Anne Hathaway cast as Catwoman

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WHOZIT

Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:52 PM

This version of "Batman" is inline with the comic, the campy charcters of the 60's TV show and Tim Burton movies no more. My guess is the new Catwoman will be less sexy and have a nasty attatude.

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:45 PM

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Plus I still think Catwoman and Bane are minor baddies.

Bane is the only villain in the entire comic franchise to beat Batman. That makes him not so minor. Bruce Wayne's Batman was put out of commission after being quite literally broken over Bane's knee. And despite a previous piece of crap movie giving that name to a henchman, Bane doesn't take his orders from others. I don't think Catwoman does, either. The odds of an unstable man like Two-Face being behind both of them? Pretty much nil.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

LILI

Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:47 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
It's based on a comic cover with Hathaways face PS'ed on.
She won't look exactly like that in the movie.

That's okay, I like her face.
The cat-eye makeup and black hair suit her.

Facts are stubborn things.

CYBERSNARK

Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:26 PM

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Bane doesn't take his orders from others. I don't think Catwoman does, either.

Depends on how you define "take orders" --Catwoman used to be mainly a "look out for Number One" thrill-thief, but she's become a bit more mercenary in the mainstream DCU. Much like Mal, she's not above taking the occasional "for hire" job (for a generous cut of the profits, of course).

('Course, also like Mal, she occasionally feels a sudden pang of ethics, or comes across a job she'd do for free [she's not gonna, but she would].)

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LWAVES

Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:52 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
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Originally posted by lwaves:
Plus I still think Catwoman and Bane are minor baddies.

Bane is the only villain in the entire comic franchise to beat Batman. That makes him not so minor. Bruce Wayne's Batman was put out of commission after being quite literally broken over Bane's knee. And despite a previous piece of crap movie giving that name to a henchman, Bane doesn't take his orders from others. I don't think Catwoman does, either. The odds of an unstable man like Two-Face being behind both of them? Pretty much nil.

I was actually referring to the movie and not the comics, in that they won't be the major baddies in this movie. Batman is the only 'superhero' comic I ever read so I know the story of Bane and Catwoman. I think they are meant to 'throw us off' from the major baddie. Remember, Nolan likes to play with his viewers.
Plus there are plenty of ways to make people do things without ordering/telling them (I never said they'd take orders) especially for someone as unstable as Two-Face who is worried about crossing any lines or who he hurts in the process.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:28 PM

I would be very disappointed in Nolan if he 1) stopped following a more comic book mythology and feel or if he 2) fell into "villain overload." I think he can mess with the audience sufficiently without resorting to that, given how much talent he has. I also think that this will likely be the last Batman film he does, since he doesn't want to go into "sequel overload" either, and so doing a Two-Face tease wouldn't make sense either. With most directors, I would probably have a lower estimation of their artistic integrity, but Nolan has proven himself to be a step above. As far as I know, the man has never made a bad film, and he doesn't compromise, he's not in it for what will pay the most, and he knows what he is doing. i have faith that he won't fall into any of those traps, and I think his villain choices for this movie are stellar. There's sufficient story in both of them to carry a film.
He's also said repeatedly that Two-Face is dead. Just to throw that out there. On top of that, Aaron Eckhart has said a few times that he won't be reprising the role.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

LWAVES

Monday, January 24, 2011 3:53 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I would be very disappointed in Nolan if he 1) stopped following a more comic book mythology and feel or if he 2) fell into "villain overload."

I've re-thought my idea after reading your comments and can see now that I am wrong. I think I was on some kind of hopefull/wish fulfillment spree and fitted everything to my idea rather than following the evidence.
It hadn't actually triggered in my brain that my idea would mean three villians (definitely too many) and he'd still have to establish some kind of backstory for two of them. My bad.

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I also think that this will likely be the last Batman film he does, since he doesn't want to go into "sequel overload" either, and so doing a Two-Face tease wouldn't make sense either. With most directors, I would probably have a lower estimation of their artistic integrity, but Nolan has proven himself to be a step above. As far as I know, the man has never made a bad film, and he doesn't compromise, he's not in it for what will pay the most, and he knows what he is doing. i have faith that he won't fall into any of those traps, and I think his villain choices for this movie are stellar. There's sufficient story in both of them to carry a film.

Agreed that Nolan has never made a bad film. His 'worst' film IMO is Insomnia, but that's still way ahead of most other thrillers. He makes the films he wants, the way he wants and he definitely knows what he's doing. Having re-thought my idea I can see that Nolan wouldn't go the way I was thinking. He's too calculating to go for the easier options as well. Two-Faces's return would be the easier (possibly crowd-pleasing) option.
I agree that this should be and will be the last. Didn't Nolan say when Begins came out that if he did continue it would only be three films. I think he's said more recently that he's done with it after DNR. Good on him for not dragging it out.
Bale also stated in a recent Empire interview that this was the last one.

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He's also said repeatedly that Two-Face is dead. Just to throw that out there. On top of that, Aaron Eckhart has said a few times that he won't be reprising the role.

I was aware of Nolan's comments but hadn't heard Eckhart's comments. It's one thing to hide or not comment on something but for everyone to flatly deny it is something else. Looks like I'm wrong and that's fine. It's early days yet and I have faith that Nolan will deliver a great film to end a great trilogy.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

OLDGUY

Monday, January 24, 2011 4:26 PM

think Phoenix is on it.

as for Hathaway....my first gut reaction was "oh please no!!" she does nothing for me whatsoever...that said.. I wouldn't have guess Ledger had it in him either.. I enjoyed him in Knight's tale for what it was..a bunch of scrawny boys playing tough...but hype aside... Heath nailed it in so many ways... so I'll hold off on Anne and see what she's got..directors can certainly make a huge difference in an actor's performance so who knows.maybe another great surprise...

CYBERSNARK

Monday, January 24, 2011 4:29 PM

Though I still maintain that there's an untapped Batman rogue who'd be perfect for the Nolanverse.

Ever since Begins, he's cast Gotham as a Mob City --we fad Falcone's elimination in the first one, then Gotham Knights set up Morone and the Russian, which culminated in them both getting taken out by the Joker.

The Gotham City Mob is now headless, and who better to step in than a fully legitimate businessman like Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot?
Of course, with the tragic passing of Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes, Cobblepot now owns the finest lawyers in the city (and even if he didn't, he's smart enough to keep his fingerprints off anything incriminating and only work through middlemen, like Bane or the Catwoman) --for all his questionably-legal vigilanteism, Batman can't touch him. . .

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ZEEK

Monday, January 24, 2011 5:35 PM

I think the mobsters are overlooked when people say that a movie can't support 3 villains. Both of Nolan's bat movies had 3 or more if you count the mobsters. I wouldn't be surprised to see a similar role for a third villain pulling the strings.

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