The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ranking The Villains

By Ben Edwards /

The Dark Knight Trilogy has been hailed one of the greatest film trilogies of all time, up there with the Lord of the Rings and Toy Story trilogies. All three films are acclaimed by both fans and critics alike, with two of the films grossing more than a billion dollars, and each film winning many awards, all of which were thoroughly deserved. There are so many things that are great about the films, the acting, directing, story-lines and even the score, but one of the main things that was brilliant, if not the main thing, was the villains. They make the film for me; if you have a lame bad guy the film is already ruined, whereas if you have a sensational enemy then the movie is already shaping up to be one heck of a motion picture. In the trilogy, there were 7 primary villains, not counting the mob bosses such as Falcone and Maroni, and in this list I will rank them from worst to best, beginning with the weakest villain. So, starting at number seven, we have...

7. Talia al Ghul

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Now, I'm not saying she is a bad villain, not in any way shape or form, it's just that compared to the other ones she doesn't rank so highly. Maybe it was because as Talia and not Miranda she wasn't on screen for very long, or because I saw the twist coming a mile away, or because in the comics she is a warrior and apart from stabbing Batman in the film, she showed no signs of knowing any skills whatsoever, but I did enjoy her character on screen. I thought Marian Cotillard performed the character well to be totally honest; she has always been a great actress and although her character didn't have a whole lot to do in this film, she did play her part very well. The Dark Knight Rises was a great film, many fans and professional critics agree, and although it does have a number of fans who dislike the film, it is generally well received. If I had to have one minor complaint with the film, it is Talia, not that I dislike her as I mentioned earlier, but that her character's introduction was unnecessary, and say she was never in the film, it wouldn't have affected it one single bit. So in summary of Talia, she was a good villain and Marion portrayed her very well, just she didn't have a whole lot to do and her character was pointless in a sense of the word.