I’ve heard a lot of things about this film; none of them good. It was nice to make a female-led superhero film, but good intentions don’t count for much in the face of appalling execution. Apparently, the video game is supposed to be even worse. A lot of people consider it the worst game based on a comic book character that isn’t called Superman 64.
To be fair, there are some good movie-based games. Goldeneye is the most obvious example, being a rare case in which the game managed to eclipse the movie upon which it was based. I’m told that the adaptation of Spider-Man 2 was good as well. It’s just when the developers make an adaptation for the sake of cashing in that we run into the problem you’re familiar with. While gamers of yesteryear didn’t have to put up with microtransactions (if you don’t count coin-eating arcade machines, anyway), they had their own brand of hell to deal with in the form of greedy companies cynically churning out garbage products based off of films that already had a large fanbase.
I agree for Spider-Man 2. I remember playing it and enjoyed every second of it. But, like you said, it didn’t feel like it was just out there to make more money due to a movie’s success. But I definitely think what you pointed out is what makes those movie-based games so… unappealing to me in general. I’m at a point where I just can’t take the risk of trying them unless there’s some kind of universal praise for them going on.
Spot on review Lashaan. This was on Netflix a while back and I gave it a shot, thinking it couldn’t possibly be THAT bad. I mean it’s got Halle Berry in it! Yikes! I wish I could get those 104 minutes back, I could have spent them reading, going for a nice walk, watching grass grow…
I literally cracked up at “watching grass grow”. I too would’ve preferred watching paint dry instead of rewatching this disaster hahahaha Thank you for reading, Kim! 😀
Quite literally one of the worst superhero/comics movies ever made, lol! The only one more painful to watch might be Elektra…wait, no, Catwoman is still the worst 😛
Hahahahaha I really can’t wait to rewatch Elektra just to share another passionate review on it. These movies really make no sense… How on Earth did they get released?!
This and Green Lantern are neck and neck for the worst superhero movie. I think Catwoman leads by a whisker because it has nothing to do with the DC universe even while using one of their iconic characters.
It felt very sexually exploitative to me, as Berry seemed to be nothing more than skin to look at. Made me wonder how much of the script she saw before taking the role.
Yep. So far, Catwoman is the worse of DC’s movies for me. It has no redeeming qualities. It was created for the wrong reasons. I have no idea what Halle Berry saw in this movie to accept doing it. Maybe she was contractually obligated… and wanted to have both feet in DC and Marvel (X-Men as Storm)… But this did release around a very successful period of her life… Maybe she was just doing it for money too.
This is one of those films I never had any desire to watch. Glad to hear I didn’t miss much. Although I must have missed something if you continue watching it at least once every 5 years!!! 🙂
Hahahah the first time I saw it was at release, I was only a teenager and my mind was probably on Halle Berry more than anything else. The second time was with a much more mature mind so I could finally understand the disaster it was. And this third time was to write a review on it so that I… never have to rewatch it again. And you guys neither! 😀
Ugh. Catwoman and Elektra. Female superhero movies made for the male gaze and ostensibly marketed to women, and when they utterly failed, studios pointed at them to justify not making more woman-centric superhero movies, saying “women don’t go see comic book movies”.
It took until 2017, when Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman (a woman-centered movie made for the female gaze by a woman) was a major success that Hollywood realized that, yeah, women like super heroes, too.
Completely with you there. Can’t wait for the day I rewatch Elektra and share… another passionate review for that one… They really were made with the wrong intentions. And Wonder Woman really changed the game up for everyone.
I can’t blame you there. The first time I watched it, it was most likely for Halle Berry and the fact that she’s playing Catwoman! But man… What a disaster it turned out to be hahaha Thank you so much for reading, Yesha! 😀
Cant say I remembered anything or even watching this. What I do know is Berry had a very successful time around that period and if I am not mistaken, this either came out before or after Monsters Ball that was all about the sex… I prefer Michelle Pfeifer’s cat woman, even though it was a bit cringe it tried staying true to the comics.
