When we think of "The Return of Batman", a 1992 film by Tim Barton, most of us will have only one association - Catwoman.
Michelle Pfeiffer masterfully played the anti-heroine Celine Kyle, whom we see at the beginning of the film as an insecure, frightened secretary who works for Max Shrek (Christopher Walken), a successful businessman, a criminal in secret. When Selina accidentally discovers his conspiracy, Shrek kills her, pushing her out the window. Her body is found in front of the building by a group of cats, which gives her new life.
When Selina returns to her apartment, which had been furnished "under the thread" until then, from the sudden knowledge of what happened to her, she starts to ruin everything in front of her. At this moment, we fully sympathize with her, while we are overwhelmed by feelings of sadness and pity. Selina starts sewing her suit and becomes a Catwoman.
Her costume has a rough aesthetic, and she made it while she was under a nervous breakdown. It looks just right, as if someone was constantly cutting and sewing until the nervous breakdown passed. The costume reflects her mental state. The costume also symbolizes a new, seductive side in it. Completely in black, discarded from the purple and gray shades in which comics often put her, Catwoman is a soul mate to Batman. It evokes a feeling of romance in him, and that is what the dark knight suppresses and does not allow himself.
Selina moves on Gotham, saving the helpless, but at the same time creating chaos, giving Batman big problems. She is the only villain, or rather - the antihero, who managed to get closer to Batman - to make him reconsider, and to do something for her that he would not have done otherwise. The Joker, the Two-faced, the Penguin, the Poison Ivy ... all inflicted great torment on the Dark Knight in various ways, but none of them managed to approach him intimately like Selina. The chemistry between Batman (Michael Keaton) and Catwoman is undeniable. And not just in this movie. Selina and Bruce are constantly in love and quarrel in all the realizations in which they appear together.
Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer is ultimately Batman's villain on screen. She came closest to spoiling Batman and distracting him from his mission. While other villains like the Joker, Bane, Poison Ivy, and others have played with Batman’s emotions, none of them can boast that Batman would sacrifice his principles for them. They may have temporarily broken his body, but none of them managed to test his heart and soul like the Cat Woman did.
This Selina caught him in a web of love that clouded his mind whenever he judged her methods and the chaotic kind of social justice. Michelle Pfeiffer's playful, unpredictable and sinister play takes on a balance between character drama and sympathy as she plays her duality as a good and a bad girl at the same time. Pfeiffer created a character, Catwoman, who convincingly wrapped Batman around her little finger. Any villain who manages to leave a dark knight in such mental and emotional distress must be a class above the rest.
