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Michelle Pfeiffer As Catwoman

posted 7 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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Best! Catwoman! Ever!

Kitten with a whip. Did her own bullwhip work. Do not underestimate the bullwhip. It’s a lethal weapon; and so is Michelle. You can’t take your eyes off her in this movie.

[–] thewaitress (1616) 7 years ago

agreed. I wanted to BE her when I first saw Catwoman.

[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 7 years ago

me too lol, I've seen everything from silent films to now and I can say it stands as one of the best film performances of all time.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

I am going to be vulgar, but YOU FUCKING ROCK, thewaitress, which is more than who you are so clearly are not. No disrespect: Waitressing is the most common, and I believe the hardest, job that is available to women. I think that this poster works in retail. If you can sell in
Hospitality, especially at the beverage and/or food service level, you can sell BIGTIME in retail. And I expect that you do.

Have you tried your hand with a whip?

[–] thewaitress (1616) 7 years ago

:) I've never had a waitress job. I agree that it is a very hard gig though. I know how people can get with their food and whatnot. Haha, before I know it I'm talking to a customer at work and (they usually take my advice) BOOM made a sale.
I haven't tried a whip yet. She made it look so sexy! I wonder if she could teach me lessons..

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

She worked very hard to learn the whip. She did all of her whip work in that movie, including cutting the tops off the three candles in Shrek’s Department Store in one continuous take. That’s really impressive!

You can learn. I learned on my own.

[–] thewaitress (1616) 7 years ago

That is impressive! If I was her, I'd want to learn and do all the whip work myself too. What a cool thing to know! You know how? That's awesome. :)

[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

Nor in "Scarface." They was showing it tonite on one of the cable channels. Makes your heart race & pound just to bear witness.

[–] tropicool (1) 7 years ago

I really love Pfeiffer in this movie, she smoked the role. The only thing I hated (probably a petty concern) was that her meow was weak as hell (wasn't even a meow, more like someone reading the word meow). In fact the only time she meowed was the part where Batman, Penguin, and her meet all together for the 1st time. All the previous Catwoman I've seen had convincing meows and purrs. I'm sorry but I kinda cringe whenever she says that monotonous meow...

[–] breathfromanother (815) 6 years ago

That part always makes me laugh. I took her blasé meow as sarcasm.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Which it was. Any jackass could have faked a “(lips pursed and fluttered)ppfff-merrr-oww.” For Michelle to have had the nerve and class and confidence to have made fun of “Meow” speaks volumes about (1) her bona fides as an actress, (2) her hammering home the point that she is catWOMAN, and not CATwoman, and (3) that I infer that Tim Burton was one hell of a director on this set, because I would lay odds that was the way that he wanted her to deliver the line; and she delivered it, Special Delivery. Bra-fuckin’-vo! Wonderful!

[–] pioneergrrrl (2411) 6 years ago

shame they did not make that specific character into the spinoff.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

I agree. Michelle’s Catwoman would have eaten Halle’s as a snack, and then washed herself. (And think of how convincing that “washing” scene was!) That’s no slur on Halle Barrey. I think Michelle set the standard for the character, just as Christopher Reeve set the standard for Superman. No one in the role since has come close to Reeve in the role, let alone the true strength and courage and dignity that he showed in real life. Reeve was not only spot-on handsome, he also was a real actor, stage-trained. He radiated Superman’s goodness without a scintilla of weakness. “He cares for them, these humans? Then THAT is his weakness!” Which Superman, acted by Reeve, answered with what remains the greatest CBM line ever, to date: spoken with no hostility, but with complete confidence: “General, would you care to step outside?” The Batman Returns script was a product of its time. Some of the dialogue is dated; but Michelle’s strength, assertiveness and ferocious femininity are eternal.