I thought #Supergirl was great. I mean, the thing I like about superhero movies is the moral quandaries. After all, with great power comes great responsibility. That's why superhero movies are always interesting. Imagine you had this power... What would you do with it?
"Supergirl" looks at the question of whether you could opt out of using it at all. Power corrupts, right? So can you do more good by just hanging out on a world with a red sun, getting drunk but NOT killing anybody?
What do you do about the fact that other people ARE still going to use and abuse their own power, and are going to kill people? And you could stop them? What kind of obligation do you have?
That's an interesting question. Kara and Ruthye are interesting characters (though Ruthye is suicidally brave and should have died a bunch of times during the movie. I can't see how she lives to adulthood without Kara babysitting her, if she doesn't develop some healthy fear.)
Kara's backstory was also moving. Imagine losing, not just your parents, but your whole world. Everyone who speaks your language. Everyone who knew you as a child. Everything familiar. Everything beloved. Supergirl doesn't just love her dog because he's cute and affectionate. He's all that she has left of her family, her culture, her home. It's a real bummer if you think about it too much, so I don't mind that the movie gives you only a minute here and there to be sad before rushing into the next spectacular action set piece. But it's the sadness rather than the action set pieces that are going to stick with me.
Anyway, go see Supergirl. It's a lot of fun, has a great sound track, looks really cool in a punk rock way, and gives you a lot to think about if you let it.