You’re sooo right. It’s a period where she was in the X-Men, she was beside James Bond, and many other movies! But yes, Pfeifer’s version was the best one in history so far. It’s always hard to beat what she did!
I’m crying… I honestly can’t believe you had the stomach to watch this whole thing. Just watching the trailer was enough for me, LOL. It’s really sad they didn’t do the character Patience justice, and the CGI seems certainyl cringe-inducing. I feel bad for the actress who played her! In general it just seemed like a low budget film lol.
Hahahah thank you so much for reading, Aila! It is a wholesome disaster and I’m at least glad to share it with everyone so that everyone KNOWS what they’re getting into if they dare contemplate the idea of watching this hahahah
I’m glad to keep you away from it then! There’s nothing rewarding from this one. It’ll just steal time from you and leave a bad after-taste! 😀 Thanks for reading, Stephanie!
Cringe-inducing indeed. I actually cringed when I saw the title of the post. I didn’t like this movie at all and your review eloquently states all my reasons while cracking me up 🙂
Ahahahaha love your review, Lashaan! 😀
Your righteous fury is very endearing, I must confess. I laughed out loud, and I can’t believe you’re masochistic enough to watch it every five years! I don’t think I watched it even once 😉
Great review, as always! 😀
Hahahaha I’m glad to brighten your day with this review. I definitely will try my best to not watch this garbage ever again now though. With this review, I should have enough reasons not to! 😛
Puuurr-fect review, Lashaan 😘 This movie sounds horrible and I can’t believe you’ve watched it more than once? more than twice even?! 😂 At least I love the movies I watch several times 😛
Hahahah 😛 Yep.. The first time, I was an innocent kid. The second time, I needed to refresh my memory and see with a mature mind why it was bad. And this third time… Well… It was for this review. 😛
I will forever regret the decision I made in watching this film. I can’t believe they actually butchered an adaptation on one of the greatest anti-heroes of all time. On the bright side, it makes a great horror film that will traumatise generations to come.
It’s insane that such a disaster was possible but I think the director had no clue what he was doing here. They went superficial on all levels and had no plan whatsoever to make this one memorable. And yes… A real horror movie hahahah
This was actually quite fun to read Lashaan, I can’t believe you have seen it more than once… why? 😂 To begin with I wasn’t really drawn to that movie but now I’ll avoid it like the plague! 😂 Thanks for this super honest review 😀
It’s awful! And I hope I won’t ever have to do it again now that I have a review up for it hahahah Someone would have to pay me to watch it now! But I’m glad to help you avoid it. 😉 Thanks for reading, Juliette! 😀
Hahaha, hilarious and cutting observations my friend (I nearly missed this post as well, I don’t recall getting the usual e-mail notification) – and you’ve see it more than once? Sounds a bit like myself and Alien Resurrection, seeing it, loathing it and then going back some years later just to make sure it was as bad as I thought it was!
I haven’t seen Catwoman, but fully aware of the legend surrounding it, it would seem the only appeal here is Halle Berry but I wasn’t aware that this take on the character diverges so wildly and so loosely from the source! This certainly sounds as awful as everyone says it is.
Thanks for watching it (again) Lashaan…so I NEVER have to!!!
I have no idea why that is but I hope it gets fixed! Hahahaha you feel me! We’re just out here making sure that these movies really were as bad as they seemed the first time. 😛
I’m surprised you haven’t seen it though! 😮 But now I’m glad to confirm and warn you again of this tragedy. It’s not worth anyone’s time.
Thanks for reading, Chris! I appreciate it as always! 😀
I’ve managed to avoid this for 16 years but weirdly I want to watch it now. I know I’ll hate it but my curiosity has been piqued. Which is ironic given what curiosity supposedly does to cats…
I can’t believe I missed seeing this movie when it came out. I must not have liked the trailer when I saw it then. Good thing I missed it based on your review!
