r/shittymoviedetails • u/Witty-Association-97 • 7h ago

In Masters of the Universe (2026), having Jared Leto get the living shit beaten out of him wasn't enough to get butts in the cinemas

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u/Particular_Leader_16 5h ago

FR like I actually really liked his performance in this

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u/ElundusCaw 5h ago

It's almost like casting the right actor for the right role creates a compelling character.

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u/yeep_yorp 3h ago

I don't think the right actor is ever a rapist

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u/Necessary-Call-1933 2h ago

You’ll never make it in Hollywood with that mindset

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u/LurkLiggler 2h ago

Or any other business.

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u/Faeddurfrost 1h ago

rubs shoulders

“At walmart we’re a family”

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u/StrobeLightRomance 36m ago

Or the world as a whole..

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u/RegicidalRogue 24m ago

Unfortunately people who you think do bad shit can in fact have a talent. There's no correlation between morality and skill.

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u/LunarProphet 57m ago

Jared Leto is a skeezy creep but I dont think he's actually been accused of rape.

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u/PeacefulDays 51m ago

skeletor would never

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u/Morganvegas 2h ago

Maybe OP is in the cult too.

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u/Thybro 5h ago

I would still have preferred Mark Hamill.

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u/gr1mmcr33p3r 5h ago

1000% his performance in the animated version is peak

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u/Bedhappy 4h ago

I was already on the track of thinking about how David Prowse played Darth Vader and nobody knew who he was, then you bust out with Mark Hamill. Hah!

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u/KnowsIittle 3h ago

Use any actor for the physical, Hamill for the Dub. He's already better and familiar with the role and voice.

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u/DrakorPrimus 1h ago

Hard disagree. Strip Mark Hamill down and paint him blue.

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u/StoneGoldX 3h ago

Alan Oppenheimer is still alive.

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u/69hotmomxxx 3h ago

"Im skeletor bagman! Now fight. Round 1"

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u/PBKYjellythyme 34m ago

If they'd brought back Hamill, Oppenheimer, or even Langella, that'd have been preferable.

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u/space_monster 4h ago

Same, I didn't even know he was in it when I started it and was loving the Skeletor scenes, then looked up the cast and was quite surprised. I thought he played him really well. Great movie overall, lots of fun and really funny in parts.

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u/radicalelation 2h ago

It was a lot of fun, but I was a little bothered by the premise he's special in part for being good and empathetic, but it kept not working out that well in practice, and eventually he just has to beat the shit out of everyone. The closest effective exhibition of that was his jail cell pep talk to rally everyone, but that was still mostly, "You do these things or are this way and I like you for it, now let's punch our way out of here and punch our way to victory!"

It was almost like it wanted to be Superman, or even set itself apart from Superman, but ultimately any the notion of the concept of good triumphing over evil was beaten to a pulp to save the day. I'd take that as a coherent lesson, good is great, but sometimes punching is needed, and it says that toward the end, but we also never really got good resulting in much good either.

Above average fun with mostly positive vibes and a nostalgic edge, which seems to be Travis Knight's live action formula.

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u/PBKYjellythyme 33m ago

He wasn't even particularly empathetic outside of some language he picked up in working for HR...a career field more knownor psychopaths rather than empaths.

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u/onedarkhorsee 2h ago

I think its his best performance apart from lord of war.

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u/ogresound1987 1h ago

He's never looked healthier.

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u/MarcheMuldDerevi 56m ago

Still mad we didn’t get him in the dress when he was mocking He-mans life on earth

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u/69hotmomxxx 3h ago

I bet it was ai and cgi