Okay, I can't stop talking about Supergirl, apparently. Spoilers!
I'm really not liking seeing people say that Clark overshadowed the movie, or that DC Studios didn't trust a solely woman-led movie by forcing Clark and Lobo into the narrative.
I'm sorry, but I disagree with this full-heartedly. The movie was 100% about Kara and Rutheye. Clark barely had an arc in the movie. If you watch Superman first, then yea, you can see a little sliver of it. But his role in the movie serves KARA, not the other way around, because it wasn't his story.
Besides, in almost every iteration Clark finds Kara right when she arrives in Earth. Part of Kara's story will always involve struggling with the fact that she's not the last living Kryptonian, but she's the last one who remembers Krypton. Of course Clark would be present in what's essentially an origin story for Kara. They're intrinsically tied to each other.
Not to mention, Kara clearly keeps Clark in the periphery of her circle. She listens to the video messages he sends. When Rutheye is banging on Kara's door, Kara keeps telling her (which she didn't know it was Rutheye) to wait. Kara is intentionally enforcing more time to talk to Clark. To me that shows she still values what little connection she holds onto with Clark.
Including Clark at the end of the movie shows that Kara is finally opening herself up to find her people in Clark. Kara's arc would be incomplete without that final scene.
I think the reason Clark feels like he takes up so much of the movie is because David just has such a strong presence. Even though he barely had a role, he's just such a phenomenal actor that it's easy to forget that Clark is barely in the movie. I'm gonna be honest, he filled the role that's typically given to women, and Kara is in the role that's usually reserved for men...... I love the reversal.
As for Lobo, I saw him as a way to portray the other side of what possessing godlike powers could look like. Just look at the way the two of them interact with Rutheye. He's how a typical man in a movie would treat a young girl that he could potentially be responsible for. Think Logan, True Grit, and anything along those lines... even though I haven't seen those in YEARS, when they came out. This shows that even though Kara's characterization takes inspiration from male stories, how she acts in the world around her is shaped entirely by the fact she's a woman. She cares about Rutheye immediately, and her number one priority from the start is to keep Rutheye safe.
I also don't think Lobo took anything away from Kara's screen time. In fact, I'd argue he opened up the door for one of my favorite moments of Kara in the whole movie. Her valley-girl act knocked me out entirely. I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. Without Lobo, I don't get to have valley-girl Kara. So thank you, Lobo!
("Valley-girl" as in the Californian "valley-girl" terminology. Idk what it means in other states)
Clark and Lobo also didn't have that much screen time. I'd be shocked if Clark clocks in at more than 8 minutes, and Lobo had to only be on screen for about 4 minutes.
