Not only is this scene epic, but it's also heartbreaking. The despair in her scream. Her throwing away her childlike innocence and shattered dreams of fairy tale romance is something very relatable. In a world as ruthless and cruel as ours, sensitive souls like hers hardly belong.
well when you take into context comic book Selina found both of her parents bodies before the age of 13, both of them being… self inflicted destruction of innocence is a big theme when it comes to Catwoman
I mean, yea. She was literally about to be raped and was pushed out a 50 story window. I’d imagine she was heartbroken and pissed. And she wasn’t a sensitive soul. This was lying in her her entire life. It’s took Max’s assault to finally break her. There are multiple clues to how deranged she is before this scene.
Her shocked face as she hears the voicemail from the company of the man that assaulted her, her painting everything that was pink black, the doll house, the way she sews…This scene has so many levels to it
I love the calm demeanor but chaotic actions as she was walking around her house. Turning on the lamp but the lamp fell over. Getting milk for her cats but spilling it everywhere. Drinking the milk straight from the carton and it spilled onto her dress. But her face looked calm, collected. Such a great way to portray how a character is tearing at the seams internally but still clinging onto a semblance of normalcy for her own sake.
These are the details that people don’t seem to appreciate, especially the Nolan fans. Anyone can make a reality based movie. It’s much more challenging to make a fun comic book movie that’s executed well. No one comes close to this portrayal of Catwoman. I love the character but I can’t seem to care about Anne or Zoe’s versions. Anne was basically Batgirl and Zoe had no chemistry w Batman. They were both ultimately so useless in their movies too.
It makes me wonder if the person who wrote this scene also suffered from mental illness. The exhaustion from trying to hold it together is so much, you can’t even act natural, and then you finally snap.
2:02 is brilliant and utterly terrifying because not only has she been resurrected, but the fact she has finally had enough of being life's punching bag of everyone's physical and emotional abuse and to rid herself of her past. From having been a quiet, soft spoken and down trodden lady to becoming a vengeful, confident and sociopathic badass! Which I love!❤️
Being sociopathic is hardly something to aspire to. She’s an interesting character sure, and the scene is great - but she’s no hero. A true hero transcends their abuse - giving into to go on a rampage is a sign of weakness.
@@Delphi333 Not a hero per se but fun to live through vicariously just the same. Movies aren't only about perfectly moral saints who don't ever do anything wrong.
My heart breaks every time i watch this scene; its the loss of innocence through the cruelty of others. Also notice how in all 3 "deaths" catwoman has she's pushed or dropped from a height (max pushes her out a window, Batman punches her off a building, she drops from a height on penguins umbrella), and in all 3 situations it shifts who Selina/Catwoman is. She seemingly survives each fall almost miraculously like a cat would. I'm 33 years old and remember this film from my childhood. The more I watch it the more I see layers to it I never seen before. A masterpiece.
Neither did Alfred Hitchcock,he invented spy thriller & splatter genre.look at all the babyboomer directors who did win Oscars how they just ripped him off a lot of time.If you didn't know any better you'd think Jaws was a Hitchcock movie.
The moment in life when you’re old enough to understand how tired she was of everyone’s shit and why It drove her to be the way she is... I feel you girl!! I feel you!
This is just what I was thinking of. Why in 1996-97 did I liked this VERSION of Batman? This is the creepiest of them all before they made the Joker with (... Cannot remember his name... Its 4h am lol) I prefer the Catwoman movie with Hale Berry so far. Compare to this side of "Cat Woman" for something similar, i prefer the FIRST VERSION of it in the DC Comic original Comic Book.
Selina is the true tragic villain in this movie. She didn't deserve what happened to her or what she became. Penguins story is sad considering what his parents did to him. But he chose to be corrupt. Selina's mind was broken when Max tried to kill her. I don't think she exactly chose this. The damage to her mind caused it.
I don’t think she is a villain. She’s mentally ill. In this movie, she doesn’t do anything villainy. She’s ambiguous. That’s how she was written in the comics too. You don’t know what side she is on.
30 years later and this is still the best Batman Film moment/scene and performance of a Batman/comic book character🖤🤍 Michelle deserved an Oscar for this role!
nice. wonder if chris nolan thought of that. def someone who does his homework. who knows, could've been an interesting dynamic between them had joker been in dark knight rises, had heath ledger been alive
Not only was she murdered by her boss, but this scene adds insult to injury with the solicitor's phone message implying women only climb the ladder by sleeping with their boss.
@@pamelalagos6552 I'm not having a bad day but when I see sjw and hypocrite feminist comments it fucks me up. These people ruined movies, tv and now video games. When will they just fucking stop already?? If I want to watch politics I'll go watch some news. I watch entertainment strictly for what it's called, ENTERTAINMENT.
