1) Rachel Dawes (The Dark Knight)
That’s right, Rachel Dawes was so terrible that she actually gets a second mention in this feature. The main reason for that is because Katie Holmes was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, an actress who managed to be almost as unimpressive and irritating as her predecessor. Despite being a step up from Holmes, the character still wasn’t all that well-written and again served as little more than a plot device in a movie which was severely lacking a strong female presence.
Her death was effectively done and served to set up one helluva final act, but it’s perhaps not a great sign when most of the audience is relieved to see her meet her maker. Thankfully, Christopher Nolan made up for the Rachel Dawes misfire with Catwoman and Talia Al Ghul (well, sort of) in The Dark Knight Rises. Of course, the latter’s death scene has been widely ridiculed while Selina Kyle wasn’t exactly very closer to her comic book counterpart, so they too were flawed. Just not as much as Rachel.
Published: Jan 29, 2017 05:33 pm