absolutely unrealistic, the whole scene, but you change that last dialogue and one other line, and the joker is a straight up hero. who does he actually kill aside from prosecutors and cops? and he traumatizes a prosecutor into growing half a conscience, almost giving himself justice! he's a total straw anarchist, and he still manages to be more heroic than batman.
I believe he kills at least one or two nameless criminals along the way as well. Not sure if the pencil trick man is dead, but I'm inclined to believe in the context of the movie he's supposed to be.
To your point though, there are no "innocent bystanders" killed by him. You still need to write out him trying to blow up the boats himself though, and if attacking a hospital is a war crime then I don't think blowing one up after making everyone evacuate is a good look for him either.
absolutely unrealistic, the whole scene, but you change that last dialogue and one other line, and the joker is a straight up hero. who does he actually kill aside from prosecutors and cops? and he traumatizes a prosecutor into growing half a conscience, almost giving himself justice! he's a total straw anarchist, and he still manages to be more heroic than batman.
I believe he kills at least one or two nameless criminals along the way as well. Not sure if the pencil trick man is dead, but I'm inclined to believe in the context of the movie he's supposed to be.
To your point though, there are no "innocent bystanders" killed by him. You still need to write out him trying to blow up the boats himself though, and if attacking a hospital is a war crime then I don't think blowing one up after making everyone evacuate is a good look for him either.
so he's an anti hero, and a straw anarchist.