https://screenrant.com/dark-knight-joker-bruce-wayne-party-plothole-explained/
The party scene in The Dark Knight never showed what happened with the Joker, but the movie's novelization answers this lingering plot hole.
I just assumed he stole Bruce Waynes chopper.
shareThat’s not a plot hole.
shareHow the Joker leaves the party matters because Batman is at the bottom of the building and could, theoretically, try and stop them. There are a limited number of ways they could exit that building and we don't get an explanation for how they left or what Batman does about it. Does he wait at the bottom of the building while his guests (not to mention Alfred) get murdered? Does he rush back up and they're gone? Did they leave right away?
It might not be a plot hole insofar as it doesn't go against the established logic of the film, but it is a narrative gap that could have used a little filling.
I have always felt that if you need a novelization or something to explain the plot, that's not good writing because the movie still doesn't work on its own. It'd be like somebody creating a painting, it sells, and only when it's hanging in an exhibit does the artist realise that one of the faces in the painting isn't proportional. So he draws it out on a piece of paper and puts it next to the picture saying, "It should be like that."
shareAgree. If you need to retroactively come up with an explanation to hand-wave away a flaw that is completely separate from the original material... it's just a cheap attempt to cover up the flaw.
shareNovelizations are usually written before the film is made and from an early draft of the script. That is why scenes may appear in novel and plot points maybe changed. I agree with your point but that is why the two may differ.
shareI do know about the early draft thing, and that that's the reason for some of the changes. Some are certainly due to the fact that movie plots are designed for ~2 hrs. and novels are typically longer (unless you're a really fast reader). So that's some of the reason for the padding/changes as well. That, or because Isaac Asimov thought the science was terrible and so he rewrote it to make more sense (Fantastic Voyage).
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