ONE OF THE TOUGHEST FEELINGS TO experience is the one where you feel you are alone, the only one like you on the planet. The feeling can be all consuming, coloring your other emotions and feelings. In my case, it made me withdraw further from interactions to the point I wished I was simply wallpaper on the wall that no one would notice. A friend of mine went in the opposite direction; they tried to fit in by joining different groups in elementary and high school. I used to keep my distance when they were undertaking a new experience, preferring to be an observer. Maybe there was a part of me hoping I could learn something that would break this hold on me of being different; but in truth, I became a witness to the same results happening to my friend over and over. Since they were just joining things to become part of a group, they did not realize that to others it would soon become apparent that they were not interested in the activity and not having a good time. It has challenging to pretend you enjoy something when you really did not, and my friend did not have the acting skills to put on a “good” front.      HAVING ENDURED THOSE PAINFUL TIMES SEEING my friend experience hope and rejection, let alone my own experiences, set me on a course to try and figure out why I felt like I was on a different planet from everyone else. Gratefully, during those times where I would get more depressed about my situation, I never had the desire to numb myself with drugs or alcohol; food became my addiction. Yes, I ballooned up in weight for a time, before I realized I was only adding (no pun intended) another negative layer for feeling alone. My first inklings of possibly not being the only one who felt this way was seeing a classmate chewing their nails down until their fingers bled and seeing someone with cuts down their arm. At the time, I had no idea why the person had multiple cuts on their arms. It wasn’t until I saw a television show where one of the characters had the same marks I had seen on that student’s arms, that I began to understand the thought process behind the cutting. In my case, there wasn’t a TV show that could explain my circumstances; it was my feelings I had for a graduate student who lived on my floor during freshman year. I did not realize I had fallen in love with them until they mentioned they went out on a date. It seemed as everything in my life came crashing down around me hearing they had feelings for someone else, despite not even knowing I was in love with them. That is when I sought out professional help and put myself into therapy. It was the best decision of my life. I wish the main character in this superhero action movie would have done the same thing.      ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY CLOSE TO HER took ill, did a reluctant superhero find herself traveling the galaxy to find a remedy and ultimately bring justice to those who were wronged. With Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon-TV, Upright-TV) as Supergirl, Eve Ridley (The Witcher-TV, 3 Body Problem-TV) as Ruthye, Matthias Schoenaerts (Amsterdam, Rust and Bone) as Krem, David Corenswet (Superman, Twisters) as Superman, and Jason Momoa (A Minecraft Movie, Aquaman franchise) as Lobo; this adventure science fiction drama had a lot riding on it. The second film out of a revamped movie studio, there were high hopes for it being successful. There were some good elements in the movie, but they were overpowered with the poor choices by the writers and director. I found this film to be a messy bore. Storylines were underdeveloped, acting was dull except for Jason Momoa, and the action scenes had poor lighting and CGI effects. For over half the film, I felt I was seeing the same scenario being played repeatedly. It annoyed me to see a good idea in the script get trounced on by lackluster actions and absence of details. I think it would have been beneficial if all concerned in the production of this picture had a few sessions with a licensed therapist to get everyone on the same page.

2 stars