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    Variety: Super Girl Is A “Super Horrendous” Movie With “The Worst Script I Can Remember”


    Variety: Super Girl Is A “Super Horrendous” Movie With “The Worst Script I Can Remember”

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    1. Elestria_Ethereal on

      Other reviews share the same sentiment and rotten tomatoes critic score is low. The movie is currently on track to bomb hard at the box office

    3. accushot865 on

      I can already hear the Snyder fans’ renewed bitching and moaning about how Gunn is ruining DC

    4. ecto-american on

      I am no James Gunn hater. GotG 1 is top 5 Marvel movie for me and I genuinely loved his take on the character of Superman.

      I have zero confidence or interest in his plan for the DCU, too many humurous side characters and not enough heavy hitters.

    5. Odd_Cake3759 on

      I mean, the premise is drunk super girl is saving superdog. Were we meant to have the best script ever? I’m still going to see it.

    6. nightfallii on

      Man, I really wanted this to do well to shut the snydercult up. This is just going to make them worse…

    7. Pulsar11_11 on

      If I listened to what critics had to say about anything I’d never watch a good movie.

    8. Jester471 on

      Name me a good super hero movie in the last decade. It’s all garbage.

      The genre went to shit and is just a giant cash grab.

      I refused to watch “The Boys” because it was superheroes but I decided to give it a chance. Still some dumb superhero bullshit but it’s the only thing in the genre that’s I’ve actually enjoyed in a decade or more.

    10. SuperDoubleDecker on

      I’m not expecting much besides a fun movie. Not too concerned about it’s cinematic merits beyond that.

      Gunn will make it fun

    11. Malkovtheclown on

      This is starting to feel like a dogpile to bitch about superhero formula movies in general. A lot of the complaints being mentioned were the same flaws most superhero movies have. Kinda a weak script, some great performances, but poorly executed story.

    12. wintermoon138 on

      I like Man of steel, BVS, and JL (ZS version) fine enough, but I was not a comic reader much so I only know some things from the multiple sources and timelines.

      But BVS felt strange to me unless I am
      misunderstanding the story. Luthor knew Wayne and Kents indentities. It felt like this was the first time Clark met Lex yet Batman has been around for a while and already fought a lot of his villians. I though Superman and Batman were kind of happening at the same time and then they join forces down the road. But maybe I am wrong?

      I really like the new Superman film. I absolutely love Peacemaker and I am glad he’s tying it in.

    14. beavis617 on

      Wasn’t the SuperGirl movie with Helen Slater and Faye Dunaway trashed as well?

    15. TylerBourbon on

      This is what Variety said of the first GotG film.

      >”Franchise starter is overlong, overstuffed and sometimes too eager to please, but the cheeky comic tone keeps things buoyant”

      I’ll take their review with a grain of sand and am still optimistically looking forward to it.

    16. locknarr on

      It really is unfortunate if the early reviews end up being correct. I want the best for this new DCU but they need to be putting their best foot forward, not churning out stuff that looks like a generic 2010’s superhero movie. Seems like the only thing they kept from the source material was Supergirl.

    17. jogoso2014 on

      I was not interested in this until the negative review described the plot lol.

    18. ampersands-guitars on

      It’s crazy how all the summer blockbusters are striking out this year. I feel like scripts that were forgivable a few years ago just aren’t anymore.

      The Mandalorian and Grogu team should be feeling a little better about its performance after the action films that have followed.

    20. bromygod203 on

      I had to say this but I feel like Supergirl got politicized and men (generalizing here) are absolutely trashing this movie because Superman got politicized. I’m seeing it tonight at an early screening and very much looking forward to it

    22. Sturka on

      Im surprised the headline didn’t read something like “Variety SLAMS Super Girl!”

    25. Caca_Face420 on

      Shocker, I don’t trust any DC movie produced by WB regardless of who is involved. James Gunn can’t save WB from themselves.

    27. CrissBliss on

      “That said, there was one thing about “Superman” that perhaps the whole world could agree on: In that 12-minute-long argument between Clark Kent and Lois Lane (mostly a very good scene), the moment when Clark made the case that Superman’s wholesome valor was “punk rock”… well, *that* was cringe”

      Wasn’t it supposed to be just a cute/dorky moment where Clark explained himself to Lois?

    29. baordog on

      People are looking to crap on this before it even comes out. I’ll reserve my judgement until actual normal humans without paid writing jobs see it.

    32. TheGentlemanBeast on

      Are we back to critics hating Gunn movies that very specific audiences absolutely adore? The world is healing.

      I thought He Man was going to be my: “how did this get made oh my god it’s so bad” movie, but it was awesome with an incredible soundtrack.

      Maybe supergirl will suck the way I want a blockbuster to suck.

    35. tommysplanet on

      I’m sick of seeing these headlines. I haven’t seen Supergirl yet, but I can almost guarantee that there are at least a dozen films with worse scripts released this month.

    36. TheB1ackAdderr on

      This same critic rated Project Hail Mary a 50/100 and Happy Gilmore 2 an 80/100.

    39. GalaganCoffee on

      Don’t listen to random reviews.

      The right way to do it is to find someone who’s reviews align with yours so you actually get consistency instead of whatever agenda is being pushed

    40. pinewind108 on

      This was released with zero early reviews, which seems to be a sign that focus groups weren’t happy with it.

    42. totaltvaddict2 on

      Me reading headline: oh what a shame, I enjoyed the comic this was based on.

      Me reading review that summarizes a lot of the plot: that is the comic story it’s based on.

      Looking forward to movie again

    44. ClovieKay on

      It’s 2026. Everything has to be the best thing you’ve ever seen or the worst thing you’ve ever seen. At this rate, we are going to devolve back into cave men using grunts to describe movies.