DVD : Supergirl

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Rating:

- Cool movie!
Supergirl, while not the best movie succeds in being a fun fantasy film. The flying sequences are great! I had only seen the film previously on vhs, so on DVD they are beyond cool. It is a fun non-taxing on the brain kind of movie! Having Faye Dunaway in it is just icing on the cake! Mommie Dearest as the bad guy!

Rating:

- Wouldn't call it super
Where do I start? The acting? The plot? The special effects? I really wanted to like this movie and I guess I did on certain levels, but compared to the first Superman movie this is disastrous. I liked Helen Slater as the girl of steel, and Faye Dunaway and Brenda Vaccaro ham it up in a likable way, but these characters deserve respect and they really didn't get it. The plot, which has Kara (Supergirl) going to earth to retrieve an energy source that will save her planet, needs a lot of work. The special effects need a lot of work, too. It's as if the powers that be on this film were afraid they were going to take a loss and they didn't spend any more money than they could afford to lose. Don't get me wrong; the film is worth seeing, but play it safe and rent it first before you buy it. And another thing---WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD A SPECIAL WIDESCREEN DVD EDITION OF THIS MOVIE BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THE FIRST SUPERMAN MOVIE ISN'T EVEN AVAILABLE ON DVD??????????????? HAS THE WORLD GONE COMPLETELY MAD??????????????

Rating:

- Flaws can't sink this 'Super' film
Upon its release in 1984, "Supergirl" received only a few good reviews; but one of them was my then-hometown paper, the Detroit Free Press. That combined with the fact that I was already a SG fan helped me enjoy the film.

16 years have passed, and now the original international edition is out on DVD. How does "Supergirl" hold up? Surprisingly well.

Granted, some of the dialouge in this film is embarrasingly bad. But Helen Slater brings such an innocence to the title role, and Faye Dunaway is so deliciously over-the-top as the wicked witch Selena, that I can't help but enjoy "Supergirl". The flying sequences still look great after all these years -- and the Maid of Might's aerial ballet in the opening act is a classic!

All things considered, "Supergirl", while no masterpiece, is better than its reputation. Give it a chance, and maybe you too will believe a girl can fly!

Rating:

- What's that Smell? IT'S SUPERGIRL :The Movie
In one short sentince; This movie stinks! The plot: Cripton Exploded but was not distroyed completly thanks to a power sorce in a city. The power sorce is stollen by a want to be Sorceres. Supergirl fales to stop the theft-the citezens blame her. she goes to earth instantly knows about Superman & Clark Kent (No explination). And gives away Superman's identity by having her alter identity be Kent's cousen and reveal that Supergirl is Superman's cousen. All through the movie she never meets Superman becouse he is on an alian planet fighting an alian war. Is that what his parents wanted in the first 3 films? NO! In Supergirl men are wimps; women are strong and all earthers are IMBASILS, becouse they never figure out the identity of Superman. Even after Supergirl revels her own secret identity. The movie was poorly acted and directed. But the specal efects where nice. Frome a scale of 1-10. The movies from the early 1980's I consider better then this one are "Flash Gordon" I rate a 3 and "Star Trek III" I rate a 5. Supergirl:The Movie is so bad I give it a 1 for specal efects.

Rating:

- A flawed classic and guilty pleasure
Almost done in by a campy villainess subplot, Supergirl survives thanks to superb pre-cgi special effects (Chris Reeve praised it as the best flying he'd seen in any of the films), a solid Jerry Goldsmith score, and Helen Slater's, well, *goodness*, in the title role.

I had the advantage of first seeing the film with my own then-seven-year-old blonde superheroine, and my daughter's expression of sheer delight as Kara skimmed over the lake and flew with the wild horses reminded me of the thrill I felt 30 years before when I watched George Reeves hurl himself out of the stockroom window and into the endlessly repetitive stock footage skies of Metropolis.

This is one of those films where you filter out the silly story and watch the pretty pictures.

Make certain to get the international widescreen edition. The film was butchered in its original American theatrical release.

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