Mistakes That Were Found In The Dark Knight…See If You Can Spot Them!
Posted by taylor blue on July 29, 2008
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We all know we want to go see The Dark Knight a million times at least. So while you watch it your million and first time look at this list I found from Movie Mistakes of the mistakes they found in the film…(I will not read one of them…I haven’t even seen it once yet!!!)
FInd out all the mistakes…after the jump….
Continuity: When Harvey Dent loses his face and is lying in the hospital bed, when he’s turned with the damaged side against the pillow, we can see the inside of the side of his mouth which should be damaged, but it’s fully intact. Then when he turns it’s suddenly burned away.
Continuity: On the prisoner’s ferry, supposedly just before midnight, the prisoner stands up to take the detonator from the guard. As he stands up, the clock shows it’s roughly 11:30/11:35. Then his body covers the clock and he moves forward. When you see the clock again, it shows it’s just before midnight.
Revealing: During the end of the car chase, when the Joker is out of his truck and Batman is on the Batpod coming towards him, you can see a store sign that reads “Chicago Supply”.
Continuity: When Bruce Wayne is talking to Alfred while having his arm stitched, in shots from the side he’s looking downwards, but in other shots he’s looking up towards Alfred.
Other: In the scene where Joker is goading the one guard until the guard can no longer control himself: each time the Joker is shown goading him, there is a large piece of glass on the window ledge behind the Joker. It is really obvious, and makes it easy to guess what is about to happen. This piece of glass is much thicker than any of the other shattered pieces of glass on the ledge.
Continuity: In the scene where Alfred is stitching up Bruce, Bruce says “I was meant to inspire people” and as he says “people” the shot changes and his lips aren’t moving but the audio track continues.
Factual error: After the tunnel ambush when they get air support again they show the view from the helicopter of a SWAT member with an M16 and an EOTech sight attached. If you look closely the red dot scope is mounted backwards on the weapon.
Continuity: In the car chase, as they exit onto lower 5th, the convoy has, in order, a police cruiser, 2 swat vans, then 2 cruisers. When the garbage truck pulls up next to the convoy, he takes out the second to last cruiser first (there is a car visible behind). It then spins out another cruiser in front of it before reaching the van with Dent in it, but there should have been no other cruiser between that one and the van
Continuity: Joker and Two-face are in the hospital; Harvey is about to flip the coin to decide if the Joker lives or dies. The camera angle switches back and forth between the Joker and Harvey. From one angle Harvey is wearing the monitor clamp on his middle finger with the grey wire, from the other angle it is gone. It disappears and re-appears every time the camera angle changes.
Continuity: When Two-Face has hold of Gordon’s kid and is flipping the coin to “decide” who gets to live, he flips and catches it in his left hand. Between flips, there’s a close-up of the kid’s face, and Two-Face is stroking the kid’s hair – with his left hand. No coin in sight.
Continuity: In the scene where the Joker is robbing the mob bank (in the first 3 minutes of the film), a Clown Thug is seen knocking down the security guard in the background. A few shots later, the same security guard is knocked down in the same manner before the Clown Thug is shot.
Continuity: When pointing the gun at himself, the Joker’s finger is on the hammer in one scene, and in the next, his finger is pointing straight up.
Continuity: The Joker’s hair length changes dramatically throughout the film. It is noticeably shorter in the police interrogation scene than in the rest of the film.
Continuity: In the scene where Batman is interrogating the Joker, Batman hits his right hand, but in the next shot the Joker is examining his left hand.
Continuity: During the Batman/Joker interrogation scene, the amount of make up on Joker’s face changes between shots. This is particularly noticeable on his chin and forehead, and is not consistent with reasonable rub off from the altercation.
Continuity: In the scene where Batman is interrogating the Joker at the police station, Batman pins the Joker up against the wall with his arm at the Joker’s neck effectively holding him in place. There are two different camera angles used back and forth – in camera angle one the joker is clenching Batman’s arm from underneath, while in the other shot the Joker’s arm is draped over the top of Batman’s arm.
Continuity: When Bruce first walks off onto his balcony during the party, he completely empties his glass over the edge. When Rachel comes out to speak with him, his glass still has a small amount of champagne left in it.
Continuity: When Batman is about to glide into Lau’s building they show him standing on the ledge about two meters from the corner, ready to make his jump. Cut camera angle to an overhead shot and he is standing on the corner of the building when he makes his jump.
Continuity: In the scene in the warehouse where Harvey Dent was held hostage, when Batman gets him outside and the building explodes, Dent’s face and some of his left side catches on fire. You can see him bring his hands to his face to try and put out the fire while he’s lying on the ground. Yet in the hospital scene a bit later, his hand(s) are completely wound free.
Other: Once inside Lau’s building, Lau’s bodyguards fire several shots at Batman while he is fighting. The bullets shatter the glass partitions inside the office but the exterior windows of the building, directly in the line of fire and only a few feet further than the partitions, are all entirely undamaged.
Factual error: The way Two-Face’s face moves is impossible given the extent of his injuries. His lips, cheeks, and eyes all move in such a way that would require muscles which are missing.
Tags: Batman, Christian Bale, Continuity Issues, Errors, Heath Ledger, Mistakes, Movies, Spoilers, The Dark Knight, The Joker, Two Face
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Comments (121)
i have another, in the part the joker is outside the hospital you can see a sidewalk where theres a ramp for handicap painted in yellow, that’s something really impossible.
