| rdfs:comment | - Catwoman is a superhero movie released in 2004 with science fiction elements based on the comic book character of the same name.
- Catwoman is a live-action film about Catwoman. It was given a PG-13 for action, violence and some sensuality.
- Catwoman is a spinoff movie for the Batman character Catwoman. It is loosely based on the comic character but is mostly a new take on her. It revolves around the origin of this version of Catwoman, she fights against Laurel Hedare. The movie had a $100 million budget and grossed over $82 million worldwide with 40 million coming from North America and 41 million from overseas. It also has made $35 million in dvd sales.
- Patience Phillips is a shy, timid artist working for a cosmetics company. One morning, she sees a cat outside her window. Thinking it is stuck, she climbs out onto a ledge and nearly falls. A detective named Tom Lone, spots her and thinks she is attempting suicide, and rescues her. After believing her story the two gradually form a relationship. Patience and Lone then go out on a date at a sushi restaurant, where they talk about Catwoman. When they leave, they go to Patience's home where they make love. Lone wakes up in the middle of the night and finds one of Catwoman's claw nails.
- A film from 2004 starring Halle Berry. It has a lot of star power, but disappointed most of the people who saw it -- especially the Batman fans. Halle Berry's character, Patience Philips, is a shy secretary with few friends who works at the Hedare cosmetics company; she is killed by her boss' scheming wife Laurel after she learns that the company is developing a youth serum with side effects considerably worse than anything sold over-the-counter should have. Patience is subsequently brought back to life and given special, cat-like abilities by Midnight, an Egyptian Mau she earlier encountered and attempted to rescue. Now she must stop Laurel and come to terms with the changes brought on by her abilities as Catwoman.
- The film was panned by film critics, with some regarding it as one of the List of films considered the worst|worst films ever made]]. The film was also a box office bomb]] grossing only $82 million on a $100 million production budget.
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| abstract | - Catwoman is a superhero movie released in 2004 with science fiction elements based on the comic book character of the same name.
- Catwoman is a live-action film about Catwoman. It was given a PG-13 for action, violence and some sensuality.
- A film from 2004 starring Halle Berry. It has a lot of star power, but disappointed most of the people who saw it -- especially the Batman fans. Halle Berry's character, Patience Philips, is a shy secretary with few friends who works at the Hedare cosmetics company; she is killed by her boss' scheming wife Laurel after she learns that the company is developing a youth serum with side effects considerably worse than anything sold over-the-counter should have. Patience is subsequently brought back to life and given special, cat-like abilities by Midnight, an Egyptian Mau she earlier encountered and attempted to rescue. Now she must stop Laurel and come to terms with the changes brought on by her abilities as Catwoman. This film is the victim of Misaimed Marketing... or, perhaps, just misaimed titling. Or maybe it was even deliberate to hook people in. People were attracted to the film because they were hoping to see the Catwoman of the Batman comics - but Halle Berry's character is not her in any way, shape, or form. Since the film is an action picture with supernatural elements, there weren't enough bright spots to overcome the ire that the bait-and-switch caused among Batman (and Catwoman) fans; the negative word-of-mouth sunk the film. It couldn't even claim originality due to heavily borrowing elements from The Crow, the 1989 Batman, and Daredevil (the romantic basketball game was practically lifted verbatim). The comic this movie was (supposedly) based on can be found here. Not to be confused with any future Catwoman film that may or may not be made.
- Catwoman is a spinoff movie for the Batman character Catwoman. It is loosely based on the comic character but is mostly a new take on her. It revolves around the origin of this version of Catwoman, she fights against Laurel Hedare. The movie had a $100 million budget and grossed over $82 million worldwide with 40 million coming from North America and 41 million from overseas. It also has made $35 million in dvd sales.
