All right folks, there’s a lot of big Bat-related news that dropped last week, and I’m here to tell you what you’re dealing with and hopefully talk a couple of you down from that ledge after hearing the casting news.
“The Dark Knight Rises” is going to complete the Christopher Nolan Universe trilogy of Batman movies. He has single-handedly rejuvenated the franchise and left a mark on movie making that will never be the same.
So his casting is a big deal. And the villains are perhaps the most important part. Last week it was announced that Anne Hathaway and Thomas Hardy are going to play Catwoman and Bane, respectively.
For those of you asking, “who is Anne Hathaway?” I should seriously slap you, but this post is all for you folks.
She got her career started in the (sigh) “The Princess Diaries,” got much bigger for movies like “The Devil Wears Prada,” and since then has picked up in movies such as “Get Smart,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Love and Other Drugs."
She’s playing Catwoman, who often works as a foil to Batman’s usual fight against crime. The chemistry between her and Christian Bale is what will decide if this works. If Bale can’t even fake chemistry with her (seriously, LOOK at that picture) then he can’t act.
I just have a question of whether she’s the physical type for all that “cat-like” stuff she’s going to need to do. I see her more as the “lawyer that attracts Bruce Wayne” than as the “spandex cat-person who flips for Batman.” Does that make me sexist? Over it.
And there’s not really much to say about this casting. It’s a capable actress doing something out of her normal range. Overall, I’m excited to see how that works. It has to be slightly better than Michelle Pfeiffer and the power of kitten revivals. (Seriously, go watch Batman Returns. That happens.)
Dan