Danielle 77% of last year victims of murder were male. Tbh I’m not defending him, I think he was really overreacting with that girls comment, but to be fair it is quite annoying how everything has to be political nowadays. And how victimizing feminism can feel to ME as a WOMAN (guilt tripping won’t work here ) and on a logical interpretation your comment does seem to imply that woman suffer all those things way more than men(Quote: men aren’t...”) I’m just saying both genders have their pros and cons in this world that is very unfair, and I don’t think making it look like we woman have it so much worse is in any way helpful
@@gabriellaborges1680 commenting online is like walking on eggshells. I wasn't trying to make a political statement about women suffering more than men; I was just commenting on the content of this scene :/
When I saw this as a child I thought she was randomly destroying the place because she was crazy. Now I see it's more than that. She was saying goodbye to the sweet and naive woman that she was, that's why she destroys the stuffed animals and dolls, and paints the pink wall and clothes to black.
She shouldn't destroy the dolls and stuff animals. I feel much bad for them. You can change without extreme aggression for things which made you happy when you were a sweet and naive person.
When I saw this at the movies my dad was so in love with her and a little buzzed he said "Two tickets to see Michelle Pfeiffer." The teenager was so thrown I had to say "Batman Returns please".
I rewatched this movie recently and noticed something I hadn't before. Around the halfway point, after she's teamed up with the Penguin to get rid of Batman, she's out during the day as Selina and staring at her reflection in a store window, and she says to herself, "Why are you doing this?" And there's a dollhouse display in the window. I thought it was an interesting, subtle character moment, and if you blink you might miss it (like I did for 30 years).
This incredible scene wasn’t even scripted, apparently the actress just improvised catwoman going crazy, and the directors loved it. Truly a fantastic way of portraying the character’s complex personality.
she wasn't randomly destroying the place because she was crazy. Now I see it's more than that. She was saying goodbye to the naive and sweet woman she was, so she destroys the stuffed animals and dolls, and paints the pink wall and clothes to black.
All the details and symbolism, from the pink color flat to the kitty sleep-shirt, the doll house, the toys, to how she uses her kiddie sewing machine and thimbles to make her costume ... you wouldn't see this in a superhero movie nowadays. This is why the Burton Batman movies will always be the best. They're the most lovingly made.
The more we age, the more we get to understand the facts that summoned the catwoman inside her... Adults confront different problems than children. And Selina Kyles cup just overflowed....
This always gave me the chills. It's Batman universe but very real as in how abuse breaks someone and their innocence. Amazing acting, music, direction🙌🏼
This scene is amazing, i just recently rewatched catwoman scenes and in fact every scene with catwoman is amazing, her acting is top class to say the least.
This scene alone is a good reason why Tim Burton’s Batman will always remain undefeated. Even with limited technology/effects, we were mesmerized by these characters.
I feel like in modern superhero movies the actors are trying SO HARD to be funny, shiny, entertaining, memorable... And in 1980s the actors were actually acting.
Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance in this movie was amazing! She brought so much nuance and raw emotional power to the character. This scene is a perfect example, where she says so much with barely any dialogue. Too bad most people these days only seem to remember her for her costume (which was awesome, don’t get me wrong), when there was so much more to her. Best Catwoman ever!
i watched this movie THREE times in theaters, because of her and countless times after that on video and now on dvd. Burton and most of all the studio should ve followed up on his plans for a catwoman movie with pfeiffer in the lead. She really nailed the part and the character. Instead we had to wait for years...and then got halle berry in one of her worst performances and in probably the worst movie about catwoman EVER!
All these people commenting “All it takes is just one bad day”. Bro her boss literally *YEETED* her from a 10+ floor building and she somehow managed to survive just to return to her “miserable” lifestyle. Idk but it seems like life just shitted on her and she went *APESHIT*
The whole "One Bad Day" thing is BS anyways. Even Joker himself had to be going through a lot of stuff long before his "One Bad Day" thing to drive him mad.
@@sahil47 That means that the "One Bad Day" thing is just the straw that broke the camel's back. Not one bad day that destroys a perfectly normal person.
I love the moment where she truly accepts what just happened to her and goes ballistic. Her boss just murdered her for no reason and she survived. She is officially scarred for life from the experience.👍
Lots of symbolism in this scene. Being pushed off the rooftop is her fall from grace. She comes back to life, but turns into something completely different, something she never imagine. All that she was has died. The light pink of her apartment represents repressed femininity, it's also very doll like and innocent like her. Her Hello There sign becoming "Hell Here" representing that hell will be raised. The costume itself is symbolical, with the stitches representing her having been broken/torn apart/damaged, and now she's sowing herself back up into something dark, menacing, and seductive. When the costume starts to tear later on in the film, that's her slowly coming undone again.
Miss Kitty: Yeah, yeah. It was you decided to turn up and SET IT OFF up in this bitch. Good luck getting that deposit on this now hell hole back! Time to own it and kill that muthafucka Shreck, girl! Show that bitch you ain't that little girl anymore!
"What is fascinating about the Douglas character, as written and played, is the core of sadness in his soul. Yes, by the time we meet him, he has gone over the edge. But there is no exhilaration in his rampage, no release. He seems weary and confused, and in his actions he unconsciously follows scripts that he may have learned from the movies, or on the news..." - Roger Ebert, from his review of "Falling Down" These words describe what makes Tim Burton and Michelle Pfeiffer's treatment of Catwoman so unique. In most other incarnations she is an amoral thief who's at peace with what she does, but Pfeiffer's Selina is badly broken, and even her most exuberant behavior is a cover for how confused and angry she is. She plays up a hidden part of her personality, but she has no idea how to stop, or what she would do if she did stop. In hindsight, her character arc makes the film much less cartoonish and much more tragic.
