Hard to say as the 3 villains were amazing. All did very well and tested Batmans limit but would have to say Joker. The portrayal of him was phenomenal and how he toyed with Batman repeatedly and tested his sanity was very well done.
Hard to say as the 3 villains were amazing. All did very well and tested Batmans limit but would have to say Joker. The portrayal of him was phenomenal and how he toyed with Batman repeatedly and tested his sanity was very well done.
Reading through the thread reminded me that all three movies had good villains which is fairly rare in superhero flicks, but c'mon. In terms of writing, costume design, acting, cultural impact, and even sheer meme potential Ledger's Joker is just unbeatable at this game.
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Alfred Pennyworth.
He tricks Bruce Wayne into leaving everything to Alfred in his will, then Bruce takes off to find himself for 7 years. Alfred has Bruce declared dead, and Alfred now owns everything. Unfortunately, Bruce comes back. Alfred then pushes him confront the Joker with a speech about how some people just want to watch the world burn, hoping Bruce dies so he can reclaim the Wayne fortune. When that doesn't work, he convinces Bruce to become a total recluse for years so that Alfred can effectively run the estate as the owner. Then Bane shows up and Alfred is forced to try to talk him into being a recluse again or else he'd lose control of everything. When that fails, he plants some seed story in Bruce's head about giving up everything to Alfred by faking being dead and going into hiding with some random jewel thief in Europe. After some more manipulation and trying to throw Selena Kyle at him a couple more times, Bruce takes the bait and fakes his own death.
Finally, after 3 films and many twists and turns, Alfred Pennyworth defeats Bruce Wayne and permanently controls the Wayne fortune for himself.
Joker, hand's down. The changes to Bane's backstory and the terrible accent ruined Bane for me, as soon as he talked i couldn't take him seriously.
I will say though the arguments for Ras and Scarecrow are good.
Joker, you know you have a powerful character when it drives you insane and you die from it.