Catwoman (Widescreen Edition)

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Summary: Halle Rules!
Review: Come on people its Halle Berry in a skintight ripped catsuit what more do you want!??!!

Rating:
Summary: NOT THE CATWOMAN WE KNOW
Review: First off 1)Catwoman in the comics was white not black like others have written.2)In the Adam west Burt ward Batman series she was white Julie Newmar- black Eartha Kitt- and the 1966 movie white- Lee meriwether.3) Halle berry is half black half white. But that is not why I gave it 2 stars I would not care if she was all black or latin or ect.... I gave it 2 stars because you can not change a comic characters orgin this much and still think people will come and see it. Granted Catwoman has changed over the years but somethings have always stayed the same She is a catburgler with no super powers. That is what made Catwoman and Batman so cool the ability to do what they do WITH NO SUPER POWERS!. Will people go see this movie- yes because Halle berry is SUPER HOT but even she can not save this stinker of a movie.

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Summary: Not cat-astrophic, nor the cat's meow...just mediocre
Review: I had bad expectations of this film after hearing last summer how widely panned it was and based on the trailer, which didn't really make this film a "must see" for me. I'm glad I waited, though it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, and it could stand to be a lot better.

First of all, choosing Halle Berry for the latest incarnation of Catwoman was the best decision the producers could make. She makes a perfect Catwoman and does a great job. Her costume is better than the one Michelle Pfeiffer used in "Batman Returns", though I still didn't like her mask. Halle Berry is the best thing about this movie, especially with her whip appeal and sexy moves. One scene I like in particular is the basketball game between Detective Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt) and Patience Phillips (Halle Berry), with the hip urban groove music matching the flow and rhythm of the game, which is more a physical flirtation between the two than an actual game. This occurs when Patience is just learning about her new dexterous style.

Now, for the bad...which is nearly everything else about the film. The plot is flimsy and reminiscent of the first Tim Burton "Batman" film...cosmetics that does more harm and requires continuous use to prevent the scars on one's face. Patience Phillips is a mousy commercial artist who is so timid and afraid of the boss (played by Lambert Wilson, best known as the Merovingian of the two "Matrix" sequels and essentially plays the same role in this film) that she takes his abuse and scorn. Sharon Stone plays the wife of Monsieur Hedere, who's every bit as schemeing as her husband, though a bit more deadly. This leads to the inevitable "cat fights" between Halle Berry and Sharon Stone.

Someone complained about Patience Phillips being a mousy lady, but that's the point, at least with Selena Kyle (the original alter-ego of Catwoman). The transformation of a mousy lady into a fierce, feline, femme fatale is the whole point about Catwoman and the empowerment of such a role. That's why Patience is "mousy" at first. What bothered me most about this film is Patience's sidekick, a white co-worker who practically pushes Patience on a date with Detective Tom Lone, and who wants the scoop on every little detail. It was especially a cringe-worthy moment to hear this plumpy, dumpy white woman tell Patience, "give me my props!" and trying to act hip and cool. It totally rang false. The whole friendship between the two of them didn't see authentic, but was a mere contrivance to give Patience a friend that plays a semi-important role for the purposes of dialogue. Now about that dialogue...very cliched and cheesy (such as Catwoman grabbing hold of a baddie's tongue and then saying, "cat got your tongue?"). The film is full of horrendous dialogue.

Another complaint about the film is that too many scenes took place in industrial buildings. It was just unoriginal and not very exciting. It lends a sort of "been there, done that, seen that" blase to the whole film. There's really nothing in here that screams to be seen, that just wows you the way the two "Spider-man" films do. That movie has heart, this one doesn't. My final critique is that the background music was often annoyingly distracting and didn't fit the scene (except for the basketball one-on-one game). The people who made this film either tried to hard or didn't try hard enough...its not very original, exciting, or worth the money and time spent on it. Halle Berry as Catwoman is the only good thing about this film and she makes it worth watching at least once. Take her out of the equation and the film is third-rate, first draft stuff that should never have been given the greenlight. Because this film bombed, there's little chance that a better made sequel will ever get made, which is a shame. There's so many things one can do with a Catwoman film, but this film isn't it.

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Summary: Halle Fan!
Review: I liked the movie, eventhough most guys I talked with didn't. I think it was cute and my daughter sure loved the punch lines and the leather suit. However, I thought the writers could've put in a lot more work. Her identity was discovered too soon and the rest plot was a little flimsy. I liked the fact that this movie appealed to women, especially after watching both Spiderman and Spiderman 2! There's no comparison because women still can't seem to get enough justice :)...I can't wait to add this one to my personal collection.

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Summary: Yes..it's as bad as everyone says
Review: I really didn't think Catwoman was going to be as bad as everyone says it is. I thought I would give it a chance since I am a fan of Halle Berry. There were so many bad things about this movie that I can't even list them all. The acting by all 3 leads is terrible, especially Sharon Stone who basically made a fool out of herself with this role. The dialogue is horrendous and laughable. Catwomans costume is rediculous, and the fight sequences, especially between Halle Berry and Sharon Stone is just laughable. Why oh why would the people working on this fil think it was worth anything. It's terrible. The only saving grace is Frances Conroy who brings some type of life to her role as the one who explains who Catwoman is. I enjoyed her scenes, and that would be it. I highly recommend watching this film just to see how bad movie making can be.

