The Cats Meow

There was big news last week when Warner Bros. and The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan decided to unveil the first official image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.  Here's the offiicial image below.

All black leather?  Possible domino mask underneath goggles?  What's the problem?

The collective whining of fanboys everywhere reached such a high pitch that many dogs started to suffer from bleeding ears.  People?  Did you really expect Chris Nolan to just give you everything?  This is a guy who is all about keeping as many surprises as possible in his movies (which is even harder to do in the internet age).  What were you expecting the second coming of Michelle Pfeiffer?  The biggest complaints were that there were no "cat ears" and that she didn't have a cowl.

It hasn't been ruled out that there isn't a cat ear cowl, but let's say for a moment that what we see above is it.  That this photo represents what the Catwoman costume will entail.  What exactly is the problem?  Hathaway is covered from neck to toe in skin tight black leather.  If you ask me, just looking at this pick alone, the costume is very similar to the most up to date look for Catwoman in the comic books.  Don't believe me?  Take a look at a few of these pics below from the recent Catwoman series.

As you can see from these pics the most recent version of Catwoman in the comic books has a costume that is.....ALL BLACK LEATHER FROM HEAD TO TOE!  So what's the problem?  It's pretty spot on if you ask me.  Hathaway's is even sporting a pair of shades/goggles just like Selina Kyle does in the comics.  Granted Hathaway's goggles seem to be a little more high tech then the comic book version. 

Sure Catwoman shows a little cleavage in the comics.  Ok a LOT more cleavage.  But Hathaway's costume does appear to have a zipper around the neck and I'm sure she'll be flashing Batman a peak at some point.  Besides, if seeing Hathaway's "co-stars" is all you're concerned with then go see her last movie Love and Other Drugs, which I'm sure she submitted to WB in her audition to show how a skin tight leather outfit would look on her since she was pretty much naked throughout the entire movie.

I'm not the least bit upset about how Hathaway looks in her first official Catwoman image.  Keep in mind the only reason they released this image is because they're filming in Pittsburgh and Nolan and WB knew that fans would be snapping pics and posting them on the net.  Better to get an official image out before that happens.

In regards to the cat ears/cowl debate, well, who knows honestly.  We won't have an official idea until they release more photos or the first images of the toy line for the movie.  I'm not crying spilled milk whether there is or isn't a cat cowl.  If you look closely enough at the official image, it's pretty obvious she's wearing a domino mask underneath the goggles, which I think is very cool.  Maybe they're going for more of a 60's Julie Newmar look.  I can see Hathaway maybe trying to emulate that style.

And as for internet rumors that Hathaway is obsessed with being the sexiest Catwoman ever?  Good luck with that Anne.  Say what you will about Halle Berry's Catwoman movie.  It was horrible.  Maybe one of the worst movies of the last 50 years, but I'm not too ashamed to admit that the Berry Catwoman movie was on HBO not too long ago and I could NOT keep my eyes away, whether she was in the costume or not.  Ok maybe I'm a little ashamed.  That is the power of being one of the sexiest woman ever to walk the face of the earth.

If you've really got your bat boxers in a bunch though, calm down.  In an interview after the photo was released, Hathaway said the pic is only about 10 percent of what her Cat-suit will ultimately be.  So pipe down with your whining.  Remember when the first image of Heath Ledger as the Joker came out and everyone complained?  And what happened?  Only quite possibly the greatest comic book movie villain performance of all time that won an academy award.

So get over it.  And remember.  In Nolan we trust.