1. Outsmarted Everyone
Let's count: Alfred, Bruce, a congressman, Stryver, Daggett, Bruce again, random guy messing with her friend, Bruce once more, a cop, and who knows how many more. She was Einstein compared with almost every character there, every character who was - this is important - a man. I don't think Selina Kyle even met the other main female character, Talia. Now assuming the general audience for this film were men, why would this be a good thing? Men don't like to be outsmarted. Well, it's all because her character outsmarted the audience as well. She played into her helpless girl stereotype in the film - the intro and the bar scene - and no one batted an eye. She played into her femme fatale stereotype and no one batted an eye. She played almost every female stereotype there was, but at the end, she fooled us all and could have outlived everyone with her mastery over trickery. True, Nolan isn't known for his female characters and could have just crammed together every cliche there was, but in the end, the result was flawless. Every stereotype was contrasted with the polar opposite stereotype creating drama, action, and pure Catwoman. She was pleasantly unexpected in all her scenes and had the honor of killing the ruthless Bane. The reason people have a hard time pin-pointing her character is because she
is supposed to be mysterious. Chances are, you'd want to be her friend, but would be terrified to cross her. One thing I didn't mention, but was pretty self-explanatory was Anne Hathaway's performance. She made this character come alive with all her intricacies that could have easily been overdone and cheesy. I say, congrats to you Anne, you deserve it.