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Summary: sequel please
Review: i watched this movie and was glad i rented it instead of buying
it first. i think it is good enough for a viewing, but also think the story may make a better comic. you kinda scratch your head at this one. like you wanna like it. halle berry was fine as
catwoman and did her due, but seems like somehow it couldve been better. what this movie needs is a sequel where you can go, whew,
much better. this is a start and leads room for the improvement.


Rating:
Summary: Michelle Pfeiffer owns Halle Berry!!!
Review: On one of the featurettes on this DVD one of the producers of 2004's Catwoman states "I think everyone will forget all the other Catwomen when they see her (Berry's) portrayal." WRONG! This complete failure of a movie shouldn't even be compared to any of its Batman predecessors, television and film included. For one, Halle Berry's performance is much more inferior than Michelle Pfeiffer's classic Catwoman performance in Batman Returns. Two, this has nothing to do with its Batman origins. Remember how Batman Returns ended? Why couldn't they have done a movie that showed what Catwoman did after Batman Returns? That would've been so much more interesting than just a stupid, horribly executed, weak storylined spin-off-but-not-really-a-spin-off piece of crap.
Aside from all that, all the acting in this movie completely sucked, Halle Berry included. The only moderately okay performance was from Sharon Stone, and even that wasn't that great. I couldn't stand all of Catwoman's horribly cheesey one liners, and there were some seriously ridiculous scenes in the movie that just made me laugh at the stupidity of it all. The scene where Patience (Berry) is rubbing the catnip ball all over her nose. I hope to God Halle realized how stupid she really looked when she saw the final cut. That seriously should've been a deleted scene. And the basketball scene. Don't even get me started there. But the most ridiculous scene was where Patience becomes Catwoman. A magical egyptian cat breathes his Cat Powers into her mouth after she was killed? Have all the writers in Hollywood gone retarded? Of course the scene is equipped with some overly dramatic music. Quite hilarious actually.
The only thing this movie had going for it was its sleek and fast visual style which was hardly enough to compensate for everything else that just sucked immensely.

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Summary: Maybe worth one viewing....
Review: One of my fatal flaws is I will watch almost any film with a woman as a kickbutt character. That doesn't mean I like them all and in the case of "Catwoman" not even Halle Berry can save it.

Berry plays Patience Phillips, possibly the world's nicest person. Phillips works as an ad designer for a large cosmetics firm. When she runs a project out to the boss, she learns a secret about their new product "Beauline". The 'fountain of youth' cream is actually addictive. If you stop using it, you age rapidly and die.

She's going to tell the world, when the Boss' thugs discover her and kill her. An incarnation of the Goddess Bast in persona of a cat, of course, saves her in return for a good deed.

Phillips makes the wimpiest Catwoman I've ever seen. She's more like a tame tabby with too much interest in pleasing people than doing what she believes is truly right---even what that 'right thing' is wrong in the eyes of the law.

Film had one fatal flaw that the book did not and it took away ALL the suspense for me. Overall, read the book and forget the movie unless you are into Berry and Stone as eye candy.

Rating:
Summary: One Word: Bad
Review: The only redeeming quality this movie has is that Halle Berry -- slumming after her Oscar win -- looks utterly hot in her leather Catwoman outfit. Beyond that, this movie is just bad. The plot is hackneyed and the acting is less than quality. I don't know if Halle Berry did this movie for the money, but she "acts" as if she did. Berry's performace has none of the passion or tortured psychology of this classic Batman hero/villian. The rest of the cast is laughable at best. Sharon Stone proves once again that she is nothing more than a pretty face (and even that is questionable these days); Benjamin Bratt was totally miscast. The producers of this film had the opportunity build upon the excellent portrayal of Catwoman by Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns, but fail miserably. This movie doesn't even compare to the campy performances of Julie Newmar, Lee Meriweather, and Eartha Kitt in the 1960s TV show. Skip this movie, it's just not worth the effort.

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Summary: Fanboys: Remember Ertha Kitt??
Review: This movie is not great, but it is not awful either. I've seen films that are MUCH worse. You see, Catwoman used to be just another colorful Batman villian, a simple jewel thief with a costume, until writers at DC decided to make her a romantic interest (bye-bye Ertha Kitt, hello blonde bombshell Michelle Pfieffer) which spawned the "Birds of Prey" comic and TV show.

Now Halle Berry and director Pitof (I guess Dieter was busy) take a crack at putting Catwoman on the silver screen, delving into the whole quasi pro-feminist, Egyptian mythology based history behind this shallow comic character. I give them points for trying. The main villain is played by Sharon Stone, an evil cosmetics magnate who plans to sell bad makeup to the masses. It confirms my opinion: Sharon Stone cannot act but marries well.

Yes, Halle Berry is grade-A hoochie material enhanced by the leather Catwoman costume (personally, she looks hotter in her Ororo X-Man costume) but SHE can act, which helps this film. Department store dummy Benjamin Pratt shows up as the love interest - YAWN...

The fight scenes are OK, boarderline bad but I have seen worse (the last Batman film for example). Catwoman is worth a look, but buying it would'nt be a great idea.