I finally get to put this out! I’ve been biting my tongue on this one since December! And I’m so excited I can finally post this! First I want to point out that back then I mentioned how excited I was for this movie and that it was going to trigger the ‘neeeeEEeEEeErrRrrRrRRRrds’ and sure enough. As of writing this, five days before release, those whiny-ass, know-nothing, bitch cunts have been whining and bitching about Milly Alcock. All the blather, based entirely on a handful of trailers, is focused on jackass bullshit like “she’s bullet proof, how’d her ears get pierced?” and “she doesn’t sexually stimulate me enough to be a Supergirl!” And I should point out that I scaled up the language. Mostly because it physically pains me to write such ignorant and low thoughts. Now then, for the real conversation because I don’t want to give anymore energy to those sister-kissing, brain dead incel twats.
In short, I FUCKING love this movie! I know many people believe that a fictional character HAS to have the skin color and genitals for anyone to relate to them. Yes, myself and the people likely to read this are smarter than that. Watching Kara go through her experience in this film was profoundly powerful. They did a fantastic job of portraying among other things that there isn’t a clock one can punch in and out of grieving. And that there’s no good time just get it done and out of the way. This in particular is something I’ve been dealing with for at least three decades. Even now, in my forties, I hear shit from assholes whining that “you’re not an abused child now, get over it!” and then I have to explain to them how stand-up works. Point is, the greater theme of this film is grief and working through it. And yes, there’s some super hero fighting and action and Momoa as Lobo but the big part is the grief thing. Alcock did a phenomenal job portraying a fairly specific vulnerability in this film. Watching someone spiral can be hard, being someone spiraling is painful too but fortunately the numbing helps with that a little. Of course it doesn’t last as long as we’d like. I know, numbing isn’t great in my personal experience it’s just part of the process and the trick is to not stop on that step. All in all, this is a fairly accurate portrayal of the grieving process and that in and of itself is important to portray with ‘super’ people. Even if you can fly or run at supersonic speed, you can’t outrun yourself.
Beyond that, it’s a fun super hero movie! What I saw was a rough cut so, I didn’t get to see all the final SFX and such but everything is done superbly well. The performances, sets, costumes, everything is phenomenal! And Milly Alcock does a fantastic job portraying a young woman coping with the loss of a world, who would’ve been ‘just friends’ with me in high school. I just hope they kept Cheek to Cheek in that one scene, I can’t imagine a better use of that song. This probably isn’t one you should take younger kids but it’s definitely worthwhile for teenagers and up. I’m hoping to go watch it again soon now that it’s out but I need to figure out some things first.
