Supergirl Mostly Rocks! 

Supergirl is the latest installament of DC Studios and it‘s adapting the comic book Woman of Tomorrow, directed by Craig Gillispie and stars Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, Evie Henry and David Corenswet

This is mostly an origin story to Supergirl, but also a fairly continuation of Superman.

The Movie Has Some Solid Moments

Supergirl starts off with a solid first act introducing what Kara has been up to since she left Earth to get drunk across the planets. From the get-go, Craig Gillispie brings style, joy and fun to the camera bringing some aspects of the planets without feeling that we are watching a Guardians of the Galaxy rip-off.

The movie has a lot of comparasions to those kind of space movies, but Supergirl stands of it‘s own, and it‘s clearly that James Gunn wanted an R-rated cut from this film, because there‘s some moments that clearly was shot as violent bloody style.

The Origins

Supergirl doesn‘t waste time to introduce us to Kara and where she came from, and why she didn‘t leave with his cousin to Earth, and why Jor-El was basically a dumbass, the explanation was on point and straight to our prayers.

This is a story about finding your path, forgetting the past and keep moving into the future. Kara is a character that basically lost his parents, Krypto is dying from a venom that the main villain shoot at him, but also Kara is struggling to find inner peace between herself. She doesn‘t have a clear journey, she doesn‘t what she wants to be.

Mily Alcock owns the role of Kara, she is our Supergirl, and brings too much to the role. There‘s some moments on the film where basically the movie falls down, but Alcock gives an extraordinary performance that saves the entire scene.

The Issues

Ana Noguira script has many flaws, she is clearly trying to pack up different storylines at once, but she delivers two solid first acts, but by the third one, she doesn‘t know how to close the story. There‘s some issues at the decisions of the characters near the end, that I wanted to hit my head through a wall.

Krem in the comics, he‘s barely a villain, his counterpart is more menacing, fun, but evil, this actor brings fun to the role and he seems like he is having a blast. Another mistake is the movie trying to adapt the comic WOMAN OF TOMORROW, but Ana simply skips most of the good parts of that comic and creates something else in between.

The Rest…

Supergirl also has clear issues with the score and relies on songs, but Craig Gillispie tries to do his best James Gunn imitation, but all the selection of songs doesn‘t feel earned or right. But, when Lobo appears on screen, Jason Momoa is bringing his inner child to the screen and it‘s one of the best parts of the movie.

David Corenswet returns as Superman for a couple of scenes and you can tell why James Gunn chose this actor to play the part, he is our Superman, and the interactions with Supergirl are great.

Final Thoughts

Although, Supergirl lacks a good landing at the third act and has some issues along the way, I liked it. I found it appealing to watch, besides the horrible 3D format, but it‘s a great blockbuster summer movie.