It's safe to say that DC has been dominating the entertainment news recently with James Gunn announcing the first slate of DC films under his ten year plan. As such you'd be forgiven for forgetting that the company also has a direct to DVD animated film out this week well said animated film and it's one that I had very little excitement for and so then join me as I review the film that introduces Supergirl to what's being dubbed the Tomorrowverse with the film in question being called simply just "Legion Of Super-Heroes" enjoy.
The plot of this film is Kara finds herself struggling to adjust to her new life here on Earth and so her cousin Superman sends her into the far of future where she and a bunch of superhero trainees have to stop plot to destroy to the entire galaxy before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad since for the most part this films plot is pretty entertaining but at the same time this films plot quite clearly isn't one of the better direct to DVD animated films plot out their either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Meg Donnelly as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl , Harry Shum Jr. as Brainiac 5 and Darren Criss as Clark Kent / Superman. Also starring in this film is Matt Bomer as Barry Allen / The Flash , Jensen Ackles as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Cynthia Hamidi as Dawnstar , Gideon Adlon as Tinya Wazzo / Phantom Girl , Ely Henry as Charles Taine / Bouncing Boy , Robbie Daymond as Brin Londo / Timber Wolf & Brainiac 4 , Yuri Lowenthal as Mon-El , Eric Lopez as Rokk Krinn / Cosmic Boy & Condo Arlik / Chemical King , Darin De Paul as Brainiac & Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy , Ben Diskin as Floyd Belkin / Arm-Fall-Off-Boy & Brainiac 2 , Victoria Grace as Tasmia Mallor / Shadow Lass , Jennifer Hale as Alura In-Ze , Daisy Lightfoot as Luornu Durgo / Triplicate Girl and Zeno Robinson as Lyle Norg / Invisible Kid & Brainiac 3.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films cast members turning in some pretty decent performances however the issue is that this films script just isn't that good and as such this films actors can't turn in good or even great performances because of the fact that this films script just isn't giving them all that much to work with interms of their characters personalities.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends Studio Grida , Maven Image Platform , Edge Animation Co., LTD and Digital Emation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best with this films animation coming across as being rather choppy in some scenes and rather fluid in others.
Sadly this film does the exact same story that all of these direct to DVD animated films seem to do with Bruce Wayne. That being that he has to learn to trust someone however due to reasons that I cannot say this storyline isn't resolved in this film which makes it all the more pointless since it's the exact same plot like that they always give Batman in these films and quite frankly it's getting boring because it's predictable we know how this plot line is going to play out the second it starts and all it does is make you wonder why they don't just come up with something new or interesting with the Batman character in these films.
This film really doesn't develop alot of it's character arcs all that well with there being a certain plot point which comes out of nowhere. This wouldn't be a huge issue if it wasn't a plot point of the film and as such it is something that should have been handled alot better then what it actually is this is something that could have been very simply just b showing the characters sharing a loving glance or two at each other and by showing them growing closer together but the film doesn't do that and so the plot point just comes out of nowhere.
To this films credit it does have all of the characters that Supergirl meets in he future play apart in the finale and it does it;s best to fully develop those characters. The issue is that this film has so many characters that it makes the film feel overstuffed and since it has so many characters it's difficult for this film to tell it's story and to fully develop all of it;s characters and as is to expected alot of this films characters aren't as developed as they perhaps could have been with alot of this films characters just coming across as being very one note.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty three minuets and twenty three seconds. Well then this film really should have been alot longer then what it actually is just because of the fact that it has so many characters to introduce and this does also effect the story as well as at times the story is sacrificed in order to introduce a new character when that should never be the case the story should always come first and as such this film should have been alot longer.
So now the since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films action being genuinely quite entertaining with their also being quite alot of really cool moments in this films action many sequences in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this isn't a bad film it's also a sign that this trend of bad or just average direct to DVD animated DC films is very sadly continuing onwards and this continuity is sadly not that good either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official DC fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.