Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)

The Dark Knight Trilogy is an iconic staple of modern cinema and all three movies were good, but 2008’s The Dark Knight Rises was undoubtedly the least good of the three.

One of the reasons was for that was the villain of the piece – Tom Hardy’s Bane. He wasn’t bad, as such, he just wasn’t great like, for example, Heath Ledger’s Joker, and that partly came down to his dialogue.

It was often over the top, but it was made worse by the weird voice Tom Hardy used for the role. On paper, it looks acceptable and threatening, but hearing it in a voice that sounded like a poor Sean Connery impersonation weakened its impact and made it sound a bit silly. Here are some examples of it:

Bane: “Calm down, Doctor! Now’s not the time for fear. That comes later.”

Bane: “You don’t fear death… You welcome it. Your punishment must be more severe.”
Bruce Wayne: “Torture?”
Bane: “Yes. But not of your body… Of your soul!”

Bane: “Peace has cost you your strength! Victory has defeated you!”