Good vs Evil...okay just bad.

1997 Bane

 Have you ever saw something and thought to yourself, "Holy cow that looks awful."  That exactly what I thought when I first saw Joel Schmacher's Bane from 1997's Batman and Robin.  The costume design is cartoonish to say the least.  The over sized muscles plastered with dark bulging veins make him unbalanced and much to busy.  The symmetrical look and busyness of this design makes it hard to focus on a single part of the design.  The blacked out eyes of the mask make the actor seem nonhuman, hindering the closure of the design. With the colors all being dark tones the details in the design become nonexistent.  This design just seems to lack contrast and harmony at the most basic level.

2012 Bane

On the other hand we have Christopher Nolan's Bane from the 2012 The Dark Knight Rises. Looking at this design you see a more balanced, more harmonious design.  The colors of the design bring a wonderful contrast by using neutral tones.  The balance is broken up just enough with the brace on the right hand, but in away this seems to bring more balance to the design.  Unlike the other, this design draws your eyes to the face.  The decision to show the actors eyes brings a more human quality to the design, giving it more closure.  As a whole this design is better executed.  It is simple, balanced, and has a better harmony and contrast.  At the end of the day Nolan delivered a much better execution to the character.