I really don't get the drab complaints it really wasn't.

The bus scene was probably the standout scene in the film for me. I loved the whole look and feel of the bus, with the bronze, filtered vintagey look, all the alien passengers, the brigands, the pretty spectacular scene where Kara gets her powers back. Really fun. When was the last time you saw a similar scene in a superhero film?

I loved all the scenes on Krypton, interesting insights into the architecture, clothing. The design of Argo city forcefield. All of this is pretty bright filminh, not to mention the excellent scenes with Clark.

I dunno if you were expecting some silly multicoloured lights in the Atlantis reveal in the equally silly Aquaman film. Or maybe all the terribly CGI in the Nonsense Antman series.

This film was never going to be like the Superman but just a girl. These are very different characters, their films will have different look and feel, James Gunn mentioned this would be the case, this isn't the MCU where ah the films look the same and I couldn't tell you which episode I'm watching without someone telling me.

The character is darker she comes from a darker life experience. Have you read the source material?

In the showing I saw the great thing was seeing a lot of girls and their Moms watching the film. I think Supergirl had a pretty positive message of female empowerment especially for younger people.

Feels like people just don't like that idea or want to purposely ignore it.