When it was announced that The Dark Knight Rises would feature Catwoman and Bane as its primary antagonists, I speculated that director Christopher Nolan was purposefully fucking things up in order to ensure that he'd never be asked to return for a fourth film. It's how Sam Raimi got out of directing the Spider-Man series and I'm sure that it's what Bryan Singer would have done with the third X-Men film if Brett Ratner hadn't stepped in and done it for him, so it's not without precedent.
Directors seemingly can't stand to make superhero movies for the rest of their careers, so they orchestrate the franchise's failure at around the third entry in order to secure an exit for themselves—of course this has always just been my own supposition. After seeing this image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, however, there's no doubt left in my mind that The Dark Knight Rises is being sabotaged by its own director.
Don't misunderstand: I think that Anne Hathaway is an absolutely gorgeous actress whom I would plow raw if only I were given the chance, but even Halle Berry made a better Catwoman than this and I'm a borderline racist, so that's saying a lot.
Via Shortlist.com
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Psycho Gorilla
Interesting how, in this day and age of unprecedented special effects, they almost always go full circle backwards at the end of almost any trilogy, especially those filmed separately. It's possible they focused so much on the effects themselves that they were completely stumped once costume design became important.
COSTUME DESIGNER: "Here, here's a skin-tight sneaking suit. You're Catwoman."
HATHAWAY: "Won't they just think I'm Anne Hathaway in a skin-tight sneaking suit?"
COSTUME DESIGNER: "You're right."
*Hands her $.050 female Zorro mask from Halloween novelty store*
"NOW you're Catwoman."
Aug 5, 2011 at 8:15 PM