The Dark Knight Rises Tom Hardy as Bane XXII

[The Guard]

I always found BTAS's Bane to be awful compared to the comic book version. Just silly and stereotypish. I never really cared for him until BATMAN BEYOND.

I'm okay with the mask we have now. The comic book mask would have looked a little Spider-Manesque on screen, and while Tom Hardy is a good actor, and capable of being very physical, he's not a particularly physical actor from the little I've seen him. He relies on his eyes a lot.

 

[spider_rob]

I always found BTAS's Bane to be awful compared to the comic book version. Just silly and stereotypish. I never really cared for him until BATMAN BEYOND.

I'm okay with the mask we have now. The comic book mask would have looked a little Spider-Manesque on screen, and while Tom Hardy is a good actor, and capable of being very physical, he's not a particularly physical actor from the little I've seen him. He relies on his eyes a lot.

Guess you didn't see Warrior, then.

 

[obin_gam]

I always found BTAS's Bane to be awful compared to the comic book version. Just silly and stereotypish. I never really cared for him until BATMAN BEYOND.

I'm okay with the mask we have now. The comic book mask would have looked a little Spider-Manesque on screen, and while Tom Hardy is a good actor, and capable of being very physical, he's not a particularly physical actor from the little I've seen him. He relies on his eyes a lot.

Guess you didn't see Warrior, then.

or Bronson...

 

[The_Raganork]

or that sex tape...wait er...no.
You didn't see that. Neither did I.

No one did...*ahem*

I like Bane's mask

 

[Mako]

or that sex tape...wait er...no.
You didn't see that. Neither did I.

No one did...*ahem*

I like Bane's mask

Too bad it doesn't like you .

Too be honest one of the things that has reeled on Hardy's performance thus far has been his voice, It's something I did not expect originally. I was thinking and slightly wishing for a deeper, lower, type of growl of a voice, What we have is something vastly different to that (to me atleast). It's something that sparks a bit of mystery about the character and not in a bad way.

 

[The Guard]

I haven't seen WARRIOR yet. I've seen BRONSON once.

I mean that most of his performance is in his face and eyes, not his body. Yes, his character is doing physical things, and he's holding himself a certain way, but that's not where his performance is concentrated. At least as I recall. I recall him sitting very still, posing, and posturing, and being very rigid a lot of the time, but other than a few key shots and sequences, he wasn't doing a lot of physical acting. His posture is part of his performance, but he's not doing enough with body language in the film on a consistent basis to be considered a particulary physical actor overall.

 

[The_Raganork]

It's dark but oddly personable.

He's someone you're afraid to look at but strangely would want to talk to.

I like the combination, so far.

 

[BestGirl]

I haven't seen WARRIOR yet. I've seen BRONSON once.

I mean that most of his performance is in his face and eyes, not his body. Yes, his character is doing physical things, and he's holding himself a certain way, but that's not where his performance is concentrated. At least as I recall. I recall him sitting very still, posing, and posturing, and being very rigid a lot of the time, but other than a few key shots and sequences, he wasn't doing a lot of physical acting. His posture is part of his performance, but he's not doing enough with body language in the film on a consistent basis to be considered a particulary physical actor overall.

In the prologue, yes, but in the other footage we've seen, like when Bane attacks Batman in the sewer(?) and swaggers his way onto the steps of City Hall his performance seems very physical.

 

[The Guard]

I'm not talking about a walk, neccessarily.

His performance pretty much has to be physical in The Dark Knight Rises. He's Bane, and he's trying to compensate for his size. I'm saying, in the past, that I've seen him as less of a physical actor. He's an actor who seems to rely more on channeling his emotions than he does building a physical character. Haven't seen Warrior, but based on what I've seen from him in the past, Bane will be a departure from his norm. It will be interesting to watch.

 

[spider_rob]

Guard, I'd like to get your opinion after you've seen Warrior. IMO, most of his performance in that movie was physical. He comes off as a powerful, unstoppable fighting machine.

 

[Victarion]

I like how when you see Bane's mask in profile, it looks sorta like a T-Rex from Jurassic Park.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I like how people try to tell Nolan how to make things more Nolan.

 

[Miranda Fox]

Oh look, The Guard's ****-stirring again...

 

[Miranda Fox]

I like how people try to tell Nolan how to make things more Nolan.

 

[Nevincer]

I like how people try to tell Nolan how to make things more Nolan.

It's almost like when people go overboard with speculation on 'realism' required in the films.

 

[MrWayne]

QFT

although i think what Nolan did was give Bane's mask a 100% reason for existing complete with back story, etc.

Nolan's Bane mask is barely a mask at all.

And this is why I love the Bane mask we have now and why I love that Nolan & co do things like that!! Nothing is just because or to give the cb fans what they want, but becuase it has a purpose.

 

[antsman41]

Hardy acts so much with his hands and arms, to say he doesn't act with his body.

 

[MrWayne]

It's dark but oddly personable.

He's someone you're afraid to look at but strangely would want to talk to.

I like the combination, so far.

As do I, I think that voice, the look and the mask all mesh very well for me.

I'm sure more will join the club once they see more or the actual film.

 

[TinkerTailor]

What I knew is that from Tom I would get something where you get a total character and everything has incredible thought applied to it. And a lot of what he's doing is very counterintuitive. He has this incredible disjunct between the expressiveness of the voice and the stillness of the movement of his body. He's found a way to play a character who is enormous and powerful with a sort of calm to it, but also is able to incredibly fast at times. Unpredictable.

I think Guard's right if what Nolan said here's true. I'm hoping for a very still presence punctuated by moments of shockingly swift brutality.

 

[Blue Sugar]

Some of those Bane-mask manips looks cool. But still seems a bit off when I think about them in the context of Nolanverse. I love the design they went with and I couldn't care less that it's not really comic accurate at all.

 

[The Guard]

Hardy acts so much with his hands and arms, to say he doesn't act with his body.

Almost everyone acts with their hands and arms. I'm talking about actually conveying emotion with your body, not just punctuating a point.

 

[Boom]

You need to see Warrior, my friend .

 

[PowerPacked]

I've always been utterly confused the way people keep bringing up Bronson as if it's a movie a person should probably have already seen. It had less attendance than ****ing Steel, for Christ's sake.

 

[uniqueweasel]

I've always been utterly confused the way people keep bringing up Bronson as if it's a movie a person should probably have already seen. It had less attendance than ****ing Steel, for Christ's sake.

Yeah I think it was a bit like a Kevin Smith movie, not too big in the theatres, but became quite popular on dvd release.

 

[Doc Phosphorus]

Guard, just for reference, could you give me an example of an actor who uses his body in the manner you're describing?