Hey! Well i must admit, in the opening of DKR, when we first hear Bane...i was really confused and troubled. Not really what i was expecting when i heard his voice. At first it was a complete miss. But more the movie went on more i got use to it and his voice really became a character of its own. At they end i really respect nolan's choice on Bane's voice. It really adds a classy and intellectual puzzle piece to a very complex and multi dimensionel character. Its is just very confusing at first interposing such a voice to such a brutal looking person. But my hat is off to Nolan. What about you? Hit or miss? Me its a hit.

Sean Connery voice is a home run.

@AweSam: Sean Connery? Do you just... not know accents? Sean Connery is Scottish. Bane is hispanic. Nothing alike. He sound's more like Dr. Henry Killinger from Venture Bros.

@ApeKindaBaked said:

@AweSam: Sean Connery? Do you just... not know accents? Sean Connery is Scottish. Bane is hispanic. Nothing alike. He sound's more like Dr. Henry Killinger from Venture Bros.

Tom Hardy isn't Hispanic.

Yea I liked the Sean Connery accent.

Hit for me.

Ehhhhh

I had a hard time understanding him when he used more than four words.

@_Marco_Smith_ said:

I had a hard time understanding him when he used more than four words.

same here.

I thought it was super classy and I loved the dissonance between his appearance and voice. Really forces you to think for a moment about the character.

I got mad cause he is Hispanic and a white guy played him but whatever it was ok.

@CODYSF: Banes dad is British isn't he?

@Duke_Nasty said:

@CODYSF: Banes dad is British isn't he?

he still Hispanic whith a hispanic accent and he haves brown skin not white.

Miss.

I felt it didn't fit the character and I never really understood what he was saying.

I thought it was great. Added to his terrifying look.

@ApeKindaBaked said:

@AweSam:

Lol I never said he was. I said Bane was hispanic. But I swear Hardy used this exact voice xD

Bane sounded a bit like Tom Hardy since he was the actor, not some Spanish guy.

He sounded like Sean Connery talking through a drive-thru speaker.
 
"Ah, Batman, would you like fries with that?"

@ApeKindaBaked: hahahahaha!!!

@ApeKindaBaked: In an interview Tom Hardy said he based it on a famous Irish Bare-knuckle boxer. Bane's nationality is clearly altered in the Nolan-verse, from the comic, where he grew up in a south american prison.

Both. It didn't fit the Bane we all know, but it was marvelous for the character Nolan created and called Bane... when you could understand him.

He sounded like Ian McKellan doing his worst Sean Connery impression, with a bucket over his head and a mouth full of whipped cream. Nonetheless, he has the second and third best lines in the movie.

"Do you... feel, in control?"

and,

"And this gives you... POWER, over me?"

First best was obviously "So that's how that feels." I lol'd in the theatre.

Bane's voice was comical.

Add a S to that Hit.

I liked it, it was a good off-set to him imposing physical presents.

@Gambler said:

Hit for me.

Agreed. His voice was terrifyingly AWESOME.

Didn't bother me.

Loved his voice! Sounds a bit like mine. :3

I personally liked Bane, finally getting a great version of the character in film since that debacle back in '97

Hit, it was cute

I liked it.

@Joygirl said:

Both. It didn't fit the Bane we all know, but it was marvelous for the character Nolan created and called Bane... when you could understand him.

He sounded like Ian McKellan doing his worst Sean Connery impression, with a bucket over his head and a mouth full of whipped cream. Nonetheless, he has the second and third best lines in the movie.

"Do you... feel, in control?"

and,

"And this gives you... POWER, over me?"

First best was obviously "So that's how that feels." I lol'd in the theatre.

This. And his accent actually changes throughout the film. At first it is definitely Scottish, but it changes as it goes. I loved it and hated it. Found it unsettling and almost comedic at times. Can't help but think that this was the desired effect because these films definitely have a knowing sense of humour about them, because let's face it, you don't want to be taking a film about a man dressed up as a giant bat too seriously if you're a director (or a villain for that matter).

I didn't like it, I had a hard time understanding him most of the time, but that could have been the below average sound system in the theater I was in.

I'd have to say it was a miss for me. I LOVE the movie and really loved Bane, but I had kept myself completely spoiler free and went into the theatre expecting at least a vaguely Spanish accent. It took me a long time to get past the voice and it kept pulling me out of the movie when I couldn't help but wonder if it sounded more like Patrick Stewart or Sean Connery. When I see it next, I'm sure I'll be over it/know what I'm expecting and enjoy the movie even more, but it was a bit jarring for me. Although I do like people's points here of how the contrast between physical appearance and accent added a new layer of mystic.