Supergirl

Director: Jeannot Szwarc 
Screenplay: David Odell
Minutes: 124
Year: 1984
Score: 6.67
Release: Warner Archive Collection

Here’s the thing, the movie is goofy, a little uneven, and cute, I enjoyed this movie, but there is a huge problem but is not the movies fault. Supergirl is a testament to the different entertainment models between boys and girls.

From WBShop.com:

Ilya and Alexander Salkind continue to bring the lore and legend behind the World’s Greatest Super Hero to the big screen in this follow-up to the beloved Christopher Reeve Superman films. Helen Slater (in her screen debut) stars as the sensational Supergirl! Though Superman grew up believing himself to be the Last Son of Krypton, part of his home planet survived: Argo City, home of his uncle, Zor-El (Simon Ward), and Zor-El’s wife, Alura (Mia Farrow). Saved by the wizardry of Zaltar (Peter O’Toole) and the Omegahedron, their daughter Kara comes of age as a Kryptonian when a disaster whisks the Omegahedron to her cousin’s adoptive planet, Earth. Dispatched to rescue it from the clutches of the evil sorceress Selena (Faye Dunaway), Kara must tackle a steep learning curve so that she can pass the test as both mild-mannered schoolgirl Linda Lee and Supergirl!This special edition of Supergirl presents the film’s International Cut, remastered in High Definition for Blu-ray, along with the rare Director’s Cut on a bonus DVD.

Think about this, in Superman, Clark must save the planet from the nuclear threat of the Maniacal Lex Luthor, in Superman 2, he must stop three Kryptonian’s who wish to become despots on Earth, Superman 3 has Clark stopping a mad computer programmer who is trying to control a weather satellite, in Supergirl Kara has to fight a witch who is made that he love spell backfires.

Nukes, Despots, tornadoes, love spell.

Do you see the problem? Girls have. Movies are getting there, but still don’t seem to want to accept that it is possible to make a serious, big budget, female-led picture, even though there is evidence to support the trend. This is a massive problem which is definitely needs to be rectified and I absolutely support that. It is also a bit larger in scope than what I can do, here.

The film has a few redeemable action sequences, specifically early on when Kara is confronted Matt Frewer in a trucker cap who swiftly gets his backside beaten (well, his frontside, buy, you know). Through all of the clumsy sexism there is a charming movie with a reliable cast which entertains; after all, this is for what bright comic book movies exist. Could it be better? Absolutely. Is it worthy of shelf-space next to other DC Comics movies? Definitely.

Special Features:

Commentary with director Jeannot Swzarc and Project Director Scott Michael Bosco
Supergirl—The Making of the Movie
Trailer
Director’s Cut

Director: 6 – Cinematography: 6 – Edit: 4 – Parity: 8 – Main performance: 8 – Else performance: 4 – Score: 7 – Sound: 5 – Story: 6 – Script: 5 – Effects: 7 – Design: 8 – Costumes: 8 – Keeps interest: 8 – Lasting: 10