*_isn’t she iconic? i remember a kid this is my fave part of the batman she’s the reason i became gay, she’s my fashion inspiration,i love copying her as catwoman and with that suit, i rip my leather wallet for barbie’s handstitched it to make a suit..MEOW_* 🤣
That scream at the answering machine is so powerful and chilling. Everyone loves the "hear me roar" but her birth in her apartment is my fav catwoman scene.
" Hello, S a l i n a K y l e. We're just calling to make sure you've tried Gotham Lady Perfume. One whiff of this at the office and your boss will be asking you to stay after work for a candlelight staff meeting for two. Gotham Lady Perfume...exclusively at Schrek's Department Store " 2:02
I love how Tim Burton put some supernatural in this movie, Batman doesn't need to be all realistic everytime, he made his version and for me it's a great movie, Michelle Pfeiffer is the best catwoman in live actions!
Oh suuuuuure... when SHE does it it's an 'origin story' but when I do it it's a "weekly mental breakdown"... Re: Oh, now. Clearly just a lighthearted joke. Lets not get so messy, lads.😂
Completing a leather body suit from scratch in a few hours while having a mental breakdown is quite impressive. If this Cat Woman business doesn't pan out then she can always compete on Project Runway😂
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“Honey I’m home, oh I forgot I’m not married” that’s a mood.
Baby I'm home,...oh I forgot, Single as a Pringle...
Ikrrr
Me everyday 😅
Damien MerridewEXE
I’m going to start saying this every time I enter my house now
@@nekomochi3112 lol same
Michelle Pfeiffer once said somewhere in an interview that her only regret was not keeping that cat women suit.
She did keep the whip tho, that catwoman suit might have been powder by now without the proper care as latex deteriorates over time
Naughty girl...🤣🤣🤣
Right she kept the whip tho
With the costume, Michelle Pfeiffer could realize her erotic bdsm fantasy in the catwoman suit, and have sex as Catwoman !!!
I regret that for her.
Not only is this scene epic, but it's also heartbreaking. The despair in her scream. Her throwing away her childlike innocence and shattered dreams of fairy tale romance is something very relatable. In a world as ruthless and cruel as ours, sensitive souls like hers hardly belong.
😺 yes
well when you take into context
comic book Selina found both of her parents bodies before the age of 13, both of them being… self inflicted
destruction of innocence is a big theme when it comes to Catwoman
This scene always brings to the verge of crying. So sad
I mean, yea. She was literally about to be raped and was pushed out a 50 story window. I’d imagine she was heartbroken and pissed. And she wasn’t a sensitive soul. This was lying in her her entire life. It’s took Max’s assault to finally break her. There are multiple clues to how deranged she is before this scene.
@@MikeFortino What kind of clues?
Her shocked face as she hears the voicemail from the company of the man that assaulted her, her painting everything that was pink black, the doll house, the way she sews…This scene has so many levels to it
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Her Apartment looks like a Hotline Miami protagonists home
Can you guys find the Batman Returns Catwoman Transformation (Cantonese, Danish, Finnish, German, Greek & Hungarian)
She executes this scene to perfection
ok
Turning the "hello there" into "hell here" is a genius move.
What about writing “General Kenobi!” over it?
I’ve seen too many Prequel memes😂
@@rickblaine9670 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT 😂😂
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no, not really that genius. Tiny bit of clever play with letters is right up there with clever one-liners on tinder. Clever and quippy are not genius
@@Citi2en_V41n well that's like your opinion man
This is probably the most Tim Burton way to introduce Batman villain.
That's exactly what I was thinking
Makes me wonder how Burton does it when comes to Riddler and turning Billy Dee Williams into Two Face.
Heck yeah
Except Catwoman isn't a villian. She's more if an antihero
Catwoman is not a villain
I love the calm demeanor but chaotic actions as she was walking around her house. Turning on the lamp but the lamp fell over. Getting milk for her cats but spilling it everywhere. Drinking the milk straight from the carton and it spilled onto her dress. But her face looked calm, collected. Such a great way to portray how a character is tearing at the seams internally but still clinging onto a semblance of normalcy for her own sake.
These are the details that people don’t seem to appreciate, especially the Nolan fans. Anyone can make a reality based movie. It’s much more challenging to make a fun comic book movie that’s executed well. No one comes close to this portrayal of Catwoman. I love the character but I can’t seem to care about Anne or Zoe’s versions. Anne was basically Batgirl and Zoe had no chemistry w Batman. They were both ultimately so useless in their movies too.
beautifully described..
And how a cat totally trashes ones apartment !
It makes me wonder if the person who wrote this scene also suffered from mental illness. The exhaustion from trying to hold it together is so much, you can’t even act natural, and then you finally snap.
@@twnyc3129 Zoe had great chemistry with Batman!
