The Dark Knight Rises EW Cover & A Really Good Look At Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman Costume

Yay!

So excited!

Yeah, its all good… but I’m still not buying those boots as workable for a nimble vigilante…

Sooooo happy that Christopher Nolan kept the high heels… after all, since his Batman movies are oh so ultra realistic, high heels and high impact physical action are nothing BUT realistic!

What a stupid design… sheeshhh…

Hathaway’s Catwoman looks like she’s headed to Kappa’s Halloween party. There is nothing realistic or compelling about this outfit. In fact, it kind of pisses me off. Here I was hoping Nolan would go for the ultra-realism of Arkham City, but here we have some hackneyed crap from Claire’s. GPD would have her ID’d in about 2 seconds. Thanks for playing, Nolan.

“Ultra-realism of Arkham City”?  That said, what bothers me is the hair.  Yes, I realise it has precedent in classic comics, but that was from an age where hair follicles couldn’t be used for positive identification.

Didn’t like it, really. She seems fragile, not professional and the hair bothers me a lot.

I’ve made my rants about Catwoman’s costume (the heels, the mask, etc.), so I’m pretty much done with that. I’ll just sit here and wait for the movie, because I’m already pretty sure I’m watching it.

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THE HAIR.  I can’t with the hair.

Are the cat ears part of the goggles?  That would be cool!  Like they look like cat ears when they’re up on her head, but they’re really just her goggles (oh, I hope).

Like others have said… The heels may look lethal if she kicks you but her balance, posture and general movement are going to be hindered….

I assume in that last photo she’s saying, “Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it…”

With the possible exception of Ariadne, Nolan’s female characters are fairly two-dimensional. So no suprises that his comic book heroine looks like every other comic book heroine.

The heels are stupid, but why are people not liking the hair? I don’t get it… She has gorgeous hair, and it reminds me of Catwoman as played by Julie Newmar… Meeow!!

I’ve been assuming right along that Nolan was referencing Newmar’s costume…it’s a startling coincidence if that’s not the case!

Explain.

That’s what I’m thinking. It’s spiffy! You get the “cat” reference, briefly, but it’s not necessarily a constant part of the outfit. After all, Nolan’s going with a cat-burglar Catwoman rather than a woman-that-dresses-up-like-a-cat-because-she’s-female-Batman.

Pretty bad, all around, IMO. A lot of the costume problems have been named, already, but a lot of my general misgivings are because Hathaway strikes me as a terrible casting choice. She always gives me the impression that she’s going to snap like a twig or pass out from anemia.

I agree with the concensus. The heels don’t make sense. They aren’t good for balance, and they’ll be noisy when creeping around. It’s weird since Nolan usually goes with practical designs.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her mask/hair, but it would have been better fan service for them to have used a full mask with short hair while keeping the ear goggles.

She looks very sexy, but I don’t understand the shoes. Surely if she’s breaking into places she doesn’t want to be heard.
Maybe they could have integrated some soft, flat soled shoes to her suit, or maybe even a pair of flat soled boots.
Other than that she looks great and I can’t wait to see the movie.

I think she might actually be good. She strike some resemblance to the Catwoman/Selina Kyles from the Arkham City game. 

What I meant by that statement was Catwoman actually dressed like she would be scaling the rooftops–no heels. And totally agree with you about the hair. Gotham CSI would be all over her. And if she got into fights, all her opponents would have to do is grab it and the fight’s over.

You said it, brother!

When he described her “character” in the interview, it was clear he had given Catwoman no thought beyond her outfit. A little effort than none at all would be nice.

Most of his female characters are fridged for the sake of giving his male characters depth or femme fatales- see momento, shutter island, the prestige, and obviously the dark knight rises (which loses extra points for making not!Renee evil and focussing attention on the unimportant Gordon boy-child, rather than the highly important Gordon girl-child).

Oh! Psh, I should have written a full sentence. My bad. I absolutely agree that Nolan’s female characters are written to service his male characters, I meant explain how his Catwoman LOOKS like every other female comic book heroine. Aside from the booty pose, I don’t see it.

