It was terrible IMHO.
Its nice to see MOTU fans enjoying this moment. But this movie crashed hard. The toys "sold through" because of Mattel's dribs and drabs release strategy. There is no major demand for toys based on a movie that no one saw.
You can read a lot about what going to Amazon this fast really means and how the movie is viewed at Amazon in many other places. I wasn't rooting for this film at all for my own reasons, but I'm sad to see He-Man collapse. MOTU used to be the focal point of my collecting.
16 hours ago, RobertD said:Well, skipping straight to Amazon this quickly isn't great news for them, but I'll be happy to be able to see it so soon while avoiding the theater. I guess the motive here is to get more attention on the film to drum up merchandise sales before all that has to get clearanced out.
Amazon has a 45 day release window, it's not a secret. It is only lengthened if a movie is still making a bunch of money at that point, like Project Hail Mary. They don't care about box office like other studios as they want streaming hours and Prime memberships. Also, the figures for the movie have sold through repeatedly, they're not peg warming. The merchandise is moving, the soundtrack has charted, the blu ray has been charting since it went on presale, and it has already been nominated for awards. I'm not saying MOTU was a smash hit, but it is succeeding in many ways and I personally hope we get more.
Well, skipping straight to Amazon this quickly isn't great news for them, but I'll be happy to be able to see it so soon while avoiding the theater. I guess the motive here is to get more attention on the film to drum up merchandise sales before all that has to get clearanced out.
Movie was absolutely great
I was really optimistic seeing so many 7/10 scores but while there were some great ideas, unfortunately many sequences fellt like AI slop fever dreams (not saying they were specifically AI but it had that disjointed "am I on drugs" feel) and some of the scenes felt like community theatre level of composition and line delivery. But, again, there WERE some truly good scenes but overall I felt it was 5/10 at most and that's mainly for the faithful adaptation of character design and a few very interesting scenes that unfortunately do not elevate the rest of the movie. If nothing else the toys from it have been incredible though! So I'm happy for that.
Fun and entertaining but definitely not perfect i gave it 7 out of 10
Just saw it. No spoilers, but thoroughly enjoyed it.
6 hours ago, deecee4 said:That's basically the filmation cartoon though, which seems to be the thing most people associate with property (not me tho lol).
That's why this bugs me, because everything I've seen as of lately, make this feel like it's drawing far to much inspiration from the cartoon, which is for little kids, is campy, is goof-ball, and overall super lame.
I loved the cartoon as a child, yes, but as a grown up, I just think it's a horrid down-leveling of what is tecnically a scary and brutal world with vicious beasts, sword weilding barbarians, and a evil skull face guy.
Sorry I know I know, but like I just want to take it serious, MOTU is serious at it's core, the cartoon turned it into a dinky winky fest to appaise kids and parents, it should be Conan-esque, I know it's not in the media...but why not try, kids arn't going to see this, we grown ups are, is it too much to ask for a bad ass true to box art amazingness...
I just am tired of the camp, I don't want to laugh at Skeletor calling people a bumbling fool while he falls into a pit and yells something dumb, and then he-man says...look kids you should always look both ways before you cross the road...
I know I'll catch flack, but Like no I don't watch the Cartoon, it's cringe, nostalgic food alone, but it's a wiffy joke.
Not one for games, but the Skeletor one looks fun.
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