2:02 is brilliant and utterly terrifying because not only has she been resurrected, but the fact she has finally had enough of being life's punching bag of everyone's physical and emotional abuse and to rid herself of her past. From having been a quiet, soft spoken and down trodden lady to becoming a vengeful, confident and sociopathic badass! Which I love!❤️
I so SO relate to this scene of a painful transformation.
Being sociopathic is hardly something to aspire to. She’s an interesting character sure, and the scene is great - but she’s no hero. A true hero transcends their abuse - giving into to go on a rampage is a sign of weakness.
@@Delphi333 Not a hero per se but fun to live through vicariously just the same. Movies aren't only about perfectly moral saints who don't ever do anything wrong.
And what an accurate throw
i know!
i agree!
but, so sudden though.
*"All it takes is one bad day...."*
-Joker
True though.
As you know, madness is like gravity...all it takes is a little push.
HAHAHAHA!
LMAO
Yea but this catwoman C A T W O M E N
From the killing joke
I got super uncomfortable since she left the door open the whole time and didnt close it
THAT'S what makes you uncomfortable in this whole scenario? Lmao
Yeah, but I bet if anyone was dumb enough to walk through that door would have regretted it.
Roger Smith ya
Meredith Richardson ya sis
Lmfaooooo the whole neighborhood watching like👀
My heart breaks every time i watch this scene; its the loss of innocence through the cruelty of others. Also notice how in all 3 "deaths" catwoman has she's pushed or dropped from a height (max pushes her out a window, Batman punches her off a building, she drops from a height on penguins umbrella), and in all 3 situations it shifts who Selina/Catwoman is. She seemingly survives each fall almost miraculously like a cat would. I'm 33 years old and remember this film from my childhood. The more I watch it the more I see layers to it I never seen before. A masterpiece.
The fact that Michelle Pfeiffer doesn’t have an Oscar is one of the greatest travesties of our time.
I wish that she had won for Dangerous Liasons.
This is one of the many reasons why I hate the Oscars
Bro There is a lot of Great actors that never won an Oscar it's not something important@@differentangle7666
Neither did Alfred Hitchcock,he invented spy thriller & splatter genre.look at all the babyboomer directors who did win Oscars how they just ripped him off a lot of time.If you didn't know any better you'd think Jaws was a Hitchcock movie.
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The moment in life when you’re old enough to understand how tired she was of everyone’s shit and why It drove her to be the way she is... I feel you girl!! I feel you!
lol yes we all been there 😆😼
Love for this comment
@@melissaivy7457 i love when she trashed the place very 🔥
@@melissaivy7457 i love when lady's do this
The catsuit was very sexy
Her: *Mental breakdown*
The random Cats: Damn did we do that-?
Lmfaooooo
This terrified me
the black cat at one point was like: lady, chill tf out
Tmcmtb
This is just what I was thinking of.
Why in 1996-97 did I liked this VERSION of Batman? This is the creepiest of them all before they made the Joker with (... Cannot remember his name... Its 4h am lol)
I prefer the Catwoman movie with Hale Berry so far. Compare to this side of "Cat Woman" for something similar, i prefer the FIRST VERSION of it in the DC Comic original Comic Book.
Selina is the true tragic villain in this movie. She didn't deserve what happened to her or what she became. Penguins story is sad considering what his parents did to him. But he chose to be corrupt. Selina's mind was broken when Max tried to kill her. I don't think she exactly chose this. The damage to her mind caused it.
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Excellent analogy. Plus Penguin went after children. Made me feel less sorry for him.
Is there any way to fix it?
@Nix Abandoned him as a baby in the sewers of Gotham after he killed the family cat.
I don’t think she is a villain. She’s mentally ill. In this movie, she doesn’t do anything villainy. She’s ambiguous. That’s how she was written in the comics too. You don’t know what side she is on.
30 years later and this is still the best Batman Film moment/scene and performance of a Batman/comic book character🖤🤍 Michelle deserved an Oscar for this role!
Absolutely incredible
My cats were watching this movie and they looked MESMERIZED, like she was their idol
😂😂😂😂😂
#TOOCUTE 😍😘
Wow
😻😼
She’s the queen of the cats 🐈
Illuminating kitty What tho thought?. 😂.
“Honey I’m home-“
“Oh I forgot, I’m not married.”
Ded
StrayyDog me asf
(Curb your enthusiasm theme plays)
That part was dry af.
Dead inside. Literally.
Sam Spirit so is her brain
This is how you feel after a mental breakdown.
Kudos to the actress
The most epic mental breakdown. Complete with cats. Nothing could be better.
Who else has never thought of Catwoman as a villain?
Edit: wow this is my most liked comment ever!
She had enough of being stepped all over. Relatable.
I mean all she did was steal stuff, plus she loved Batman.
I think there are no heroes and villains in this movie. Just characters.
Me
Lol she still is. 🤨😑.
Selena: **on the verge of death**
Cats: it’s free real estate
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4 year old memes!
She was the best catwoman by far
Tim Burton created the best Catwoman ever in a movie!
