8 Great Characters DC Movies Have Completely Screwed Up

2. Catwoman

If you're wondering why both Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. are so reluctant to give female led superhero movies the green light, look no further than the likes of box office flop Catwoman. We've obviously seen a couple of very interesting takes on Selina Kyle in Batman Returns and The Dark Knight Rises, but this movie removed her from the equation and instead decided to come up with a new creation called Patience Phillips. Gone was the morally complex cat burglar, and in her place was a meek office worker who was granted cat-like powers after being brought back to life by an Egyptian Mau cat. Seriously, what the f*ck were they thinking? This bizarre take on the comic book property threw everything which makes the character great out the window in order to focus on a woman who is some sort of weird cat/human hybrid with a thing for milk. Had the story been any good, this could have worked as one of those comic book adaptations which is horribly unfaithful, but still a decent enough movie. Patience could have even become an interesting new addition to the DC Universe, but that obviously didn't happen, and everything about this new Catwoman and her battle against the evil owner of a cosmetics company (really) was a complete misfire and insult to the character.