The Best Catwoman
Sonja's Movie Minute - a segment of the Gimme Three Podcast
Hello! I'm Sonja and this is my movie minute. These movie minutes are also available in Audio form on the Gimme Three Podcast.
Let’s all bow down and worship at the spiked heels of Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, aka Selena Kyle, in Batman Returns. There has never been a character as sexy, fun and menacing yet still vulnerable.
Not to mention, there has never been anyone better dressed. I had the great fortune to see Michelle’s Cat woman suit in person. And that thing is tiny! I’m sure once she got it on there was no taking it off for lunch or bathroom breaks. That could not have been fun, but she makes it look and feel like a second skin that she was born to wear.
Batman is one of the few movie franchises that has been able to stay fresh and continuously evolve with cultural moods and filmmaking styles. Part of that lasting success has to be thanks to the incredible villains – Joker, Riddler, Penguin, even Mister Freeze… But Catwoman is the greatest. To be the greatest Cat woman of all time is saying a hell of a lot. Absolutely no shade to Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt or Zoë Kravitz – who are all fantastic - but that electric chemistry with Michael Keaton’s Batman and the demented dynamic with Danny DeVito’s Penguin make Michelle the queen of the Catwomen to me.
Batman Returns is by far my favorite Batman movie and that’s thanks to Michelle Pfeiffer’s truly purrrrrfect performance. Yeah I went there! 🐈⬛
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