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Masters of the Universe is good, maybe a little long

 Masters of the Universe is good. Maybe it is 10 or 15 minutes too long. Maybe the opening act is too long. Adam Prince of Eterna is exiled on Earth after Skeletor and his forces invade Eterna. Life on Earth has not been great for Adam. He finds a magic sword and returns home.  The movie is good. Maybe it would have better if it were shorter. I guess it was hard to know how to balance Adam's life on Earth with his life on Eterna. I feel the makers of the film missed the balance. Also maybe the movie was a bit too jokey.  I think there was at least one joke at the wrong time. Maybe a moment should have been allowed to play out without the joke. This film is not quite as overly jokey as Thor Ragnarok. (I would cite Thor Love and Thunder but maybe that would be unfair considering I did not finish Thor Love and Thunder.) I liked the star Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam and Jared Leto was good as Skeletor. I don't think I have seen Galitzine in any movie or TV show. People w...