Worst…move…EVER!
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joe_538 — 12 years ago(July 15, 2013 05:34 AM)
It's not even the worst superhero movie. It's current rating is ahead of Man-Thing, The Return of Swamp Thing, RoboCop 3, Superman IV, Batman and Robin, Catwoman, and Steel.
I liked it. Not great, but there are worse ways to kill an hour or two. -
ninji19 — 12 years ago(July 13, 2013 12:40 PM)
Makes Superman 3 and 4 look like genius.
Actually I'm opposite. As cheesy as Supergirl is, somehow I thought it was better than Superman 3 and especially 4! Just wish more things had been explained throughout, and that Superman had made an appearance. -
VinnieRattolle — 12 years ago(July 18, 2013 03:16 AM)
Superman 3 & 4 were both awful. All of the Batman flicks post-Returns/pre-Dark Knight were inane. Catwoman (still don't understand the point, since they told her story better in "Batman Returns"), Daredevil, the original Captain America, the unreleased Fantastic 4, the Hulk and Spider-Man TV movies, Generation X (with Matt Frewer badly channeling Jim Carey). I could go on and on listing superhero films which were infinitely worse than Supergirl.
That's not to say it's perfect because it's certainly not. The pace is plodding (to say the least) and Kara's character rarely rises above two-dimensional (no disrespect to Slater, as the problems were in the writing, not with her performance) but there's plenty of memorable moments, great special effects (many of which hold up remarkably well) and a tour-de-force performance by Dunaway (which is best seen in the full scenery-chewing 138 min version). Should note that if you've only seen the US version prior to its 2000 DVD release, there was a substantial chunk of story removed.
There are plenty of films I could easily label "the worst," and plenty of Godawful missteps in the superhero film genre, but while this might not be the best of 'em, it's not the worst by a longshot.
