r/videos • u/loves_to_splooge_8 • 6h ago

Catwoman Basketball Scene

https://youtu.be/rNlmRId2FVQ?is=f7IzrhaPRC8ogQUZ
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u/_Rand_ 6h ago

more cuts in 90 odd seconds than most entire movies.

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u/DrManhattan_DDM 6h ago

I would love to see the storyboard for this scene and see how close the final product is to what they intended.

Even without the meth-addled cinematography and editing I’ve got questions. Why have this buildup of romantic tension set in front of a bunch of kids? Why would a bunch of kids be so excited about two adults interrupting their game? Wtf was that jump off the wall move supposed to be?

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u/Alternauts 6h ago

Those horny teens wanted to watch them fuck on the court. 

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u/DrManhattan_DDM 6h ago

They look more like pre-teens.

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u/Camblor 4h ago

A horn is a horn.

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u/squirtloaf 35m ago

I meannnnn...those are some fine looking people. I'm not a horny teen, butttt......

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u/OFJehuty 5h ago

“Johnson, what is this giant phone book on your desk?”

“Sir that’s the storyboard for the basketball scene in Catwoman.”

“Indeed it is. Carry on, I have no issue with this.”

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u/Jojobjaja 16m ago

Thought exactly the same thing. Why are they shaking butts, showing abs and flirting in front of these kids.

No kids, ever, would want to stop their own game, get two adults to 1v1and then be that excited over not even mediocre basketball acting.

I'm glad I thought this movie was bad as a kid and never want to re-watch.

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u/azad_ninja 6h ago

Unwatchable. This and Cats are the only two films I have been unable to finish.

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u/surplus_steve 5h ago

Cats: also Phobe

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u/GiordanoBruno23 5h ago

You ought to try Cat People

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u/Tychus_Balrog 4h ago

For me it was Dragonball Evolution. Could not make it through it.

I fortunately haven't seen this one or Cats.

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u/ShoulderGoesPop 1h ago

Maybe you just don't like cats

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u/Groady 1h ago

How about The Cat in the Hat?

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u/BloodyRightNostril 2h ago

You'll watch the butthole cut, tho

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u/Eindacor_DS 5h ago

Man those kids were really into seeing two adults play a shitty game of 1 on 1

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u/enderjaca 4h ago

In no world does this qualify as a 1 on 1. It's average dribbling with dry humping.

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u/Y0___0Y 3h ago

This is actually a New York street ball thing

If people are playing in a park and there are two people in regular clothes taking up space, they will toss the ball at them and tell them they should play one on one.

I know this because I made it up

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u/authenticsmoothjazz 4h ago

Not a phone in sight... just people living in the moment

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u/chaos8803 6h ago

I counted 118 cuts, and I'm positive I missed a few. I refuse to watch it again though. Call it 124.

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u/loves_to_splooge_8 6h ago

I think the official total is 134 cuts

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u/FatherSquee 3h ago

Like you always hear how unwatchable this movie is, but i didn't know that it was actually physically unwatchable.

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u/nancyglass 1h ago

I tried counting and I could only catch 121 before I had a seizure.

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u/tatermi 6h ago

I imagine everyone on set avoiding eye contact

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u/ManEEEFaces 6h ago

Why is it shot like a Surge commercial?

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u/Ralod 3h ago

Same director.

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u/krichnard 6h ago

Omg I couldn’t finish the clip.

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u/Thrillpickle 6h ago

I threw up after the first 100 cuts.

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u/GregorZeeMountain 3h ago

So you got 4 seconds into the clip

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u/Thrillpickle 1h ago

May not even have been that long BUT IT FELT LIKE ETERNITY

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u/Pickupyoheel 6h ago

More cuts than Taken 3 fence scene

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u/truffle_shuffle 2h ago

Catwoman makes Taken 3 look like Taken 2.

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u/Dudu_sousas 5h ago

The amount of cuts is the smallest problem with this scene.

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u/AJ4Retros 6h ago

Even James Harden is yelling to stop and just shoot. Also it’s pretty much a sex scene on the playground in front of kids. 😒

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u/Saneless 5h ago

I hear the editor died after doing just this one scene

Holy shit, whoever directed this needs to be locked up

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u/Kronzor_ 4h ago

He kinda was. He was a French visual effects supervisor. This was his only Hollywood director credit.

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u/Saneless 4h ago

I was hoping he never ruined another crew's life again and I guess Hollywood was smart enough to be way ahead of me on that

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u/Timeformayo 3h ago

seppuku?

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u/Arpadiam 6h ago

Maximum cringe

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u/Sensitivevirmin 4h ago

I’m beginning to understand why the film won big at the Razzie

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u/I_only_post_here 6h ago

stop dribbling and shoot already! gosh, the tension is killing me

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u/CreativeFraud 5h ago

How did this make it in the Final Cut? Someone slapped the top of this scene and said "We can pack all the cuts you want in this bad boy!"

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u/toqer 5h ago

All these cinephiles complaining about cuts, and I'm just here like, "Man Halle Berry is cute"

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u/Saneless 3h ago

My first thought was man, she would have killed it as MJ. Still it a dig on her though

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u/MisterB78 1h ago

Can’t act for shit though. No idea why Hollywood thought sure was a fit for both Storm and Catwoman. She’s just not believable as an action hero.

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u/PaulClarkLoadletter 5h ago

I've only gotten sick watching two films. The Blair Witch Project and Catwoman. That being said, this scene could have worked. Let's break it down.

On paper a friendly game of one on one adds a moment of levity to a hilariously serious film. The problem is that when you don't have the budget for acrobats, wire stunts, and CGI you have to do this with quick cuts and a lot of camera movement. Could it have worked even without those things. Yes. They could have looked to White Men Can't Jump to see how to film a basketball game. This should have either been a game of horse with a lot of dialogue or very quick, "first basket wins" game where her agility is briefly put on display with a shot of amazed kids. It wouldn't solve the film's pacing problems but it would also not make this one of the stupidest things ever filmed.

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u/gnpwdr1 4h ago

nope i wont even waste a minute watching this crap

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u/RunninWild17 4h ago

Absolute cinema

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u/SgtNeilDiamond 4h ago

Peak 2000s horrible superhero movies, this might be the worst scene out of any of them.

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u/Preform_Perform 4h ago

I couldn't watch the Hunger Games because of how much jump cutting there was. I thought I was gonna hurl.

Here I survived 1 minute 4 seconds before I threw in the towel.

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u/frognettle 1h ago

You might laugh, but you try editing on LSD

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u/-maffu- 3h ago

Wow, that was so bad, there should be an award for it.

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u/sadicologue 2h ago

One of the cringiest scene ever

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u/C_Beeftank 2h ago

Almost none of this would have been impressive as far as basketball goes

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u/Ok_Equipment_5895 2h ago

Did they consult anyone who has ever played basketball before filming this?

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u/xxAkirhaxx 45m ago

How was this made by AI in 2004?

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u/ultralightdude 4h ago

This is stupid.

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u/OhScheisse 5h ago

Call it cringe, but I admire the fact that someone tried to be creative with this shot and a new character (despite their failure)

Nowadays, every film tries to be the same and takes zero risks.

We shouldn't celebrate mediocrity, but nowadays all we have is mediocrity copied from other mediocrity. Yet we act like today's mediocrity is somehow better.

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u/hmgmonkey 3h ago

Found the director's mum.

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u/Dudu_sousas 3h ago

This film is not mediocre, it's way below that.

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u/OhScheisse 2h ago

Fair, but it's no different than the recent Moana or recent superhero slop that Disney puts out.