6 Most Unforgivable Plot Holes In Comic Book Movies

4. The Joker's Plan Is Too Intricately Thought-Out To Make Any Sense - The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan's undeniably brilliant follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, is one of the most beloved movies of the last decade - but it isn't without its flaws. You can comb through the length of Nolan's Michael Mann-esque comic book thriller and you'll find a bunch of plot holes, some of which are easy to ignore, whilst others are plainly irksome. But no plot hole in the movie is annoying as the one regarding the Joker's plan to get captured and put in jail cell (and everything leading up to it), thus implementing the infamous moment in which he unveils that crazed Harvey Dent/Rachel bomb scenario. Take for example, the moment in which he shoots a bazooka at the armed truck containing Harvey Dent during the initial chase, and yet somehow knows that Batman will drive in front of the missile to deflect the shot. Had Batman - you know - not done that, Dent would have been killed, and the rest of the plan would have crumbled. Then there's the notion that the Joker needed a cop in his cell with him for his plan to work (in order to secure a hostage), and yet there was no way that such a thing could have been calculated in advance. Once you consider that the Joker somehow knew exactly what was going to happen at every moment, and the plot starts to fall apart. Nobody could have predicted what was about to happen to such a highly specific degree - you'd have to be plainly psychic to do that. The Dark Knight wants to portray the Joker as somebody who is plainly crazy; chaotic, without reason, acts totally on impulse. On the other hand, it also wants to depict him as a super-smart mastermind who premeditates everyone else's reactions to his tricks and then counters them before they have a chance to react. This dual approach to the Joker - wildly random and yet totally prepared - doesn't really work. It's inconsistent. And it's a hole.