I watched Catwoman a while back when I was in a 3-year-long bad movie phase. Some bad movies are awesome in that they’re terribly made, but still enjoyable, like “Hitler, Dead Or Alive”, Roland Emmerich’s “Godzilla” is kind of like that because it’s so bold in its badness, and arguably half of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career. Some bad movies are hilariously bad, like Troll 2, The Room, Plan 9 from Outer Space. Some movies are painful to watch, like Garbage Pail Kids, Nukie (a foreign ripoff of ET), and so many bad comedies. I’d put Catwoman somewhere between painful and hilariously bad, with maybe a touch of being bold in its badness. It’s kind of unique in the world of bad movies.
I was going to mention Schwarzenegger’s movies too hahahah I definitely know what you mean about hilariously-bad movies but man I’d gladly put this in those “frustratingly bad” movies myself. I think being a huge DC fan makes it harder for me to accept such horrible adaptations. I’d put the last Star Wars (ep. IX) in there too. Terrible stuff! But man, I still have a couple of other bad ones queued up for the upcoming months that I actually never saw before. I can’t wait to see if they are just as bad hahaha
I’ve heard a lot of things about this film; none of them good. It was nice to make a female-led superhero film, but good intentions don’t count for much in the face of appalling execution. Apparently, the video game is supposed to be even worse. A lot of people consider it the worst game based on a comic book character that isn’t called Superman 64.
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Oh man, don’t get me started with games-based-on-movies… I could never wrap my hand around those. They scare me at the mere mention of them!
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To be fair, there are some good movie-based games. Goldeneye is the most obvious example, being a rare case in which the game managed to eclipse the movie upon which it was based. I’m told that the adaptation of Spider-Man 2 was good as well. It’s just when the developers make an adaptation for the sake of cashing in that we run into the problem you’re familiar with. While gamers of yesteryear didn’t have to put up with microtransactions (if you don’t count coin-eating arcade machines, anyway), they had their own brand of hell to deal with in the form of greedy companies cynically churning out garbage products based off of films that already had a large fanbase.
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I agree for Spider-Man 2. I remember playing it and enjoyed every second of it. But, like you said, it didn’t feel like it was just out there to make more money due to a movie’s success. But I definitely think what you pointed out is what makes those movie-based games so… unappealing to me in general. I’m at a point where I just can’t take the risk of trying them unless there’s some kind of universal praise for them going on.
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Spot on review Lashaan. This was on Netflix a while back and I gave it a shot, thinking it couldn’t possibly be THAT bad. I mean it’s got Halle Berry in it! Yikes! I wish I could get those 104 minutes back, I could have spent them reading, going for a nice walk, watching grass grow…
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I literally cracked up at “watching grass grow”. I too would’ve preferred watching paint dry instead of rewatching this disaster hahahaha Thank you for reading, Kim! 😀
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Ha! I was in a snarky mood.😏
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Quite literally one of the worst superhero/comics movies ever made, lol! The only one more painful to watch might be Elektra…wait, no, Catwoman is still the worst 😛
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Hahahahaha I really can’t wait to rewatch Elektra just to share another passionate review on it. These movies really make no sense… How on Earth did they get released?!
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You didn’t like it much then Lashaan?! 😉
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Hahahaha you know it, Nicki! Just stay away from it if you haven’t already seen this garbage! 😀
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This and Green Lantern are neck and neck for the worst superhero movie. I think Catwoman leads by a whisker because it has nothing to do with the DC universe even while using one of their iconic characters.
It felt very sexually exploitative to me, as Berry seemed to be nothing more than skin to look at. Made me wonder how much of the script she saw before taking the role.
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Yep. So far, Catwoman is the worse of DC’s movies for me. It has no redeeming qualities. It was created for the wrong reasons. I have no idea what Halle Berry saw in this movie to accept doing it. Maybe she was contractually obligated… and wanted to have both feet in DC and Marvel (X-Men as Storm)… But this did release around a very successful period of her life… Maybe she was just doing it for money too.