Can you imagine a solo Catwoman movie, starring her and directed by Tim Burton?
@oddish4352 That would be epic! 🖤
"Madness is like gravity, all it takes is a little push" - The Joker
That is true
The joker is wise
Funny I thought gravity was about getting pulled in! - guess the Joker needs to work on his facts. 🍷😆
Literally in this sense
nice. wonder if chris nolan thought of that. def someone who does his homework. who knows, could've been an interesting dynamic between them had joker been in dark knight rises, had heath ledger been alive
“Say no more” - Max Shreck
Not only was she murdered by her boss, but this scene adds insult to injury with the solicitor's phone message implying women only climb the ladder by sleeping with their boss.
@@CreutzfeldJakobDiseasepatient Did you have a bad day or something?
@@pamelalagos6552 I'm not having a bad day but when I see sjw and hypocrite feminist comments it fucks me up. These people ruined movies, tv and now video games. When will they just fucking stop already?? If I want to watch politics I'll go watch some news. I watch entertainment strictly for what it's called, ENTERTAINMENT.
Danielle in fact man are more hurt, put down and killed then woman by a large comparison. Both sexes have problems
Danielle 77% of last year victims of murder were male. Tbh I’m not defending him, I think he was really overreacting with that girls comment, but to be fair it is quite annoying how everything has to be political nowadays. And how victimizing feminism can feel to ME as a WOMAN (guilt tripping won’t work here ) and on a logical interpretation your comment does seem to imply that woman suffer all those things way more than men(Quote: men aren’t...”) I’m just saying both genders have their pros and cons in this world that is very unfair, and I don’t think making it look like we woman have it so much worse is in any way helpful
@@gabriellaborges1680 commenting online is like walking on eggshells. I wasn't trying to make a political statement about women suffering more than men; I was just commenting on the content of this scene :/
Basically Selena was a crazy cat lady who snapped and became catwoman. Life goals.
Them all these days 😂
Not a crazy cat lady
dying and being brought back to life in some supernatural way by cats way will do that
And also a zombie
In all the comic book movie origins I’ve seen in 43 years, this is my favorite & well performed. 💕
I don't read comics but I heard this sequence was so iconic that they retconned it into the comics .
"Oh, I forgot. I'm not married." *same, honey, same*
Heliuiz K lmao
Heliuiz K XD
And i intend to keep it that way :/
Heliuiz K Fucking marriage laws bend over backwards to fuck any men who marry woman.
Heliuiz K lol
The music in this scene is sad and terrifying. Like her mind is breaking into pieces.
Good old Danny Elfman he’s a genius
@@fuzzyx2face yes true words
Because it was.
Check out the Swedish band Shining’s interpretation of it- first track on Shining IX
Nytua6ewywseax
I’m pretty sure Selina never called her mother back 😂
Might just be a me thing but now that I live alone. I definitely never call my mother back either 🤣
😂😂😂😂
Never noticed before at 3:40, she grabs blue scissor, but it jumps to her using a pink one.
She must have grabbed the wrong color.
I saw both a blue and pink one.
When I saw this as a child I thought she was randomly destroying the place because she was crazy. Now I see it's more than that. She was saying goodbye to the sweet and naive woman that she was, that's why she destroys the stuffed animals and dolls, and paints the pink wall and clothes to black.
Marcos Nonato yeah story of my life
"Hello There = Hell Here" awesome message
@@william678910 is one other thing I couldn't notice as a kid, cause I'm Brazilian and didn't know english back then.
s w she destroyed letter O and T, so now it says HELL HERE
She shouldn't destroy the dolls and stuff animals. I feel much bad for them. You can change without extreme aggression for things which made you happy when you were a sweet and naive person.
"honey, I'm home"
"*oh, i forgot I'm not married*"
Lol what a mood gurl😂
Did you see it ??? :)
@Samaya Alexis * has
@@OpiumBride Wdym? She is beautiful.🥺💕
That joke sucked
Hahaha
She deserved an Oscar. Period.
When I saw this at the movies my dad was so in love with her and a little buzzed he said "Two tickets to see Michelle Pfeiffer." The teenager was so thrown I had to say "Batman Returns please".
Michelle Pfeiffer is hands down the best Cat Woman.
Agree
yeah, she was charismatic from the get go
you state the obvious
Yes she is and besides she's gorgeous
Hathaway was fine, but she wasn't nearly as memorable as Pfeiffer's Catwoman.
Am I the only one who feels really bad whenever she destroys her tiny little apartment? I love it. It looks so cute and cozy.
In most of the world this tiny little apartment has a family of 4 living in it
Yes
No, I felt bad when she destroyed her apartment so you’re not the only one.
As a kid I did but as an adult I understand But as an adult I understand it as a rejection of a life she's been forced to live.
Yeah, I think it’s supposed to make you feel that way. Like her innocence is gone and it doesn’t feel good to watch.
I like how she breaks the lights from saying hello there to hell here
I rewatched this movie recently and noticed something I hadn't before. Around the halfway point, after she's teamed up with the Penguin to get rid of Batman, she's out during the day as Selina and staring at her reflection in a store window, and she says to herself, "Why are you doing this?" And there's a dollhouse display in the window. I thought it was an interesting, subtle character moment, and if you blink you might miss it (like I did for 30 years).
