I completely recommend seeing every movie expecting it to be absolutely horrible. That was the case when I went to see Catwoman yesterday. I saw it because there are very few movie options in my area, I wanted to see a movie, and I'm a sucker for superhero flicks. Going in with absolutely no hope for enjoyment made for a very enjoyable movie. Reviews all around the net are trashing this film, but I actually had a really good time. I thought the story was interesting and well told. Halle Berry was surprisingly good in her split personality role of Patience Phillips and Catwoman. In fact I enjoyed most of the characters in the film. I thought the concept of a lineage of catwoman based in Egyptian mythology set-up the film nicely and removed the need to be true to the original Catwoman stories. Patience is just another in a long line of Catwomen.
Sadly Catwoman's costume did actually live up to my pessimistic expectations. They had sort of a transition costume that would have worked perfectly throughout the movie. I wish they had left it at that. The holey pants, s&m top, and dorky cat mask just really didn't do it for me. Also, the filmakers relied on a lot of cgi to show our main character leaping around the city like a cat. That was obvious computer work and some of the transitions back to real photography were painful. The movie continued to get more hokey as the "villian" of the film is kinda turned into a super villian because of the skin care product she used... I hate when that happens.
So... while I enjoyed the movie, don't get your hopes up. There was a lot lacking in the film, but if you go in expecting crap you just might enjoy it as much as I did. In fact, this is a movie that I might actually choose to own. Rating: 3/5
| July 24, 2004 12:18pm | 
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Boy, I think this reality xxx person really likes your site. hehe As for me, I wonder why Batwoman was never expanded on more. What does catwoman have that she doesn't?
Kiana | July 24, 2004 9:31PM