Masters Of The Universe (DVD 2003)

Great classic from my childhood days. A must see for all he man fans. Tried to get this film for a long time. This cannot be brought any longer in brand new uk version and cover.

I always loved this film. I first watched it when I was 3. Skeletor used to scare me loads, as did evil lyn and the beast man.

I've been looking for this film for 7 years now. I was so happy when I found it.

The film itself is true to the old cartoons in some respect. This time skeletor has taken over castle grey skull and it is down to He-man and his friends to save eternia.

The film has a couple of memorable moments such as the climatic battle between skeletor and he-man. Courtney Cox's film debute couldn't have been better. Dolph Lundgreen played he-man very well. The Masters of the Universe is an unforgetable film which will late forever with its action, drama and use of humor. It will always remain close to my heart.

bought this for my boyfriend as it reminds him of his childhood. Its not the same as the cartoon tho but if you like he-man you should like the film.

I like the fact i had not seen this movie in 10 years, but still enjoyed it as much as i used to. Very pleased with it and glad i managed to purchase it and add it to my collection of classic dvds.

It's amazing to me how many positive reviews I've seen for this movie on here. I say this because I wonder if I saw the same movie or not. The fact this movie happens to have the same title as the legendary cartoon I think is just a coincidence. Mainly because if you watched the cartoon incessantly growing up, you saw very little in common the movie had with it. The movie was too futuristic for what "Masters of the Universe" was actually about from the comic book to the cartoon. They put very few characters from the actual cartoon in this movie. Excluding The Sorceress they had three heroes (He-Man, Man-At-Arms and Teela) and three villans (Skeletor, Beast Man and Evil-Lyn). In that regard it's easy to say and see that this movie was made far before its time for what little they could do with it at the time.

The weaponry used in the movie is not complimentary to the cartoon at all. They gave everyone blasters and such. The best way to describe what worlds meet in this movie is imagining Battlestar Galactica meeting The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2). Skeletor has an army of Cylon wannabe's from Battlestar Galactica in the movie that he never had in the comic nor cartoon. It was really bizarre for me to see this movie in 1987 as a kid knowing what I grew up reading in the comics and watching in the cartoon. Putting most of the movie on Earth instead of Eternia was a bad idea. Giving He-Man a cape was a bad idea. It was logical to make the movie at this time to show how larger than life He-Man had become in all ways to children, but the movie was just not very excellent. If you've never seen the cartoon or read the comic books, thus have nothing to compare the movie to, you might find the movie lukewarm at best. But when watching it, it personifies a low budget film every step of the way in how it looks. It wouldn't surprise me to know upon making this movie if they never read a comic nor viewed any cartoon episodes to get an idea of what to do and where to go with the movie. It's like they read a general summary of the show and decided to do their own thing with it. Bottom line is, don't expect an artistic success when watching this movie. There is a lot more I can say about this movie that's negative, but I've covered mostly the important stuff necessary to mention.

P.S. Frank Langella as Skeletor steals the show! He has some of the best lines in movie villain history in this movie.

Brilliant film, a classic aswell which is not avaible to buy in the shops no more!

Dvd's like this are getting harder and harder to find.

Excellent classic cult movie. A most enjoyable film who wishes to relive their childhood. Definatly for the aging He-Man fan. Enjoyable performance by all the actors.
10 out of 10

as brilliant as i remember, i am so thrilled i managed to locate this will be watching many more times on the future

excellent film, good quality dvd.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

havent seen this movie in about 14 years.
brings me back to my childhood when everythig was he-man, transformers et al..
delivery was really quick and quality is amazing.
cant wait to see skeletor pop out of the water at the end after the credits roll "ill be back aarrrggghhh" hilarious lol

i like the film because me and my sisters used to watch it when we were kids.
it was good for its time.

Great film- one of the best 80's films for the X generation. Frank Langella shines as the demonic Skeletor in a fantastic costume, while Dolph Lungren stays just the right side of seriousness and humour as He Man. However, stealing the acting honours is the wonderful Meg Foster as Evil Lyn. A wonderfully restrained performance with those amazing flashing eyes. Great monsters and effects with a simple story- one of the best!

* TOYZ4BOYZRUS FAVOURITE *

One of my best films of all time and has to be in everyones dvd collection, Excellent film.

bought it on a whim, after an accident with a previous purchase. bought back many memories from childhood.

a little dated in all aspects, however still enjoyable. deffinate recomended watch.