The movie used seven decades of tricks to take away her powers so we never actually got to see her be super. Every 5 minutes another thing takes away her powers. Even in the final battle the climactic ending of the movie she's shot with a kryptonite arrow and has to fight at a handicap. It's just a piss poor movie.

The acting was great, the story concept was great, but the scene to scene plot was just abysmal.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 27 points 1 day ago

So the movie is actually just Girl.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago

It’s why so many of the DC stuff is so boring. These are superpowers that have minimum viable characters wrapped around them. The only interesting thing that can happen to them is changing their powers.

I watched this movie, and they really tried to make it interesting. She starts as a total screwup and arcs towards greatness. But none of the motivation makes any sense and so most of her decisions come down to “if she didn’t do this the plot wouldn’t move forward.” Frankly, that’s how almost every superhero movie feels now.

I think the problem with this movie is that a) it wasn’t for kids and b) it wasn’t for manchildren who wear clothes with Batman logos on them. Not a lot of market left after that.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Oh no! The multi-billion dollar corporation didn't make millions of dollars on the movie they paid to have made?!?!? This is a TRAVESTY!!!!

Meanwhile in the Legion of Doom, Trump is trying to take away medicare prescription subsidies.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I generally like comic marvel even DC films. This was the first ever movie (I'm nearing 40) I could not watch through. What a boring shit show. And I can't even say what they are doing wrong.

[–] ulkesh@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't that bad either. The issue isn't the movie. The issue is that people, like myself, rarely go to the movie theater anymore. It has to be of significant quality of a movie (think: The Matrix, The Odyssey, Spaceballs 2 :D ) to even consider going to deal with the people, the high price, etc.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I had a free ticket to see a movie last weekend and I used it to watch the Hadestown musical cause literally everything else was a waste of time. It still cost me $25 for concessions BTW.

Side note, I had already seen Supergirl and The Odyssey back when they came out.

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think it's a mix of reasons, the biggest one obviously being the movie is mediocre. But I think the other big reason is that Supergirl just isn't a franchise most people care about. People would flock to the cinema for Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, maybe even Aquaman because he's better known. But a story about Superman's sister running around in space? Ehhhh...

[–] ulkesh@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago

Yep, I think we're both correct. https://www.pewresearch.org/chart/domestic-ticket-sales-plunged-during-the-pandemic-and-still-havent-recovered/

To add another reason, Hollywood producers seem quite keen to rehash the same movie or type of movie over and over. They remake movies literally multiple times. And they have nearly zero original movie ideas that they promote. Sure, superhero movies since Iron Man has done fairly well -- because the comic book nerds finally grew up and have their own money to spend. But that isn't going to last, especially in this post-pandemic, greed-ridden, unregulated economy.

None of this should be a surprise to any studio exec or producer.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think people don't care as much about franchise anymore either. Obsession is projected to do better than Supergirl, and at a fraction of the budget.

People just want good movies.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sister thought she his cousin?

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah you're right

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Im more surprised to hear theaters are even open during Covid times

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Covid times been over.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean idk I been holed up since covid began, so I'm not aware of whats going on outside.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How do you not know anything from the last six years? You obviously have Internet.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 points 3 hours ago

I just watch movies on streaming or PVOD. Why would I research if theaters are open if I cant go outside anyway?

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The last supergirl was a major flop as well. 40+ years ago...

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Eh, I'm sure it'll do fine on streaming.

None of us can afford to go to the movie theater anymore so this sort of story means nothing.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Odyssey is doing great in theaters though....

[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

People will pay for a known quantity.

Christopher Nolan puts butts in seats. Spider-man will put butts on seats.

Supergirl is not well known enough to be a must-see, especially when only one rebooted DCU film has come out so far. The track record for the DCU pre-reboot is still likely hurting Gunns universe.

It also doesn’t help that the Chuds crawl out of their basements to complain loudly whenever a film stars a woman.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I bought a projector for what it would've cost for me to take myself and my kids to the movies 3 times. It's actually really nice to enjoy the classics outdoors/indoors, wherever.

We have watched so many movies we've upgraded to a better speaker, and got a mini popcorn machine.

Beyond worth it.

I will likely bever step into a theatre again

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

and got a mini popcorn machine

I'm semi intrigued by this. How is it? And what kind of volume does it turn out?

I've actually become boss at making popcorn on the stove though. I watch a lot of movies.

If you haven't come across it yet, Flavacol is amazing for getting that cinema popcorn buzz.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Flavacol is insanely good, and it's stupidly cheap.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Preach!!! I got gifted my first one and it lasted like 4 years and going. I have a fresh one lined up.

I sprinkle it on my roast potatoes now while they're still in the oven. Nom nom nom. Amazing gear.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Try it on fries as well, a little goes a long way.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh yeah Flavacol is the best. I also really like using coconut oil.

Ours is 8 oz(1 cup kernels) but it's a true popcorn machine because it does the heating, and the turning. I really like it. It's enough to feed ~10 people with a little bowl, and it only takes ~10 minutes so it's easy to make seconds to share, and I've never had anyone have room for thirds.

We tried an air popper but I just can't get the right flavor

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup. I see about a movie in theaters a year. Would have gone to see this one if I didn’t need to eat food to live.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've sworn off the cinema these days. Way too many theater talkers who lack the ability to shut the fuck up

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I see people say that on here occasionally. Does nobody tell them to pipe down? I've yet to come across any thankfully.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

On top of it costing too much, it's usually full of assholes on their phones, it stops me bringing my own snacks/costs way to much to buy them there, cannot pause for bathroom breaks and I usually pay for parking.

But the biggest reason... I cannot smoke cones at the theatre, fuck that.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

Superman was a really fun movie, but it felt pretty obvious it's gonna be mostly downhill from here. But I'm totally fine with that, I don't want another franchise that tries to make me constantly watch just so I can keep up. Maybe they'll hit on another winner, but I'm not holding my breath. And in this case I'd definitely say the actress was robbed. The story, pacing, and general feel of the movie were where it fell flat for me.

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm watching it right now, trying to at least, and it's ... crap. Dull, uninspired, pointless.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

So its a DC/Marvel film.

[–] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's definitely dull and uninspired, which is a shame because I love the Tom King run it's based on. I liked Milly Alcock as Kara, she nails that disaffected youth feel from the book, but the dialogue, camerawork, and action scenes just don't land.

I turned it off halfway through and maybe I'll pick it up later. It's head and shoulders better than the Snyderverse stuff, but at least had the decency to be bad enough to make me angry about it. This is just meh.

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 1 points 23 hours ago

I hit halfway and started skipping hoping to find it getting better. It did not.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

It was slightly more interesting than I assumed it would be, but that’s a low bar.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not really surprised. The character is a C-tier hero, even lesser than Robin having his own movie.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ryan George has really saved me a ton of money.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

The youtuber?

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I tried watching it yesterday and could not make it past about 15 mins.

[–] DarkSurferZA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The biggest flop so far...

You know what meme goes here. I am too lazy to fetch it

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haven't seen it yet but surprised it could be worse than the late crap Snyder was pumping for them

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

It isn't

[–] xploit@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder whether these figures ever account for tax breaks and such? Anybody more familiar with the industry know, since you know... nearly every damn thing made these days has several states, provinces or countries listed in their "thanks for the free money" section of credit scenes.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

It goes by ticket sales