- Patience Phillips is a shy, timid artist working for a cosmetics company. One morning, she sees a cat outside her window. Thinking it is stuck, she climbs out onto a ledge and nearly falls. A detective named Tom Lone, spots her and thinks she is attempting suicide, and rescues her. After believing her story the two gradually form a relationship. While delivering a new design to her boss, Patience overhears a plot to sell defective beauty products that initially make human skin look younger and prettier; if the product is not used over a long period of time, however, the skin begins to decay. Unfortunately she is spotted at the scene and attempts to flee into a set of water conduits. The pipes are flooded by her pursuers, and she drowns. After being murdered, she is brought back to life by the temple cat she saw earlier, because the cat was moved by the fact that she risked her own life for it. The cat is actually The Great goddess Bastet. The Egyptian Mau is the leader of several feline deities such as Sekhmet, and Mafdet. When she wakes up, she is transformed into Catwoman, a warrior with the force of a cat, who prowls the night in search of justice. The catwomen were also meant to teach a life lesson to all humanity: There is no pure good or evil. There is no black or white, We are all grey beings. This is shown when she fights and wins against two men who rob a jewelry store. Her behavior becomes cat-like, and she gains heightened reflexes, senses, and physical power. Determined to discover why she was murdered (having forgotten the events that occurred the night before), Patience re-learns about the beauty product and when she goes to the factory where the product is made, she finds a scientist who protested against the product's release murdered. Before she can investigate further, however, the night guard spots her and sounds the alarm. Patience quickly flees the factory. She then informs her boss's wife, Laurel Hedare, about the plan and asks her to keep an eye out for anything unusual. Catwoman then heads to the opera house where her boss, George, is attending a play with another woman. She confronts him about the product, but he doesn't know about its toxic after-effects. The police arrive and chase Catwoman, who is able to escape by cutting off the power. Patience and Lone then go out on a date at a sushi restaurant, where they talk about Catwoman. When they leave, they go to Patience's home where they make love. Lone wakes up in the middle of the night and finds one of Catwoman's claw nails. Later, Laurel contacts Catwoman, and tricks her into entering a room with Patience's brutally murdered boss lying on the floor. Laurel then calls the police after tossing a gun into Catwoman's hand. As she flees the house, Catwoman realizes that Laurel was the one who insisted on the product's release and murdered the scientist who tried to stop it. Catwoman's lip prints on Lone's cheek matched up with those of Patience from a glass cup, and she was taken into custody by Lone. That night she was able to escape from her jail cell by squeezing through the bars like a cat. Meanwhile, Lone goes to Laurel, while she holds a press conference for the beauty product and a tribute to George. They go to her office and talk, and during their conversation, Laurel lets slip that she was the murderer of the scientist and her husband. But, before Lone can arrest her, she pulls a gun and shoots him in the arm. Catwoman then arrives, and rescues Lone just as Laurel is about to finish him off. After taking out her henchmen, Catwoman confronts Laurel, and they fight, though Laurel's face is now like "living marble" from using the product for so long. During the fight, Catwoman slashes her face and causes it to rip. As Catwoman finishes scratching her face, Laurel accidentally falls off the broken glass window she tried to push Catwoman out of. Catwoman attempts to save her as she's hanging on, but Laurel accidentally slips and falls to her death. Detective Lone comes and saw what happened. He then reassures Patience that she will not be found guilty for the murders. At the end of the movie Patience sends an art piece of hers and a thank you note to the woman who owns the cat that revived her. This woman, "Ophelia Powers", also helped her remember her death and told Patience the powers her cat gave to her and her new freedom. Patience also sends a letter to Detective Lone, saying good bye and thank you, and walks off into the night, happy with her new powers and independence.
- The film was panned by film critics, with some regarding it as one of the List of films considered the worst|worst films ever made]]. The film was also a box office bomb]] grossing only $82 million on a $100 million production budget. The plot features a completely new character, Patience Phillips, taking the Catwoman name, and viewing the traditional Catwoman as a historical figure. The departure from the Batman universe as well as the absence of the original Catwoman (Selina Kyle) became one of the main reasons for the film's critical failure from critics and Catwoman fans alike and because of these major changes the film is referred to as a Catwoman film in name only.
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