Never noticed that. I’ll have to watch this movie someday. Probably haven’t seen it in 30 years.
This incredible scene wasn’t even scripted, apparently the actress just improvised catwoman going crazy, and the directors loved it. Truly a fantastic way of portraying the character’s complex personality.
@@MegaZeta Stone?
she wasn't randomly destroying the place because she was crazy. Now I see it's more than that. She was saying goodbye to the naive and sweet woman she was, so she destroys the stuffed animals and dolls, and paints the pink wall and clothes to black.
She killed that bird 😮?
and as long as normies like you think that THATS complex superhero movies will keep lacking depth and creativity
She was hysterical absolutely loved it you can tell she's having so much fun with it 😂
Mythbusters: Can you make a whole catsuit out of one latex jacket?
You can if you have that awesome body....
Another big question, can you make one on the fly without so much as a cutting pattern or blueprint?
Depends how big the jacket is
@@MrRufioooo she couldn't breathe in the suit
I mean no...but...kinda..you just need to get pushed
All the details and symbolism, from the pink color flat to the kitty sleep-shirt, the doll house, the toys, to how she uses her kiddie sewing machine and thimbles to make her costume ... you wouldn't see this in a superhero movie nowadays. This is why the Burton Batman movies will always be the best. They're the most lovingly made.
Not gonna lie, this scene alone made me rewatch Batman Returns.
Imagine her and Heath Ledger's Joker......
Omg riot!
Now that...would be a volatile pair
Why SO serious
FACTS 💯
Or Phoenix
The sad thing is the older I get the more I relate to her in this scene. 😰
Thissssssss
The more we age, the more we get to understand the facts that summoned the catwoman inside her... Adults confront different problems than children. And Selina Kyles cup just overflowed....
Truth
Thats unusually correct ..
ikr, i hate it when cats start licking me after i get pushed out of a skyscraper
This always gave me the chills. It's Batman universe but very real as in how abuse breaks someone and their innocence. Amazing acting, music, direction🙌🏼
Michelle Pfeiffer is the best Catwoman ever. She was made for this role!
When I first saw this as a child. I always thought she got cat powers just because the cats bit her.
didn't she? sorry, but could you elaborate? I haven't seen this whole movie - only this clip - so that's probably why I don't know...
@@weeskle2 watch the whole movie, it's great :D
she just has a mental breakdown, and becomes cat woman, no superpowers
@@anthonyzayler5449 what about the blood in his forehead seems like a gun shoot
@@anthonyzayler5449 she has nine lives
“As you know, madness is like gravity...all it takes is a lil push.”
~Joker (heath ledger)
(in this case literally)
1memer she got legit pushed xd
Yeah look what it did to her!
All it takes is one bad day.
We are all joker
Can we all agree that this is the most iconic cat woman ever
She has the best live action Catwoman suit. There's a certain gothic quality to it which I find hauntingly beautiful.
This psychotic break (acting, music, direction, etc...) is one of the most relatable moments in cinema history to me.
That is the genius of Michelle. :)
This is a pretty bad ass scene for all the reasons you mentioned.
This scene is amazing, i just recently rewatched catwoman scenes and in fact every scene with catwoman is amazing, her acting is top class to say the least.
I'd love to get your comments on my catwoman video ruclips.net/video/IQo6FYa3bkc/видео.html
Agreed. I had a very similar breakdown after a traumatic experience last year. The shock before the snap is pretty accurate too.
It's incredible how she made a complete body suit with just a jacket...
still its impossible,, but ok, the best catwoman suit ever! XD
Is actually a coat
and a mask
Fallen Tsubaza that's why it's so tight
Fallen Tsubaza Lol!
3:17
What a music! Full of tragedy and empathy!
Danny Elfman outdid himself.
The soundtrack in this movie is amazing.
This scene alone is a good reason why Tim Burton’s Batman will always remain undefeated. Even with limited technology/effects, we were mesmerized by these characters.
I feel like in modern superhero movies the actors are trying SO HARD to be funny, shiny, entertaining, memorable...
And in 1980s the actors were actually acting.
This!!!!!!
Nail it!
this is a 90s movie
New heroes/ villains now are a joke
@@aslan9334 They all tryna be the next comic. I want less jokes and more super hero.
Cats: "ima start this mans whole career"
Edit: stop saying wamens mans sounds funnier
I see you are a man of culture as well
A culture because of the picture or comment
Mans ... okay
@@aleaf1167 2019 bro xddddddddd
Didn't know she was a drag queen 😂😂
I love how tim Burton always uses Danny elfmans score in every film he directs and produces that's why every film is the best when it's made by them
Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance in this movie was amazing! She brought so much nuance and raw emotional power to the character. This scene is a perfect example, where she says so much with barely any dialogue. Too bad most people these days only seem to remember her for her costume (which was awesome, don’t get me wrong), when there was so much more to her. Best Catwoman ever!
Iconic. Michelle truly nailed this role, she's probably my favorite actress to play the part.