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This is one of those films I never had any desire to watch. Glad to hear I didn’t miss much. Although I must have missed something if you continue watching it at least once every 5 years!!! 🙂
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Hahahah the first time I saw it was at release, I was only a teenager and my mind was probably on Halle Berry more than anything else. The second time was with a much more mature mind so I could finally understand the disaster it was. And this third time was to write a review on it so that I… never have to rewatch it again. And you guys neither! 😀
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Ugh. Catwoman and Elektra. Female superhero movies made for the male gaze and ostensibly marketed to women, and when they utterly failed, studios pointed at them to justify not making more woman-centric superhero movies, saying “women don’t go see comic book movies”.
It took until 2017, when Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman (a woman-centered movie made for the female gaze by a woman) was a major success that Hollywood realized that, yeah, women like super heroes, too.
Thank goodness for Patty Jenkins.
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Completely with you there. Can’t wait for the day I rewatch Elektra and share… another passionate review for that one… They really were made with the wrong intentions. And Wonder Woman really changed the game up for everyone.
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They were definitely made with the wrong intentions… Wonder Woman was a total game changer. I just wish it hadn’t taken until 2017.
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I watched this once to pass the time but I’m not going to watch it second time. Honestly I watched because it had Halle Berry in it.
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I can’t blame you there. The first time I watched it, it was most likely for Halle Berry and the fact that she’s playing Catwoman! But man… What a disaster it turned out to be hahaha Thank you so much for reading, Yesha! 😀
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I wasn’t a fan of this movie either.
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Glad to hear we’re on the same page for this one! 🙂 Thanks for reading!
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You’re welcome!
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Cant say I remembered anything or even watching this. What I do know is Berry had a very successful time around that period and if I am not mistaken, this either came out before or after Monsters Ball that was all about the sex… I prefer Michelle Pfeifer’s cat woman, even though it was a bit cringe it tried staying true to the comics.
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You’re sooo right. It’s a period where she was in the X-Men, she was beside James Bond, and many other movies! But yes, Pfeifer’s version was the best one in history so far. It’s always hard to beat what she did!
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I’m crying… I honestly can’t believe you had the stomach to watch this whole thing. Just watching the trailer was enough for me, LOL. It’s really sad they didn’t do the character Patience justice, and the CGI seems certainyl cringe-inducing. I feel bad for the actress who played her! In general it just seemed like a low budget film lol.
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Hahahah thank you so much for reading, Aila! It is a wholesome disaster and I’m at least glad to share it with everyone so that everyone KNOWS what they’re getting into if they dare contemplate the idea of watching this hahahah
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Ha, I love this review! I never actually got around to watching this movie, and I’m fine with that. I hope you never have to watch it again!
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I’m glad to keep you away from it then! There’s nothing rewarding from this one. It’ll just steal time from you and leave a bad after-taste! 😀 Thanks for reading, Stephanie!
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Cringe-inducing indeed. I actually cringed when I saw the title of the post. I didn’t like this movie at all and your review eloquently states all my reasons while cracking me up 🙂
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Hahahaahh what a disaster, it was and still is! Good thing there are MUCH better live-action iterations of Catwoman to cleanse our palates with! 😀
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Ahahahaha love your review, Lashaan! 😀
Your righteous fury is very endearing, I must confess. I laughed out loud, and I can’t believe you’re masochistic enough to watch it every five years! I don’t think I watched it even once 😉
Great review, as always! 😀
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Hahahaha I’m glad to brighten your day with this review. I definitely will try my best to not watch this garbage ever again now though. With this review, I should have enough reasons not to! 😛
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Puuurr-fect review, Lashaan 😘 This movie sounds horrible and I can’t believe you’ve watched it more than once? more than twice even?! 😂 At least I love the movies I watch several times 😛
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Hahahah 😛 Yep.. The first time, I was an innocent kid. The second time, I needed to refresh my memory and see with a mature mind why it was bad. And this third time… Well… It was for this review. 😛
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Congrats to you for suffering through this Bomb, Lashaan😏 I couldn’t do it and thanks for your excellent analysis. I’ll never be tempted c
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Hahaha thank you so much, Jonetta! If I can help others avoid this tragedy, then I’m a happy man! 😀
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I will forever regret the decision I made in watching this film. I can’t believe they actually butchered an adaptation on one of the greatest anti-heroes of all time. On the bright side, it makes a great horror film that will traumatise generations to come.
