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Supergirl

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Although I am a big Supergirl fan, I think this movie should have an animated version different from the original Supergirl movie. Even Elisha Cuthbert; Megan Fox; Renee Zellweger or Jessica Biel should play the voice of Supergirl in the animated version. Good action for the original, but how about more action for the animated version? If Warner Bros releases the animated version of Supergirl to theaters, then that sounds like a great idea.

This is Dunaway in one of her best performances, really. People doubt her ability to do comedy, but this shows she can do it quite well. Faye Dunaway as the Evil Selena who "will settle for nothing less than world domination." It doesn't get any better than that! Sure, the plot and movie make little sense, but I don't think they were supposed to. Dunaway is funny as heck, I just love watching this movie. She looks good, too. I have a Selena trading card autographed by Miss Dunaway herself. It's one of my most prized possessions! It's fun, it doesn't make a lot of sense, it's really funny, and Dunaway is in a ton of scenes. What more do you want?

The script of SUPERGIRL is inane. The dialogue--particularly on ARGO, Krypton's surviving inner-space Metropolis--is nonsensical. A fine cast...including Peter O'Toole;Faye Dunaway and BEDAZZLING British ironist, Peter Cook...is torturously abused. The film is one goofy mess. What--almost--saves the day is the charming performance of Helen Slater as SUPERGIRL...

Miss Slater is a beautiful young lady whose winsome, unaffected role as WOMAN of STEEL is winning and SUPERbly appealing. Special Effects(overall production values)are excellent.
It's super shame the story deserves consignment to the Phantom Zone. One redeeming moment...in what seems to have been attempt to portray Supergirl as Fairy Princess battling Faye Dunaway's New Age(super-silly-ious) foray into Black Magic...is THE FLYING SEQUENCE. It's near-astonishing aerial ballet evoking Peter Pan wonder as in SUPERMAN I but with greater technical proficiency. SUPERGIRL,however,never overcomes its clownish posture toward material regarded MYTHOLOGICAL(revered in now classic CHRISTOPHER REEVE portrayals of Superman I & II). This is Kryptonite killing fault dooming an all-star array of actors and actresses and classy production mounting. Ironically, seeing Hellen Slater soar as SUPERGIRL does make one believe a MAN CAN FLY.
What could've been exciting epic reduced itself to comic cartoonish: super-silly fun; eminently forgetable except as cult curiosity it's deservedly become.(3 & 1/4 Stars)

Supergirl has ALWAYS been one of my favorites since it was released on video back in the mid 80's...its a fun and wonderful movie....the flying sequences are much much better than anything they did in any of the Superman movies (which i loved also with the exception of 4 but thats another review)...Supergirl is pure escapism and fantasy great clean fun for all and i so wished they had done a movie with Superman and Supergirl as they had planned.....

This movie was definately made with the pre-teen girl in mind. A squeaky clean Slater as the Girl of Steel has all the honesty and innocense needed to carry off her character. Faye Dunaway plays the evil sorceress who wants to rule the world by starting off with a small Mid-Western town and the Tom Cruise look-alike landscape man.

Explained simply enough, Superman is on a peace-keeping mission trillions of light years away. Supergirl actually comes from an asteroid that survived Krypton's explosion. Peter O'Toole explains how they live in 'Innerspace'. Very confusing when you consider Supergirl flew in a magic orb off her asteroid, flew through the all too familiar 'vortex' and 'time rifts' to finally fly (in costume of course which magically appears) out of a lake on Earth. Of course when she lands dry as a bone on the shore, you wondered what you missed or what the heck is going on. But these comic book movie adaptions are not for the detail retentive who can tear this film apart.

The love interest is what little girls dream of. A landscape guy who falls in love with Linda Lee (Supergirl in disguise) after a magic spell by Dunaway goes wrong. Linda practices kissing herself in the mirror after their first kiss, girl stuff to be sure.

Well it's a good flick for me for a couple of reasons. Slater and Dunaway both look hot. Watch Dunaway flash her thighs a couple of times. And no guy can resist Slater in that VERY TIGHT Supergirl costume. She's got a great rack that make that big 'S' really stand out. Watch in the end of the film when she faces Dunaway in her evil fortress for the first time. When she sees Loverboy chained to a wall, she walks towards him and hits an invisible forcefield. Look closely and you can see SuperNipples poking through the costume. Guess they had the AC cranked up.

I will not bother to talk about the plot.But I will discuss the new international version that was released in 2000.

The biggest problem with SUPERGIRL is that it was never shown in its entirety.Even the video version was edited!On TV, many of the versions are very edited compared to the standard video, but on the plus side, they show footage that we never saw on the video. Every version( TV or video)of this movie was worth a look because of the "extra" footage.The reason why the film is very edited was because the final cut that was distributed in North America was not approved by the director. After 16 years, the release of the international version solved this problem. This version is also available on widescreen format as well!If you think that this new version is a "compilation" of every SUPERGIRL part that comes to mind, think again! THERE ARE EVEN MORE SCENES!This "new" edition contains 10 extra minutes of footage not shown previously in the US. When you'll watch this video, it will be a remarkable experience,because you get to see the real uncut version.This version runs 124 minutes (compared to the 105-minute version we were stuck with all these years), so you could imagine how much bonus footage was neglected throught the years!A good investment for your movie collection!

This movie tells us how Kara(Aka Supergirl; aka Linda Lee) comes to Earth, but we don't kwow how she know about Superman, Clark Kent and Lois Lane (unless she reads comics or she saw the movie hahahaha) Whatever, it is a good movie. Unfortunately, they did'nt do a sequel. I hope, one day, they'll make a remake or a sequel. At least, in the next Superman movie, they should use the character of Superman's cousin. Helen Slater plays a good Supergirl and we find great actors like Peter O'toole, Faye Dunaway etc... I hope you'll enjoy it. If you like live-action Superheroes, you have to buy this movie. N.B.: This is the pre-crisis Supergirl(comic books fans know what I'm talking about). In Comics book, she died in 1985-86 in Crisis on infinity Earth. Later, another supergirl, from a pocket universe, made is appearance.

I really did enjoy this movie even though like many have said there are holes in it! Slater is beautiful and brilliant in this movie! She could truly bring a great sense of determination and innocent curiousity of her surroundings as Supergirl! I wished though the story could have been done better because she probably would have made more sequels, and be typecast forever as Supergirl! Well, what am I saying she already is! Even though the characters could have been created a lot more better(Dunaway as a true example), you can't help but enjoy them, and be entertained!

Extremely weak story on the Man of Steel's cousin (Helen Slater) who must stop a cosmic witch (Faye Dunaway) from conquering the Earth. Everything about this movie is low budget. Sets, acting, production values, story direction. All are geared toward a young audience, and even they wouldn't like it. It just goes to show that DC characters do not translate well at all to movies.

Please see my review for this movie under the widescreen format for more detailed info. Don't buy this movie if you're looking for a great sci-fi classic. Buy it for exactly what it is; an addition to the Salkind Superman franchise. It is shot with the same feel and look of the Superman movies. That alone makes it worth owning. The story is bad and so are most of the FX. I still recommend it to any Superman fan. It won't make you turn it off!