Why bane is the best villain

Bruce Wayne was shown as a recluse when the story started and went on to save all of Gotham after being motivated to stop Bane and do what was right. Apart from freelance writing, Saim is a lifestyle blogger, co-owning the blog 3 States Apart.

By Saim Cheeda Published Sep 26, Share Share Tweet Email 0. O in comic book circles, meaning Bane In Name Only. Fans were upset that a character most notable for his debilitating dependence on the super-strength inducing drug Venom had been transformed into a militaristic revolutionary with a crippling painkiller addiction.

Regardless of the vices comic book fans had with the depiction of the character, Nolan's Bane is still a pop culture icon in the eyes of many. The filmmaker chose to use the villain because of his stark contrast to Ledger's Joker, a self-titled "agent of chaos," as opposed to what Nolan saw in Bane, which was a "classic movie monster, one with a terrific brain.

Bane in The Dark Knight Rises also manages to honor the character's physical challenge to the Batman as well. Tom Hardy portrayed the character as a physically imposing force of nature, in tandem with the screenplay's partial adaptation of the Knightfall storyline.

Hardy reportedly gained 30 pounds for the role , in order to truly sell the character's intimidating figure. The villain's voice was another reason why Bane became so memorable after the film's release.

Initially criticized because of the sound mixing, Hardy drew several different inspirations for the accent, including bare-knuckled boxing champion Bartley Gorman V as well as the character's multi-ethnic background. The result is a cold and detached echo, one that clashes with the character's dominating physique. Because of all these factors, Bane remains an iconic villain , and certainly a pop-culture touchstone when it comes to comic book movie bad guys.

Despite the sheer number of comic book movie villains we've seen adapted to screen since , few are as memorable or noteworthy as The Dark Knight Rises' Bane. The combination of Hardy's menacing physical presence as well as the terrifying authority that he displays in his performance is largely unmatched, and a distinct leg-up on most films that rely on CGI-based antagonists.

First and foremost, we understand a number of you may not be all that familiar with Bane, so we're going to recap the villain's origin and explain what makes him special. Bane was born in a harsh prison called Pena Duro.

Located in the fictional country Santa Prisca , Bane was forced to serve his father's sentence -- a life sentence. Calling the prison home made the child tough and, when his mother passed in front of him, he didn't shed a single tear. Shortly later, a creep name Puerco approached him, but a strong fellow named Trogg guarded the kid. During the scuffle, Bane fell over a ledge, smashing his face against the ground. While knocked out, he had a vision of himself from the future -- a tall, muscular man still in prison attire -- and this vision told Bane he is destined to rule the world and only fear stands in his way.

His fear: a bat with glowing eyes. Bane awoke from this nightmare, killed the man who assaulted him, and then insulted the Warden upon getting in trouble for the crime. His punishment: over a decade in Cavidad Oscuro, a. The pit was dug three centuries ago and often drives people mad or kills them. The cell was constructed low enough that high tide would flood it each and every day.

So, on top of being infested with rats and crabs, Bane also had to fight to survive every day for more than ten years. Instead of crumbling under the weight of these challenges, Bane thrived. He had yet to learn how to read and write, but these challenges boosted his focus and determination. As Dixon wrote, "hatred gave him the strength to hold on. Hatred and the promise of the man he would become.

He went into the hole as a boy and he emerged as a man without fear. Unfortunately, that nickname was already taken. Now free of the hole, Bane sharpened his mind, absorbing all of the knowledge he could. He quickly learned how to read and write, would breeze through three books a day, learned six different languages, and continued to read every book the library had to offer. When he completed the thousands of books in the library, he had hundreds more smuggled in, covering all different kinds of subjects.

The villain was making sure his body was every bit as impressive as his brain, too. His daily workout consisted of a thousand push-ups, a thousand sit-ups, and a thousand pull-ups. The man wouldn't sleep, either. Instead of dozing off, he meditated for four hours per night.

He was able to rule the prisoners and take down every challenger in his way, but the authorities had to step in when he killed more than thirty inmates. It turns out the prison's infirmary was testing a drug called "venom" on inmates and no one survived the tests.

Upon seeing Bane's strength, the decided to give it a shot with him. As we all know by now, the test was a success. The drug would not only boosted Bane's strength Pre Bane was debatably in the ton range, but New 52 Bane is even stronger , but it also increased his pain tolerance. But Bane's aspirations go beyond being a test subject. He's heard Gotham is the greatest city and it's ruled by Batman, and he dreams of conquering it.

So he told Bird , one of his numerous allies, about his plan to escape. Basically, he had such control over his body that he was able to lower his vitals to a point where the machines declared he was dead. The fiend was tossed into the water to serve as food for the sharks, but he was able to elude them and even killed one with his bare hands. He returned to the prison, tossed the warden into the shark infested waters, and stole a helicopter with his allies, Zombie , Tragg, and Bird.

He finally arrived in Gotham and successful stalked the Dark Knight. Bane made his presence known to Batman and, before fading away, he promised that the hero would one day scream his name. As you probably know, Bane crippled Batman by smashing the hero's back against his knee. If not, apologies for the way old spoiler. The humiliating defeat came after Bane and his forces released several villains and allowed them to create all kinds of chaos across Gotham.

The constant need to clean up the streets took a huge toll on Batman. He was getting a minimal amount of sleep and the steady fighting was beginning to hinder his body and his mind. When he was at his lowest point, Bane was waiting for him right in his very own home.

Yes, Bane was able to find out who's behind the mask and then dished out one of Batman's most embarrassing defeats. Now, some discredit Bane's victory by saying he assaulted Bruce when he was at his weakest, but that was the entire point. Batman was practically "broken" before Bane shattered his back. Bane wanted to destroy the "ruler of Gotham's" body and mind. And when Gotham's protector couldn't take much more, Bane was there to let the Justice Leauger know that he was behind all of this madness and he would be the one to deliver the final blow.

It was a display of tactics topped off with physical might. We've never seen that fight happen before the New 52 because Bane's off venom in all of their brawls after their encounter in Knightfall.

Would Batman's equipment and clear mind allow him to overcome Bane's ferociousness, and might? We know Bane is very skilled, but he isn't as skilled as Bruce.

Would his boosted physicals compensate for that gap and grant him the edge? Maybe, maybe not.