Hey 80's Nerds!
Went to see the Masters of the Universe movie the other day. As a big fan of the original cartoon growing up in the 80s I wanted to see it and hoped it was better than the 80s film with Dolph Lundgren - spoilers - he cameos in this film.
The film starts with Man at Arms (Idris Elba) training a young Prince Adam and his daughter Teela. When Skeletor (Jared Leto) attacks the city with his army they go to Castle Greyskull where the Sorceress (Morena Baccarin) takes them in and gives Young Adam the Sword of Power to protect and sends him to Earth where his Mother is from.
In the portal to Earth Young Adam loses grip of the Sword and lands in a lake.
Fast forward to present day where Adam (Nicolas Galitzine) is working in an office and looking for the Sword via the internet.
Eventually someone shows him the Sword in a comic shop held by a statue of what the original He-Man toy was meant to look like and he takes the Sword. Upon touching it it sends a signal to Eternia and Teela arrives to take him home. His home has been devastated by Skeletor and he has to learn how to use the Sword to become He-Man and defeat Skeletor.
Overall - It's a fun film and a good adaptation of the cartoon. Although I did have a few niggles about it. Like why wasn't it mentioned that Adams Mother came from Earth.
It hardly had the Sorceress in and never mentioned she was Teelas Mother.
Castle Greyskull was next to the city over a bridge whilst in the cartoon it is miles away in the desert. Although for story telling purposes this made sense.
Orko wasn't in the film until the end when he said the moral message like the cartoon had.
They killed off Skeletor which was the best part of the film and Jared Leto did a fine job. I didn't even mind that his voice was different to the original cartoon although some times it was hard to understand what he said. Although I laughed when he called He-Man a boob like he used to call people in the cartoon. As it's fantasy there could be a chance of bringing him back. He was goofy like the cartoon too.
Adam was fine and the actor did an ok job having him goofy and useless as Adam too. Another annoying thing was that Cringer didn't get transformed into Battlecat. They just put armour on him at the end.
I hope there's a sequel and - Spoilers - it showed us She-Ra at the end of the post credits.
The acting was fine and the special effects were fine although a bit ropey in places.
I went to Birstall and they gave free Masters of the Universe badges out too.
Score - 7/10
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