8. CATWOMAN

Released: 2004
The superhero: Halle Berry as Patience Phillips aka Catwoman.
The love interest: Benjamin Bratt as Tom Lone.
The villain: Sharon Stone as Laurel Hedare.

Even Halle in leather can't save this from being scratched

No one recognised how much this movie sucked as much as its star Halle Berry, who accepted the Golden Raspberry Worst Actress Award she 'won' for this film herself. Berry, who apparently did take along the Oscar trophy she was awarded for Monster’s Ball (2003) to the Razzies ceremony, probably should’ve settled with being just being that other superhero Storm from Marvel’s X-Men series.

This was the latest attempt by Hollywood to make a decent stand-alone female superhero movie after Supergirl (1984) and Elektra (2003) failed so miserably. They weren't as bad as this though. The character of Catwoman itself has had some successful adaptations, particularly via Batman Returns (1992) with Michelle Pfeiffer in the role of the original feline femme fetale 'villain-ess' Selina Kyle.

Berry's version though actually has nothing really at all to do with arch enemy and sometime booty call Batman or Gotham City for that matter, and very little to with evil-doing, as she is seen here as the heroine. That's fine but it was simply a disaster, highlighted by the terrible dialogue and really corny 'cat' moves.

Apparently when production stalled in mid-2003, rumors circulated that Warner Bros. would scrap the project and instead incorporate the character of Catwoman into Batman Begins (2005), but with Berry still in the role. Though a month out from being released in the cinema, a number of re-shots were done after the film tested poorly with screeners.

Berry has been quoted as saying she would like to revisit the character in the future, and learn from the mistakes of the past, but really, one life for this kitty was one too many I'm afraid. The character’s only hope of making it back onto the big screen would be playing a supporting role in a third Christopher Nolan Batman movie, but this flick probably put paid to that idea as well.

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