ever try doing that?

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Vega bro -

Ok so I read your blog, and you seem to know your stuff. But, come on man, don't be so rough on a parody.

It's not like it's a review on the film or anything, it was to make people laugh.

Yeah, HISHE.com didn't touch this, but any Batman parody that TRIES (production value, acting, pacing, rhythm and sound design) is funny to me.

Yeah, they made a joke about the voice twice. And yeah, being a die hard comic book and film fan, that was one of the only things that bothered me about The Dark Knight.

And c'mon man, the keying? How long would it take you to garbage matte those whole scenes?

Give some kudos to fellow filmmakers, even if you don't agree/understand their intentions.

No,

I ACTUALLY came up with some creative. Multiple times.

And shooting something and running it through post-production is extremely simple. There's billions of godawful youtube videos out there that prove it. This guy took their route and came up with a lazy concept to fill his youtube profile.

How's that for breaking it down?

I wouldn't say you can't fuck with he Dark Knight, I mean I love the movie, but you have a right to say shit about any movie, the problem is most people go about it in a stupid way, case in point: This video. And it was pretty badly made, Keying isn't that hard to do, post-production isn't EXTREMELY simple, but neither is it the daunting task AfroVince makes it out to be. They could have at least tried to get backgrounds of a higher resolution, they seemed rather pixelated.

honestly, I think pulling something like this off is not lazy. billions of godawful youtube videos aren't like this.

The subject matter on the other hand is up for debate, but I don't think it's anything to get excited about. It was fun for me. Not a, "hey you have to see The Dark knight disappear fail", but still entertaining.

BTW, running something through post-production (with green-screen, costumes, props, and proper lighting) is not extremely simple.