re: Masters of the Universe discussion | Rotten Tomatoes 70% critic/87% audience

Saw it this afternoon. I thought it was better than it had any right to be. As an 80s kid, it hit a lot of the right notes for a He-Man movie. Some jokes fell flat, but there were legit funny lines. I didn’t feel it was preachy, more tongue in cheek poking fun at both modern and 80s cultural ideas. Teela was a badass, but they didn’t do the whole she can’t be saved by any man routine. My 17yo son, who had no idea about any of the characters, liked it too, but he was quite a bit less enthusiastic. I’d say 8/10, but he was like 6.5.

She is so fine, and they made sure to have her turn her arse to the camera so many times

And that transformation was so good. I’ve been listening to eternia from the soundtrack—epic

I need more Battle Cat and Skeletor/Panthor

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Allison Brie as Evil-lyn was AWFUL

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That seems to be a consistent thread

I think Jenna Ortega would have been a better fit for that role

I watched 2 episodes of the original cartoon yesterday and to say the plots are paper thin is an understatement. Obviously 6 year old me was not difficult to impress.

Film was ok.

The biggest problem is the constant marvel quips. They never stop. It's just a constant nails on chalkboard assault of them. They refuse to let you get into the movie because they constantly wanna shoehorn this "humor" into every scene.

Took him too long to become He-man too. Stooge Adam got a little played out. Teela is way too bitchy too.

Regardless, it captures the spirit of the cartoon about as well as you can considering the kinda ridiculous nature of it.

Skeketor was good. Costumes were all good.

Holy Crap!!!! RLM even liked it (even Jay)

Not sure if it would have helped the box office in s meaningful way or not but they really should have called it He-Man.

The Masters of the Universe umbrella term has way less recognition. The diehards know it but casual viewers may not really. Guarantee you there are plenty of people who have heard of He-Man but if you ask them what masters of the universe was they look at you with a vacant expression.

Despite the fact that He-Man hasn't been a culturally relevant franchise in like 40 years he still has tremendous name and appearance recognition.

They need to stop hiding him as one of an ensemble. He's the franchise.

I saw it and liked it as much as I could like the He-man movie as an adult. Considering how powerful they made He-man the movie plot probably maximized what they could do with the character.

Skeletor was good. Evil Lyn was probably underpowered a little (less ambitious than the comic version).

There were the cloaked sex gags adults noticed in the cartoons and toys. The HR stuff where Adam works was actually kinda clever for a simultaneous mockery of present culture and the source material.

I could sort of see how a really serious person would call an early scene between his father and Adam an example of toxic masculinity but that interpretation would require the same person to ignore a later scene in which more compassion is shown.

If you like the source material then you will probably like the movie. Does it need more movies? I dunno about that. Probably kids cartoons and kids toys would make more sense.

I can’t get invested either way but welcome to the party. I’d say if you’re a fan, go watch.

A bit surprised at this as even Jared Leto is getting praised for his performance.

Which is unusual.

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Masters of the Universe discussion | Rotten Tomatoes 70%

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i see all positive reviews and this is still the thread title. can we quit using critic scores and use the audience score. this movie is sitting at 87% audience reviews. for as much as people bitch about the decline of theaters posting lower scores than a movie is actually getting doesn't encourage casuals to go out and see anything

I'm pretty sure the only thing everyone on this forum agrees on is that critic scores are pretty much meaningless nowadays besides maybe some small indie films