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2004 · action · fantasy · crime · revenge

Catwoman

Directed by Pitof1h 44m2004
ElsewhereIMDb3.4132kRT8%Metacritic27
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • twisty
  • epic-stakes
Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, extreme action / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she's eager to use her new skills... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse", handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail, fascinated by both of her personas.

Our read · Catwoman (2004) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · fantasy · crime entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want campy superhero so-bad-it's-fun viewing with friends and snacks.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 25attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upcringe humiliation

Skip it tonightYou expect coherent plotting or dignity from your comic book movies.

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(You want more intentional camp)
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(You need modern production values)
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(You dislike Pamela Anderson era cheese)
DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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