Dark times require dark heroes and villains.
Bane in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, played by Tom Hardy, is the embodiment of all the worst horrors of terrorism, a figure so cruel and inhuman that you can’t even love to hate him. He inspires only fear and loathing.
Boring!
Other intelligent adversaries of Batman with master plans to rule the world and/or destroy Gotham City at least displayed a sense of humour.
Bane is just an ugly thug in an ugly mask.
He made me nostalgic for Joker, The Riddler or The Penguin who may have been demented and delusional but had some good one-liners.
ANIMAL MY SOUL 
Hmm…Bane, as far as Batman canon goes, is one of if not THE most difficult adversary he ever faced.
If you are referring to TDKR specifically, Bane had way too many one-liners and playful banter for my liking. He was a classic Bond villain.
Admittedly I saw a dubbed version of the movie, which is always a disadvantage, so this may be why I may have missed some of Bane’s one liners. He came across as being as ‘playful’ as a Rottweiler.
Christopher Nolan specifically wanted to avoid the campier aspects of Batman, like the Penguin or the Riddler. The Tim Burton ones had a lot more sense of humor to them without getting as over the top as Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, check out my site’s overview of the Batman movies in entirety http://amandalovesmovies.com/2012/08/20/the-batman-movies-2
Thanks for the link to your Batman overview, Amanda – good job!
Nolan was right not to go for camp. I think it was because Heath Ledger was so amazing in The Dark Knight that Bane disappointed me so much but I guess that the Joker was just an impossible act to follow by anyone.