Hey John Doe, good point, but if the mangler locked around the barrel and applied force in two directions, the shooter could remain standing…
I don’t care too much about minute inconsistencies in continuity (stylish hair, an “impossible” painted sidewalk, etc)…
My own question about how Two Face gets in the back of Sal’s Limo has been answered – at the very start of the shot, you can see a henchman being knocked cold by Two Face’s gun arm – it’s a split second, but it’s there…
Also, the general confusion about who is driving the school bus as Gotham Genral goes up is also answered – as the Joker makes his exit, we see the Reportewr and camera/sound men retreating to front door of bus – this is the last bus which has been delgated to carry citizens and harvey dent – the reporter is dragged inside by a beefy guy with yellow clown paint on his face – again, t’s just a few frames, but it explains a lot…
Doesn’t it?
didnt anyone notice that in the bank robbery scene you could see that the joker isnt wearing any make up untill he takes off his mask. look in the eyes of the mask before he takes it off
can someone explain this one to me… when the joker has the cop by the throat in the mcu and wants his phone call, why is it that just before the bomb explodes there are like a dozen cops standing around, then after it explodes, the joker is miraculously the only man standing? is he impervious to explosions, but no one else? that brief moment always bothered me. i have found many moments in this movie (which i love) that dont seem quite right and require some extra thought and explanation, In some of these instances, all nolan had to do was add an extra three second shot here or there. For instance, a brief series of shots would have been nice just after batman and rachel took a tumble off the building to show how the joker escaped bruce’s penthouse after this scurmish. nolan is good at summing things up quickly, this could have been done without holding up the movie, and then no questions would have to be asked. im not saying everything has to be explained, but when there are so many moments in the film that make viewers like us go “wait a minute…” or “how did that happen…” etc. then it starts to become obvious that the writers and filmmakers unintentionally left a hole in the plot or simply didnt care to fill it. dont get me wrong, i love this movie, but thats why i want these questions answered, so that i can continue to believe that Nolan and co. and much smarter than i am and that every shot in the movie was intentional and sensical. i just want to have confidence in the films and filmmakers i love. after all, we all have to have someone to look up to right?
this is so crazy. How many times did you watch to see these.
Before he’s ‘knocked off’, Batman fires explosives bolts and is released from the mangler that is jammed in the wall of the van – if he’d hit the carpark pillar, he probably would have been killed.
The Dent vs. Rachel point: You need to get your head around the fact that the Joker told them the right addresses, but the wrong way round, ‘cos nothing is ever that simple Dick.
Excellent observation Tim – go to the top of the building.
What the hell is Lau paying the cops for – running up fifty flights of stairs really quickly.
Yes I noticed the eyeballs with no mascara under the clown mask – but I didn’t want to say anything… my favourite: since Joker is not wearing the mask when his henchmen pull up in the van, how come they don’t see his warpaint then and recognize the guy?
Maybe the makeup only goes on as the mask comes off?
You’re not with a program are you Wow – go to the window, the one with the little light on above it, and speak to the nurse – she either increase or improve the medication.
Dear Vance,
As opposed to what? Top Gun, or Maid in Manhattan?
Do you live in Beverly Hills?
I have seen the film once at a cinema, three times at imax, and probably 4 times on DVD – I get sleepy during the ferry standoff, but I come awake when Heath is hanging upside for the final monologue.
Yes Joe, you have issues. You like to pick at the little details that mean nothing to anyone else in the world except me, and whoever started this blog..?
You make an excellent point. Why would an explosive blast of that size knock out everyone else and leave the Joker standing? Granted he looks a little rattled, he does shake his head and take a moment, probably wondering how come he’s still standing… but there’s no point asking the director any questions about exact motivation.
Maybe if we look carefully at the following scene where Joker goes to tease Lau out of the MCU lockup, maybe we’ll notice he was ear plugs?
You are being ironic, aren’t you HI,HI..?
If not, you must live in Beverly Hills.
Excellent – you’ve made my day Obie.
The Joker had accomplished his goal of killing someone everyday by already taking care of Loeb and Surrillo. There was a scene cut where the Joker is in a car leaving the party.
http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/whysoseriousjokerphoto.jpg
“A safety engineer can be spotted in the back of the Joker’s getaway bus signaling to the driver that Ledger was safely inside. “We left it in,” Nolan says. “We figured that could have been one of the Joker’s henchmen. And I liked the reality of the whole scene.”"
Found at http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-07-dark-knight-nolan-scenes_N.htm
check out the multiple backgrounds in the scene where Batman is on his bike going to save Harvey from the Joker when Harveys in the armored car. they change about 4 times in no recognizable or particular sequence. go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJg2UMLWIXQ
watch from about 6 minutes till 6:45
also, i cant tell if its the Joker who says “He missed!” when Batman shoots out those ropes or what but it does not sound like him at all. maybe it was recorded after heath ledger died?
hehehehe whatever it so bored i dont know if you are an ugly
Sorry igit, (is that how they spell “idiot” at your grade school?)…
Whatever you think, you are right – you’re bored, and I’m ugly… honestly, I’d rather be ugly. I’m going outside, and I may be some time.
Whatever you think, you are right – I should just go online, and hurl abusive language at strangers…
scroll down, and have a chat with igit – you’ll get on like a house on fire.
I’m going outside, and may be some time.
BAD POD SHOULD NOT EXIST!!! In the scene where the Bat Mobile is blown up the front wheels can be seen flying off. but then a few moments later they are attached to the vehicle and thus become the Bat Pod.. strange that no one noticed this one yet. it was the first thing i noticed.