Personally I really don’t like the Nolan Batman films. Heath Ledger was a delight when he was on screen but whenever it went to Batman I lost that. I don’t want an Ultra Realistic Batman. I want a Batman that is a human who pushed himself to not only be able to take on the superhuman badguys but to be superior to them. That, to me, is what made the entire batfam so interesting. Every single one of them was just human. While this generally just sends people minds to Batman and the Robins it also goes to the women. Selena is a force of her own having been both on the side of light and dark. She comes off as cool and sexy but she’s always on her toes.  Barbara forced her way into the family because she knew she could do everything Robin could and she was damn smart. When she was shot she didn’t hide away the rest of her life. She kept going as the Oracle. Stephanie had to come out of her villain father’s shadow and Cass was an abused little girl who needed to learn how to live in society.

That by itself is impressive but to put that up against super powered humans and things that plainly aren’t human really pushes that forward to me. I don’t know if they could ever do a crossover movie with Superman and Batman with the way Nolan makes his Batman movies. But that would be a wonderful way to bring all of this forward.

I also dislike the movies (and Bale) for remarks that there will never be a Robin in the movies. To me that shows how little they understand Batman, or at least the comic Batman. Much of what Bruce has become is because he found himself with a bunch of kids who wanted to save the world. Dick Grayson who was the first and brightest, Barbara Gordon who was the daughter of a close friend and brilliant on her own, Jason Todd his greatest failure. These were the people that shaped who Batman is and none of them exist in the Nolan Verse.

Oh goodness. This was just going to be a comment about how I hate her hair and mask. I much prefer Selena’s short hair and hood with ears look. Oops. I’m passionate (about how much I hate the Nolanverse and the Reboot)

An actual comment about the hair. When I was young I only thought long hair was pretty (although I was pretty equal opportunist on that, I couldn’t understand why boys didn’t have their hair long and pretty either). So I feel into the box of thinking beautiful woman needed long hair a bunch of other ‘standard’ things. Catwoman/Selena Kyle changed that for me. She was beautiful without the flowing long hair or the dresses. I mean even Xena wore a skirt and feminine styling. Batgirl followed Batman around. But Selena was her own woman and different than other characters I knew at a young age. 

So I guess part of my dislike for her hair is that nostalgia of remembering one of the first strong female characters I really liked. (plus the fact that all that hair isn’t user friendly. At least if you’re going with long hair don’t have it all the way down to midback. Maybe just under her shoulders)

Wow. The hatred for Anne Hathaway as Catwoman puzzles me. I think it’s a great choice. Sorry that I don’t want to jerk off to her outfit (I’m gay but if if that’s your purpose then go watch a porn). The outfit comes off as as a cat burglar and that’s all that matters to me, and of course the story. The heels are just part of the Catwoman style, being in the comics and series and past films. And all of this hared reminds me of the same hatred that sparked after it was announced that Heath Ledger would portray Joker in the Dark Knight and look how that ended up. I have faith in Nolan that, like the previous films, He will deliver. I’m excited to see Anne play Catwoman, especially after the last Catwoman we saw which was Haley Berry so let’s be thankful for what we were given people. 

Oh I see. I think perhaps they meant the way she’s sexualised. Not that all comic book heroines look the same, but there is still a certain sort of hyper-sexualisation which is far too common in comics. There is something really depressing about Nolan’s first costumed female character in this series which emphasises a certain amount of practicality in terms of costume being given those killer heels. Not that Catwoman isn’t sexy character, but it’s so horribly unnecessary. I’ll still be very interested to see Hathaway in the role but already having very little faith in Nolan’s female characters this doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence. 

The heels are a bit disheartening, but so far the character’s depiction has been at least more dignified than her New 52 portrayal or the plot she was given to follow in the DC Showcase animated short film. Maybe the heels break off? Maxwell Smart hid a phone in his shoe, maybe she’s got…er…a shoe grappling hook?

don’t the heels have like blades in them in the new costume?