'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer draws controversy for villain Bane's portrayal
Thought you had a tough time understanding what Batman said in Nolan鈥檚 films, then you鈥檒l be disappointed to know听The Dark Knight Rises will have the same problem with Bane (Tom Hardy). The reaction for the prologue has been generally posivitive, but many have complained about Bane鈥檚 voice as being untelligible. 鈥淎 fantastic action sequence hurt by the fact that you cannot understand the villain at all,鈥� a fan said on Twitter.听Many assumed Nolan would be fixing that problem during post-production, but that won鈥檛 be the case according to .
Sources told THR that Warner Bros. is听鈥渟cared to death鈥� over the issue, and have asked Nolan to fix the sound mix. Well, Nolan declined, and said he only plans to fix it slightly. Knowing Nolan, there鈥檚 sure to be a good reason for this. 鈥淐hris wants the audience to catch up and participate rather than push everything at them. He doesn鈥檛 dumb things down. You鈥檝e got to pedal faster to keep up,鈥� an un-named executive said. WB has a lot riding on The Dark Knight Rises after the success of The Dark Knight, and they obviously don鈥檛 want anything tampering with that success. WB could pressure Nolan to fix the problem, but that doesn鈥檛 seem likely given the power Nolan has over the studio.
Matt Keith blogs at Killer Film.
