Zant actually provided a pretty intimidating villain. He had that weird weezing sound, and you could tell he was evil and he meant business. Zant had me hooked. Now that plotline around Ganondorf being behind everything should have been placed at the end, but it was interesting to watch Zant go insane at the end. We got to meet the man behind the curtain, and his battles wasn't that bad. Anyway, Zant was cool, and he provided the cool and intimidating villain the other's failed to.
PS I'll be honest though, some of Cole's antics genuinely made me laugh. He was funny.