Bane

Rating: 5/10 (11 August 2015)

I know that most people, when they think of Bane, automatically think about Joel Schumacher and his Horrible, attempt at a Batman movie. Or they will think of Chris Nolan and the third installment of his Batman Trilogy. Personally, I think that BOTH depictions of Bane are Horrible. I have two reasons; First off, Personality. Bane is supposed to be a smart and calculating gang leader and mercenary. Nolan got that (but a little exaggerated in my opinion because he made Bane less of a Gang leader and more of a Cultist Priest). But Schumacher completely missed the mark, making him a mindless brute. Second; Appearance. Schumacher was practically spot on with Bane in the costume department, albeit adding some embellishments here and there like the multiple tubes (as opposed to just one), the device on his chest (rather than on his wrist), and the green veins etc. And, in my opinion, those additions/changes actually work and even make sense. Nolan however, his Bane looks nothing like the comics. That guy is just a big ex-con in a flak-jacket, fur coat, fatigues, boots and a souped up gas mask. I get that Nolan wanted to make this incarnation of Batman more gritty and realistic and I respect that, but at least the other villains Looked like themselves. Scarecrow: Costume reduced to just a mask. Ras Al Ghul: No Cape or scimitar. Joker: Mutated face reduced to scars and badly applied make-up. Two-Face: No Custom suit. But in all of this as I said, they were still recognizable.
So, All in All, both Banes were terrible.