Yes, I know, trying to pick out a pointless sequence which doesnt advance the plot in a movie like Catwoman is akin to shooting very large fish in a very small barrel whilst armed with an Uzi. The 2004 Halle Berry vehicle was so woefully misconceived and poorly executed on every level, with its bad acting, bad writing and frankly bewildering directorial decisions left and right, that it isnt a matter of the occasional moment standing out as bad. The entire 104 minutes is an all you can eat buffet of badness. And yet, there is a particularly roast-worthy sequence when Berry goes head to head with Benjamin Bratt in what is clearly meant to be an eroticised game of one-on-one basketball; a rather inappropriate location for overt sexual flirtation, considering theyre surrounded by kids at the time. Director Pitof further indulges his taste for really, really strange camera angles, clearly anxious to come off all crowd-pleasing and hip, but only succeeding in taking the absurdity to a whole new level. Its also curious to note how often movies like to use basketball as a means to showing how a character has developed near-supernatural physical prowess: see the similar sequences in Alien Resurrection and The Amazing Spider-Man - both of which, funnily enough, are also pretty bad films. Nor is this the last time basketball will get a look-in on this list...