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It’s insane that such a disaster was possible but I think the director had no clue what he was doing here. They went superficial on all levels and had no plan whatsoever to make this one memorable. And yes… A real horror movie hahahah
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This was actually quite fun to read Lashaan, I can’t believe you have seen it more than once… why? 😂 To begin with I wasn’t really drawn to that movie but now I’ll avoid it like the plague! 😂 Thanks for this super honest review 😀
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It’s awful! And I hope I won’t ever have to do it again now that I have a review up for it hahahah Someone would have to pay me to watch it now! But I’m glad to help you avoid it. 😉 Thanks for reading, Juliette! 😀
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Hahaha, hilarious and cutting observations my friend (I nearly missed this post as well, I don’t recall getting the usual e-mail notification) – and you’ve see it more than once? Sounds a bit like myself and Alien Resurrection, seeing it, loathing it and then going back some years later just to make sure it was as bad as I thought it was!
I haven’t seen Catwoman, but fully aware of the legend surrounding it, it would seem the only appeal here is Halle Berry but I wasn’t aware that this take on the character diverges so wildly and so loosely from the source! This certainly sounds as awful as everyone says it is.
Thanks for watching it (again) Lashaan…so I NEVER have to!!!
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I have no idea why that is but I hope it gets fixed! Hahahaha you feel me! We’re just out here making sure that these movies really were as bad as they seemed the first time. 😛
I’m surprised you haven’t seen it though! 😮 But now I’m glad to confirm and warn you again of this tragedy. It’s not worth anyone’s time.
Thanks for reading, Chris! I appreciate it as always! 😀
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I’ve managed to avoid this for 16 years but weirdly I want to watch it now. I know I’ll hate it but my curiosity has been piqued. Which is ironic given what curiosity supposedly does to cats…
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I feel you, sir. I seem to have that tendency too for certain movies that many claim are the worse! 😮
Hahahahaah good one! Good thing they have nine lives though. You’ll have to sacrifice one to survive through this… dumpster fire. 🤣
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You didn’t mince words here. It was such an entertaining read. I was laughing at you clawing at your face.
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Hahahaha I had fun torturing myself for this one and I’m glad to entertain y’all too with this. It was such a load of poop…
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I can’t believe I missed seeing this movie when it came out. I must not have liked the trailer when I saw it then. Good thing I missed it based on your review!
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I definitely believe that you saved yourself a moment of misery from missing out on this! 😀
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Very interesting from the start and the casting today. Cheers!❤️💕☕️☕️
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Thank you for reading! I appreciate it a lot. 😀
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I watched Catwoman a while back when I was in a 3-year-long bad movie phase. Some bad movies are awesome in that they’re terribly made, but still enjoyable, like “Hitler, Dead Or Alive”, Roland Emmerich’s “Godzilla” is kind of like that because it’s so bold in its badness, and arguably half of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career. Some bad movies are hilariously bad, like Troll 2, The Room, Plan 9 from Outer Space. Some movies are painful to watch, like Garbage Pail Kids, Nukie (a foreign ripoff of ET), and so many bad comedies. I’d put Catwoman somewhere between painful and hilariously bad, with maybe a touch of being bold in its badness. It’s kind of unique in the world of bad movies.
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I was going to mention Schwarzenegger’s movies too hahahah I definitely know what you mean about hilariously-bad movies but man I’d gladly put this in those “frustratingly bad” movies myself. I think being a huge DC fan makes it harder for me to accept such horrible adaptations. I’d put the last Star Wars (ep. IX) in there too. Terrible stuff! But man, I still have a couple of other bad ones queued up for the upcoming months that I actually never saw before. I can’t wait to see if they are just as bad hahaha
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The thought of re-watching this movie alone gives me a headache
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Same here… Same here… I think I need an intervention.
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