Before And After: Bane's Voice In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Before And After: Bane's Voice In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Remember when Christopher Nolan said that he wouldn't be re-dubbing the character's dialogue after complaints that it was indecipherable? Yeah, he totally did. Have a listen to the audio from the IMAX prologue compared and contrasted with that of the theatrical cut..

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 28, 2012 07:07 AM EST
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He can be a funny one that Christopher Nolan. When quite a few fans complained that some of Bane's dialogue was hard to make out in the IMAX prologue of The Dark Knight Rises which screened in front of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, the director insisted no changes would be made. Well, as anyone who caught both the original prologue and then the one from the finished film can attest to, there were definitely alterations -- in fact, all but one of the villain's lines were re-dubbed. Have a listen..


Bane's voice comparison (IMAX prologue vs... by mrstevenrichter



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CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 7/28/2012, 8:02 AM
Either way, Bane is hot.
Ashes2Phoenix
Ashes2Phoenix - 7/28/2012, 8:03 AM
I personally preferred the original version. Sounded way more intimidating.
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 7/28/2012, 8:04 AM
Bane sounded hilarious in the prologue!

"Of courshhh!"
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/28/2012, 8:04 AM
Liked the first version better.
MrRogers
MrRogers - 7/28/2012, 8:05 AM
I liked the original voice more also
Boyle360
Boyle360 - 7/28/2012, 8:06 AM
I prefer the old voice, but it was a little too difficult to understand. The new one will do! :D
MarkV
MarkV - 7/28/2012, 8:06 AM
I knew it! First voice was way better. Cry baby fan boys made him change it.
dahamma
dahamma - 7/28/2012, 8:08 AM
I knew it!!!! as soon as he spoke i knew it was different!!
ThatOneDude
ThatOneDude - 7/28/2012, 8:08 AM
The voice was decent...
I almost died when Batman went all interrogation on his ass!

WHERE IS IT?!

The [frick] you saying bro?!
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 7/28/2012, 8:09 AM
ThatOneDude: Wherastehtriggara!!!!???!!? Whereisit!??!!?!? UWOULDNTGIVETOANORDINAICITIZN!!?!!!!!!
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 7/28/2012, 8:11 AM
Lmao IrishAvenger
95
95 - 7/28/2012, 8:11 AM
I liked the Theatrical Cut dub. While not as menacing, it was a lot more exciting and easier to understand.
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 7/28/2012, 8:12 AM
What a lovely lovely voice...
heisei24
heisei24 - 7/28/2012, 8:12 AM
"WITH NO SURVIVORS!"
sorry but the theaterical version totally sucks
shiverman20
shiverman20 - 7/28/2012, 8:12 AM
much prefer his new voice, the way he says OF COURSE is one of my favourites moments in the movie!
DarkGrifter
DarkGrifter - 7/28/2012, 8:12 AM
I see I am only one of few people who actually prefers the final voice :O
The original just sounds too artificial and somewhat robotic but the final version has more emotion and you can tell what words he wants to emphasise, which makes the Bane sound way more menacing.
dahamma
dahamma - 7/28/2012, 8:12 AM
I like the redubb, although the old one did sound menacing, I couldn't understand it at all.

Actually Bane was my FAVORITE...FAVORITE part of this movie. Although at first i thought i wouldn't liek him.

JUST as I was at the point of saying oh man this guy is great! NOLAN had to make him into a henchmen/bodygaurd/PAWN to talia!!

Ruined it for me, it took away from how BOSS Bane was from the get go. Then he freaking cried people....he cried..why Nolan why lol
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 7/28/2012, 8:13 AM
wheerrrrtiggerman!!!

It was a bit distracting. I actually laughed out loud the first time I heard it because (as I told my sister) he sounds like a drunk Sean Connery.
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 7/28/2012, 8:14 AM
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 7/28/2012, 8:14 AM
I didn't mind the original, but I guess they had to clear it up a bit. I LOVED his voice though, so strange and just..creepy at times. When he's talking to Bruce in the prison and he says.."Yes..but not of your body (pause) of your soul"..my favorite Bane moment. What Hardy does with his eyes there is class.
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 7/28/2012, 8:16 AM
RorMachine: Yeah, only his prologue voice was silly. I was fine with everything else.
MrReese
MrReese - 7/28/2012, 8:16 AM
yea if stupid ppl wouldn't have complained we would have gotten the 1st voice.Which was better IMO.The movie 1 sounded tweaked 2 a higher pitch.I also noticed how when Bane says (in the prologue): "We have 2 find out what he told u bout us" in the movie they cut out the "bout us" part which I think should have stayed.Either way

Bane = Villain Of The [frick]ing Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s hands the [frick] down!! XD
CBMJamie
CBMJamie - 7/28/2012, 8:17 AM
The Prologue version, although slightly less clear, is definitely more evil and intimidating.

The Final Film version seems like it was re-dubbed not only to make it clearer and to rid the film of criticism, but also to make Bane sound more intelligent.

It is clear the majority of lines have not only been greatly edited, but have been replaced with completely new/different recordings.

They needed to find a middle ground between the clarity of the final film's version and the menacing nature of the original prologue's.
DarkGrifter
DarkGrifter - 7/28/2012, 8:17 AM
@INSTANTJUSTICE
Ahh yes, the aural acoustic discrepancies...I see, I see.

O.o
jessepostal
jessepostal - 7/28/2012, 8:18 AM
I liked the dialogue during there first fight especially the league of shadows parts, his voice acting in that scene is fantastic
R888
R888 - 7/28/2012, 8:22 AM
I like the voice
R888
R888 - 7/28/2012, 8:24 AM
I like batman voice I think he was saying to bane "where's the trigger" another funy part when he said "we got to get it over the bridge" after attaching the cable to the bomb.
DavidGray
DavidGray - 7/28/2012, 8:26 AM
You're all kidding, right? Went the prologue came out all the fanboys were raging because they couldn't understand a single word Bane said. Now the fixed it and everyone's like "Nah, the old voice was coller"

...Really?
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 7/28/2012, 8:27 AM
OtakuPapi
OtakuPapi - 7/28/2012, 8:30 AM
@BizzarroNumber1: My point exactly so many plot gaps, and the story developed like it was rushed or alot of the movie was cut out.It such a boring movie to me everything but the last 5 minutes.Plus the miraculous come back from a broken back...wth. And how could Bruce Wayne of all people stay out of crime fighting for 8 years considering he is such an obsessive person i can't imagine Bruce getting out of shape like that!
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