This is coming a little late, but yesterday i finally saw catwoman. I’ve been hearing a lot of negative reviews about the movie, though every girlfriend who has seen it seems to think that it might a be a flimmaker’s nightmare, but not a feminist’s.
Over centuries of partriarchy, females have beeen reduced to fighting for equal rights. What catwoman tries to tell is that its about time we overthrow patriarchy. For as long as patriarchy exits, there can be no decent state of existence for women. What i liked about the movie, was that it shows the two sides of the theory. While Halle Berry plays the role of teh shy doormat who becomes cat woman, Sharon Stone plays Laurel, the pitiable figure who symbolises the negative effect of this theory. Laurel lives in total disregard of rules, and authority. She is beautiful, she is powerful, and she is evil. Or is she?
Laurel symbolises what hapens when independence is taken too far. Which should serve as a warning for extremeist feminist who radically plot to take over the world.
On the other side, the movie was very frustrating because most of the time, i had no idea what was going on in catwoman’s head. I couldnt get a feel of what she was thinking, what she was feeling. In the part where she walks home after being reborn, i fet this sense of absolute detachment with the character. The movie aint great,but it inspires thought.
and Hallery Berry looks terrible in the black outfits…..
and the cop guy Tom Lone is hot.
also read The Heretikan on this…she seems to think the same way.
