Masters of the Universe - 1987

For movie night, we had someone with more "discerning" tastes watching with us, so we watched something newer. As in 1987! He-Man is considered pretty cool around here, but what I saw early on didn't give me much hope. 

The plot was insane and didn't make much sense. From what I could figure out, Skeletor has gotten his hands on the magic key and needs another one. The weird thing that has the other key is saved by He-Man and his friends (old Man-at-Arms and Teela). Skeletor really wants that one and chases the group to Earth. There, they meet up with new friends Monica from Friends and Kevin.

This movie was silly. Dolph was playing He-Man, but he sounded silly when he talked. I think part of that is the dubbing they ended up doing. The Orko stand-in was silly and also annoying. The movie tried to make Monica the Earth hero, but it was really Kevin. His musical abilities saved the day. Every time Dolph tried to sound intimidating, it was just funny. I appreciate how excited the man playing Skeletor was about his role, but they didn't give him much to work with.

I want to give a special shoutout to Pigboy. The production of this movie had a lot of ups and downs. One of them was the contest for children. Mattel had the contest, but the scenes on Earth were already shot. Poor little Richard Szponder got to have the small part of holding Skeletor's staff when he arrives in Grayskull. My only complaint is that if he was a minion of Skeletor, he needed a better name than Pigboy.

I had fun watching this movie, but I had a good group with me. I was hoping Karg would die. That thing was hard to look at. While we were watching, I felt like the movie was trying to be an Eternia (the place He-Man is from) version of Star Wars. Even the music reminded me of Star Wars. I'm giving it a Good Movie! review, but I wouldn't watch it alone. It's the kind of cheesy movie that is best with friends.