The Dark Knight Rises.

[ZachTheEskimo]

Read both of those, and then also read Arkham Asylum and just fucking cry yourself to sleep for months.

[chairmenmeow47]

...

i can't believe it took five pages for this.

or six pages and no re-direction to schoolio's movie corner. you disappoint me, coachella message board

/poison ivy

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I think you misunderstood...Zack is a HUGE Aquaman fan.

I'm glad this wasn't redirected...we don't need this cluttering up the movies thread.

[chairmenmeow47]

i did not misunderstand. why did it take so long for zack to come defend aquaman? the answer my friends is blowing in the wind.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

ahahahahaha oh okay

[DFrank]

Anne Hathaway is a horrible choice for catwoman. Just imagining her in any fight scene...

[stuporfly]

i did not misunderstand. why did it take so long for zack to come defend aquaman? the answer my friends is blowing in the wind.

In the case of Aquaman, it's blowing in the sea. His costume has scales and fins, but still looks like a carrot.

[MissingPerson]

I thought I might be used to it by now, but Anne Hathaway is still the most unbelievably weird/terrible bit of casting I can think of.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of women and some men who would be better suited to the role.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I've yet ti actually read anyone give a reason why Anne Hathaway is such a terrible choice. i don't get it. What's the beef? Would I have chosen her? Maybe not. i don't have much affection for Catwoman/Selina Kyle as a character AT ALL though. They're rebooted/tweaked her character so many goddamn times throughout the years in the comics, and none of her previous screen adaptations have any similarity to each other.

[clumsy342]

I've yet ti actually read anyone give a reason why Anne Hathaway is such a terrible choice.

Because she's a notorious racist.

[MissingPerson]

My main problem is that she just has so little magnetism, or natural charisma, or any kind of presence on the screen at all. She's like a piece of set dressing that makes noises. I mean, my flatmate loves lame romcoms, so I've seen her in dozens of films, and still, I honestly forget she exists at any time I'm not looking at her name or face. I could easily completely forget Anne Hathaway exists for whole years of my life.

And she looks like she could lose a fight to a tired bee. I cannot imagine not finding an Anne Hathaway fight scene hilarious.

On top of all that, Catwoman necessarily has a lot of ambiguity about her morals and hidden motives going on all the time that I just don't think Hathaway has the muscle to convey. It just feels like a dreadful waste of a chance to give another actress a really iconic shot at a really fun character. Even as I typed that sentence I was thinking about Heath Ledger, so I dunno

I mean, I'd be delighted to eat my words, and cordially invite pansy ass Anne Hathaway to try and make me.

[MissingPerson]

Like, this-

- looks like a shot from a pre-Oscars ceremony spoof of something good.

[GoodGirlGalaxy]

Who would you prefer to play the part? I'm thinking Michelle Williams (but she's soft spoken) or Natalie Portman (but she's hasn't a lot meat on her bones, not like Anne Hathaway). But I think the part should have gone to a rising star like a Jennifer Lawrence. Actually she'd probably be perfect for it, she's a tough actress, especially in Winter's Bone and X-Men: First Class and the upcoming The Hunger Games, her character in the latter has a tough exterior.

But that's just the what-ifs of the discussion, Nolan has her and they have a year from now to make it worthwhile.

[Alchemy]

Marion Cotillard would be a cool cat woman, even though she's French. Marion Cotillard would be a cool anything, though... Well, she's going to be in the movie anyway.

[GoodGirlGalaxy]

Wow, just looked at the IMDB of this movie. Nolan is recycling half his cast from Inception in the new Batman. I'm not complaining but I am getting a little tired of Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing serious roles.

[MissingPerson]

My first thought was Morena Baccarin, but then I remembered all 25 seconds I've seen of V so I immediately regretted having it.

My second thought is somebody like Mila Kunis. Not Mila Kunis, but somebody like Mila Kunis.

My third thought was "literally any fucking body other than Anne Hathaway." Like, literally anybody. Mia Kirshner. Yvonne Strahovski. Elizabeth Banks. The radioactive bones of Marie Curie. Like half the extras from Sin City. That photo of the insanely fit javelin chick tying her hair up or whatever. Celine Dion. Oprah. Stephen Hawking. That astronaut lady who went nuts and wore adult diapers to stalk that other astronaut. Myra Hindley. Mr. T.

The possibilities are endless, but for the fact that they all end just short of Anne Hathaway.

[frazzles]

I love Gemma.

[MissingPerson]

Fuck it, just cast Alice Glass and don't give her any lines.

[stinkbutt]

Nolan has never had a decent female lead in any of his movies

[whynotsmile99]

Rosario Dawson would have made a sexy catwoman.

[nathanfairchild]

^her tits would look ridiculous in catwoman's suit.

[I'dDoItAllAgain]

I imagine a discussion of Heath Ledger as The Joker pre-TDK release must've looked a lot like this page.

Not that Selina Kyle's role will be as important as The Joker or that Anne Hathaway is going to surprise everyone with a great performance, but I'm just saying.

[PotVsKtl]

A great performance out of Anne Hathaway shouldn't surprise anybody at this point. She's got chops but her agent seems to hate her.

[guedita]

I like the previews of her upcoming film, One Day, where there's a shot of her character saying "I'm a disaster!"

[Fourthisto]

Rosario Dawson would have made a sexy catwoman.

^her tits would look ridiculous in catwoman's suit.

That's not a valid reason to write her off. Maybe have her as an accomplice, and that should be the selling point... and let's get Sofía Vergara involved as well.

I imagine a discussion of Heath Ledger as The Joker pre-TDK release must've looked a lot like this page.

Did his tits look ridiculous? Guess I haven't really thought about them. They weren't exactly scene-stealing, or memorable, to me.

[GoodGirlGalaxy]

A great performance out of Anne Hathaway shouldn't surprise anybody at this point. She's got chops but her agent seems to hate her.

I think Hathaway does her best when she's in a role in which she goes from ugly to pretty. I.e., The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada.

[Fourthisto]

Hmm.... you might be onto something there....

[GoodGirlGalaxy]

I have never liked any of the Catwomen in the real-life Batman movies. Alicia Silverstone was bad, Michelle Pfeiffer was bad, Hally Berry was just terrible. Am I missing anyone else?

I had no opinion on Heath Ledger when it was announced that he was to play The Joker until they announced his death, then all I thought was, "This has to be one hell of a performance." Anne Hathaway better do something crazy, like release a sex tape.

[DFrank]

Michelle Pfeiffer has the best "look" for catwoman. Halley Berry was kinda underwhelming.

Anne Hathaway doesn't have the meat on her bones or give you the sneaky/seductive/sexy vibe. It's partly the hair...she looks childish.

[PotVsKtl]

Anne Hathaway's hair looks childish everybody.