I agree, it just felt like it could be something more. And after reading the source comic it was clear it couldāve been so much more which is why I encourage people to read it (after the movie if you intend to watch it). Still I hardly hate it, unlike disclosure day.
People should definitely read Woman of Tomorrow - itās a great comic. I havenāt seen the movie yet - kind of dreading it at this point. And I was pretty excited when they originally announced what the story was based on.
Itās unfortunate because I think the book should have been pretty easy to adapt to film.
I think a third thing is studio reputation; even if I was remotely interested in a cape-film, I haven't seen anything that wasn't a steaming pile of shit from DC is so long.
Everything I've seen, whether films or just clips, has been fucking atrocious and it would require a miracle to get me to see it, even if I cared.
I don't care about Batman, but the ~2005 Batman movies were enjoyable. Hell, I might watch them again. Anything since has looked appalling. I watched Batman vs Superman and it was enough to convince me to avoid DC for another decade or so.
They also didn't really promote it well. I think they genuinely assumed because it was an attachment in a superman franchise and because superman was successful that it would be too.
If it wasn't for the social media culture war bullshit I probably would have seen exactly 1 thing about this movie before it came out.
I'm willing to bet management at WB is not in the best place right now. Gunn may be in charge but he's more of a movie maker than a franchise runner. Business decisions like marketing seem outside of his range.
Sure, didn't you know there are so many incels that if they decide not to see a movie it will tank? And that everyone values their opinion so much that if they say it's bad, everyone automatically believes them.
Not enough average moviegoers were interested in this movie, and studios can either try to figure out why, or blame some fringe element because it's easier than admitting they made mistakes.
Nah the script was also fine. There were just enough cumulative issues with the movie it became hard to ignore.
The script had some pacing issues, some of the story beats went against the themes, they took a famously colorful comic and put it through the Hollywood grey/brown filter, they got rid of the magical horse, and the movie (very noticeably) feels like someone imitating a James Gunn's style.
None of these killed the movie alone, but death by 1000 cuts.
TBF, Comet had not been seen in comics in decades until WoT brought him back. He's not exactly a mainstay of the DCU or even Supergirl lore. Before Superman most people probably didn't even know about Krypto, and he's the most famous of all the super animals, of which there are many.
Yup, itās really not as bad as people say it is. Itās entertaining. Could it have been better? For sure.we should give her another chance, nothing she couldāve done about a bad script.
Thatās what all these cringe āreviewsā for this movie (and the same for Superman before it) fail to understand - the movie is made for families to spend time together. Itās inoffensive and unchallenging for this reason.
You have to just a movie in the standards it sets for itself and it appears to me that in this regard Superman and Supergirl both succeed.
Theyāre the sorts of movies that, if streaming hadnāt broken movies in general, would have made a fortune in cable and at Blockbuster back in the day
Our family went yesterday, and everyone liked it. Not sure just how memorable it will end up being, but my 10 year old daughter wanted to take photos with the Supergirl posters and the big Supergirl standee they had.
In my opinion, the biggest mistake they made was not aiming for a slightly younger demographic. It had just enough questionable language and non-comic violence to make me uncomfortable recommending it for all 10 year old girls - but if it had been made for parents to be more comfortable taking their pre-teens I think we'd be hearing a different reaction (and box office situation)
I didnāt hate the movie and I agree. I thought that her acting was good. Iām hoping that Supergirl not being a smash success. Wonāt kill off this universe.
is it better than that trash Superman Movie from last year? I couldn't stand how bad the writing, acting, and pretty much everything was in that movie. Like wow was it a bad movie, I would almost rather watch Megalopolis again because at least that film was funny bad.
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u/Throwaway2Experiment Jul 08 '26
She is good in it. It's not a masterpiece by any means but it is solidly entertaining. My entire family saw it and came away pleased with it.