Are there different cuts of the ferry scene in "The Dark Knight"?
I just watched "The Dark Knight" again, after having seen it just once before at the cinema in 2008. One of the scenes that stuck with me was the ferry scene.
A ferry full of prisoners and a ferry full of other citizens are jammed by the Joker during the crossing. The Joker uses loudspeakers to tell the passengers on both boats that they have a detonator to blow up the other boat. If none of the boats is blown up by a certain time, he will detonate both boats.
On the prisoners' ferry, one of them throws the detonator overboard. Meanwhile the non-prisoners hold a vote in which they decide to blow up the other ferry, but no one has the courage to press the detonator. The only one who wants to take matters into his own hands silently puts down the detonator at the last moment. The Joker is overwhelmed by Batman. None of the ferries is shown exploding.
But I remember the scene very differently.
One of the non-prisoners activates the detonator, but the Joker lied to them all. The detonator does not blow up the other ferry, but the one it is on. The prisoners watch in astonishment as the ferry with the non-prisoners blows up.
I am completely surprised that the scene was missing, but I can find no evidence online that it existed as I remember it.
Are there different cuts of the movie? Or is this my most severe case of false memories?
Best Answer
It never happened in the Batman movie, but a ferry did explode in the movie Deja Vu (2006). It's very possible that it's a false memory triggered by this movie.
I actually Googled® "ferry explodes movie" and Deja Vu is the only result to show up on the first 2 pages.
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What was the point of the boat scene in The Dark Knight?
The Joker assumes it's inevitable that one of the boats will blow up the other, because he believes that most people are like him: only out for themselves. Instead, the boat sequence steers the nihilistic story of The Dark Knight toward a somewhat happy ending.What was the Joker trying to prove in The Dark Knight?
The Joker was a disciple of chaos, and wanted to prove that anyone - especially Batman, disciple of law - were as ready to abandon law and morality as he had already done. He had the robbers progressively executing each other in the opening scene. He forced Batman to choose between Harvey Dent and his girlfriend.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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