I completely agree no one plays this part like her
wait did the cats make the lady to be like that !?!
Elisabeth Blackwood well, she is probably the Catwoman with most story development and the better range of emotions
Ania Anula
i watched this movie THREE times in theaters, because of her and countless times after that on video and now on dvd.
Burton and most of all the studio should ve followed up on his plans for a catwoman movie with pfeiffer in the lead.
She really nailed the part and the character.
Instead we had to wait for years...and then got halle berry in one of her worst performances and in probably the worst movie about catwoman EVER!
All these people commenting “All it takes is just one bad day”. Bro her boss literally *YEETED* her from a 10+ floor building and she somehow managed to survive just to return to her “miserable” lifestyle. Idk but it seems like life just shitted on her and she went *APESHIT*
The whole "One Bad Day" thing is BS anyways. Even Joker himself had to be going through a lot of stuff long before his "One Bad Day" thing to drive him mad.
芒果GangoMango LMAOOOO!!!!!!
It means it takes one bad day to loose your shit.. Doesn't mean you're not having bad days before it
@@sahil47 That means that the "One Bad Day" thing is just the straw that broke the camel's back. Not one bad day that destroys a perfectly normal person.
Not even just that but the past was depression working at her job with an asshole boss like Max. So it’s not just one bad day but a bad life.
I love the moment where she truly accepts what just happened to her and goes ballistic. Her boss just murdered her for no reason and she survived. She is officially scarred for life from the experience.👍
3:09--Selina thinks, "Black leather...perfect!"
Lots of symbolism in this scene. Being pushed off the rooftop is her fall from grace. She comes back to life, but turns into something completely different, something she never imagine. All that she was has died. The light pink of her apartment represents repressed femininity, it's also very doll like and innocent like her. Her Hello There sign becoming "Hell Here" representing that hell will be raised. The costume itself is symbolical, with the stitches representing her having been broken/torn apart/damaged, and now she's sowing herself back up into something dark, menacing, and seductive. When the costume starts to tear later on in the film, that's her slowly coming undone again.
Pink also stimulates masculine side of brain 😂 and cats are boss
Martin Totally.
I always did love the symbolism here, Tim Burton's a genuis.
Very good analysis. 👍
@@toradrow777 dodjdz
"i don't know about you, miss kitty, but i feel so much yummier."
ICONIC.
My favorite moment, literally it's the climax!!! 🤐🙃😉🤩
YESSS
Right! Eff trying to suck up to my boss.. im owning alll of my womanhood for myslef and own desire.
Best line ever
Miss Kitty: Yeah, yeah. It was you decided to turn up and SET IT OFF up in this bitch. Good luck getting that deposit on this now hell hole back! Time to own it and kill that muthafucka Shreck, girl! Show that bitch you ain't that little girl anymore!
2:03 that scream. 😳 Damn. Just chilling. What a performance.
"What is fascinating about the Douglas character, as written and played, is the core of sadness in his soul. Yes, by the time we meet him, he has gone over the edge. But there is no exhilaration in his rampage, no release. He seems weary and confused, and in his actions he unconsciously follows scripts that he may have learned from the movies, or on the news..." - Roger Ebert, from his review of "Falling Down"
These words describe what makes Tim Burton and Michelle Pfeiffer's treatment of Catwoman so unique. In most other incarnations she is an amoral thief who's at peace with what she does, but Pfeiffer's Selina is badly broken, and even her most exuberant behavior is a cover for how confused and angry she is. She plays up a hidden part of her personality, but she has no idea how to stop, or what she would do if she did stop. In hindsight, her character arc makes the film much less cartoonish and much more tragic.
“All it takes is one bad day”- The Joker
That or an entire career with Christopher Walken as your boss
Gaaaa
HA HA HA !!!!
The joker is so true on that. One bad day can change a person whole life.
“Madness is like gravity all it needs is a little push!”
I was a kid when I saw this movie. Her portrayal of cat woman was engraved in my mind. It was powerful
Same
SAME DEAR
*_isn’t she iconic? i remember a kid this is my fave part of the batman she’s the reason i became gay, she’s my fashion inspiration,i love copying her as catwoman and with that suit, i rip my leather wallet for barbie’s handstitched it to make a suit..MEOW_* 🤣
Same, I was so amazed by her, Catwoman is my favorite character to this day
Same: in 1995 on Hungarian State Television Ch.1
Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry did an amazing role in portraying cat woman. There's no comparison. There's all types of cats...✨
She is such a brilliant actress. She did SO MUCH for this role. I’d never let all those cats all over me
"Honey I'm home. Oh I forgot I'm not married" ok but like same
Shut up.
@@robertomurri1278 no u
@@catlake2067 Fine. I will.
Thats just sad
Sarah Walter hahaha
That scream at the answering machine is so powerful and chilling. Everyone loves the "hear me roar" but her birth in her apartment is my fav catwoman scene.
I adore her scream too!!!
Yeah it was so real...
