Gotta say picking Supergirl as the 2nd movie (after Superman) as part of James Gunn-led DCU is a bold move. However, it’s hard to feel that they carried on the momentum started by the first DCU movie.
You can’t help but comparing both movies and it does feel like day and night. Superman movie has a lot of hopeful and light moments while Supergirl carries different tone, in the setting of space dystopia, which comes with a lot of darker and serious theme.
I felt this movie is just a vehicle to bring in Supergirl into DCU. It’s neither a grand introduction of the character, nor her presence is gonna change the landscape of DCU. It’s just a statement like “hey, there’s Superman so of course, there’s Supergirl in the universe too”
Well, we will see what’s next for her in the Superman’s sequel then?
Milly Alcock was able to bring out grounded and emotional side of Supergirl, despite spending first 30mins being tipsy. I hope she gets more chance to show how she can be Supergirl, apart from being Kara Zor-El. Meanwhile, I think I can speak for some that Jason Momoa should have been Lobo even before he became DCEU’s Aquaman. It’s like he is born for that role. So yea, clearly he enjoys being Lobo in the movie but personally I wanted to see more of Lobo.
If I can just sum up the movie, well.. just say it’s like some movies out there.. never mess around with a pet owner, or suffer the consequences. hahaha. At some point, I felt as though I am watching Star Wars, in the context of crimelord ala Mandalorian
I honestly want DC movies to do well, although I’m Marvel-bias. I wouldn’t rave this movie a lot, just that I felt it missed the opportunity to build on the momentum started by Superman. And again, I felt what James Gunn did in smaller screen (Creatures Commandos and Peacemaker) seems to work better. So yea, DC seems to be stuck in this cycle of them doing better on TV than movies.
TL rates : 7/10
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