A Dull CGI Mess
Film critic Jason Evans is here to tell you everything you need to know about movies faster than a speeding bullet. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too short, while 101 would be wordy). Here is his 100-word review of Supergirl.
The Premise: Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock from House of the
Dragon) is a superhero without a home. She came to Earth many years after her
cousin, Superman, did and doesn’t feel much of a connection to it. She
grew up on a part of Krypton that survived the initial destruction of their
planet, but eventually died out. So, she is just wandering around planets that
have red suns (Earth is yellow) which means she won’t have her powers, but also
means she can get drunk and at least feel SOMETHING. But when Kara’s dog Kypto
is poisoned by outlaws known as the Brigands, Kara needs to get her
powers back to save him. And she is carrying extra baggage, a young girl named
Ruthye who’s family was murdered by the Brigands. The film also stars Jason
Momoa as Lobo, an interstellar bounty hunter and renegade. It is directed by
Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya and Cruella) and produced by the new head of the DC Universe, James Gunn.
The 100-words: With little of the charm or humor of Gunn’s Superman, this film is a slog. The planet-hopping and green screens give
it little sense of place and Kara’s youthful angst gets tiresome. All the action
is CGI that feels like something we have seen a million times before. The Brigands are
uninteresting, generic bad guys. Lobo is useless and probably should have
been completely cut out. I like Alcock and think her character can be
useful in the DCU, but this film needed a more thoughtful plot and steadier
direction. Gunn and DC need to course correct after
this mess.
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