" Hello, S a l i n a K y l e. We're just calling to make sure you've tried Gotham Lady Perfume. One whiff of this at the office and your boss will be asking you to stay after work for a candlelight staff meeting for two. Gotham Lady Perfume...exclusively at Schrek's Department Store " 2:02
ruclips.net/video/xZ68i0lfdaI/видео.html ⏩👀👀👀👀
My favorite too.
I love how Tim Burton put some supernatural in this movie, Batman doesn't need to be all realistic everytime, he made his version and for me it's a great movie, Michelle Pfeiffer is the best catwoman in live actions!
00:58 that's such a Tim Burton shot. It's impressive how unique his style is. I could recognize his movies with just a glance.
One of the best actresses ever. Why she doesn’t have an Oscar yet is a crime.
So many of them..... Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Bacon, Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Glenn Close, Jim Carrey......
so true
Joaquin Phoenix has one now
@@IGNITEDASMR Yep, the 2nd actor to win for playing the Joker, RIP Heath Ledger
@@TDKiller415 makes joker is the only comic book character that won 2 oscars
Me every night when I get home from work.
Justin Hopkins saaaame
You must have a lOOOOOOTTT of leather body suits by now XD
horrorvictim About 1,000 now ;)
Mmm wanna put them to good use? I promise to bring the milk ;)
and maybe later on in the night I'll let you go crazy on my....scratching post... XD
lmao!!!
One of the Best Scenes from one of the Best Characters of ALL TIME!!
This how many people is comin back In 2022 to watch this masterpiece
👇🎥
"Honey I'm home, oh I forgot I'm not married" same 😂.
KPOP-ADDICT I was like, smoke some weed and you'd forget your Boss pushed you out of a 10 story window.
KPOP-ADDICT same
Same. 😢
ChimChim ARMYYY😍
JIMINIEEE
She really didn’t like that sponsored phone call...
Lololol me
🤣🤣🤣🤣😍
💀💀😂😂😂
Lmao
Cause she was murdered by her boss
Best Batman movie hands down.
She is and will always be the best cat woman.
the wake up moment with white eyes and cat eating her finger was damn scary 😨
Ikr
Love this xD
It was funny.
That's Tim Burton for ya.
He... no
Only Tim Burton can give a horror scene to a superhero movie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sam Raimi gave Doc Ock a horror scene in Spiderman 2, it being the hospital.
Season Springle Also that final fight in Spiderman 1 lol
Sam Raimi goes full Evil Dead in Spider man 2 (and it was glorious)
And James Wan like he did with the Trench monsters in Aquaman.
The Joker it kinda has horror in it tbh
Michelle Phifer was and STILL is thee best Cat woman
Best costume, best esthetic, voice, realism of madness
She did this so perfectly
That cat coming through the window at 2:25 was like "this is obviously a bad time, I'll come back later"
haha! she was so cute and funny :)
😂
Takes the definition of “all it takes is one bad day” to a whole new level.
A truly Menckenian transformation.
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Incredible.....and funny! No one can be Catwoman like Michelle....she's pure charismatic purrrfection...ahhhhh
Zoe is pretty good but still not the best
I’m such a kitty person…I am loving all the kitties in this scene. And OF COURSE Ms. Michelle
I mean if someone called me and said if I purchased their perfume my boss would sexually harass me I mean i too would go crazy 🤷🏾♀️
Also sold by the store owned by her boss that just killed her
Hahaha lol that's true.😂
Lol😂
@@ncapone87
haha yeah good point ,, i’d be absolutely furious 😂😂
You could NEVER script that now. In the 90s Cosmopolitan magazine was literally the working woman's guide for sleeping your way to the top.
Oh suuuuuure... when SHE does it it's an 'origin story' but when I do it it's a "weekly mental breakdown"...
Re: Oh, now. Clearly just a lighthearted joke. Lets not get so messy, lads.😂
Diana Woods lmaoo
Diana Woods When Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer its "art" and "music", but when I do it I'm wasted and have to leave Home Depot.
Eggs n' Toast AJSKSK I SCREAMED
Diana Woods know how you feel
Diana Woods lmao
I remember watching this for the first time at like 10 and finding this scene so creepy
This scene was burned 🔥 into my memory as truly disturbing and amazing as a kid. They just don’t make movies like this anymore. 😢
This scene was not scripted. They just told her to go nuts and this is the result. Epic and my favorite scene in BMR
harleybynature obviously had to know what she was doing so they can get the right camera shots
Ariiuki san Typically they have many cameras to get multiple shots from different angles and they splice together the best
wait really?
slacker28888888 it was not how it worked back then..
RitaTocta it was a joke I think
I'm still amazed she turned a single leather jacket into an entire full body suit
Completing a leather body suit from scratch in a few hours while having a mental breakdown is quite impressive. If this Cat Woman business doesn't pan out then she can always compete on Project Runway😂
The glove was the impressive part.
The confusing part is the jacket was patent leather and the catsuit was latex.
You can tell xxxxs
she pulled the pants out of her ass with the sticthes
Man I love this Catwoman so much. The scenography is always so captivating too!!
As an adult this scene is relatable AF
It's amazing how much realism and nihilism there is in the seemingly fantastical and comical Tim Burton films