12 Missing Trailer Scenes From Superhero Movies That Would Have Been Awesome
4. The Dark Knight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrJL5JxEYIwThe Scene: After shooting at the police convoy carrying Harvey Dent, Joker uses a rocket launcher to fire at them, eliciting a visible flinch from him upon the recoil. (1:07)
Why It Would Have Been Awesome: Though the rest of the scene is still intact in the film, it cuts away just as we're about to see Joker's reaction. This little extra moment really helps to characterize why the Joker was such a special villain. A traditional supervillain might wield such a humongous weapon with ease but the Joker is still human so he comically and believably struggles with the recoil.
Considering all the effort Christopher Nolan put into his realistic approach to the material, what’s often overlooked is the small genuine moments of believability like this one.
This one-second clip was never going to drastically change our enjoyment of the character but nonetheless, it's noticeably absent. We were already treated to such a unique take on him that it would have just been the cherry on top to have this believable, hilarious and unique reaction to the event, one completely befitting of the Joker.