Movie Eternals (2021)
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Saw Eternals earlier tonight...thoughts below.
This film has the unenviable task of introducing us to a dozen new characters who have never been referenced before in the MCU. Where a similar film in the MCU, Guardians Of The Galaxy, succeeded in quickly giving us a feel for each of the characters and keeping the story moving forward with plenty of fun moments, Eternals struggles to get the ball moving, which often makes this a boring, if not tedious entry in the series.
We see the heroes briefly together in the distant past, before having them all split up again in present-day. As the threat from the Deviants looms, they decide to get the band back together...which they don't finish doing until 90 minutes have passed. By the time everyone is assembled, I am already checked out as an audience member.
The predictable heel turn from one of the Eternals is telegraphed, but one of the other team members opts to sit out the final fight entirely. Was the actor unable to make the scheduling conflict work for that shoot, were the writers too lazy to find something for him to do, or a 3rd option altogether? In the final battle, we have a mess of villains that we don't really care all that much about, which makes the heroes' victory feel hollow.
Some of the visual effects in this film are good...others such as the Deviants feel out of place in this universe. Additionally, a character who appears in the mid-credits scene looks so laughably bad that I can't imagine he doesn't get a major facelift if he appears in a future MCU film.
I don't really have a problem with any of the acting in this one; they just have terrible material to work with. No Way Home should deliver a crowdpleasing end to the MCU's 2021, which is sorely needed as a palette cleanser after this bloated snooze-fest.
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This film has the unenviable task of introducing us to a dozen new characters who have never been referenced before in the MCU. Where a similar film in the MCU, Guardians Of The Galaxy, succeeded in quickly giving us a feel for each of the characters and keeping the story moving forward with plenty of fun moments, Eternals struggles to get the ball moving, which often makes this a boring, if not tedious entry in the series.
We see the heroes briefly together in the distant past, before having them all split up again in present-day. As the threat from the Deviants looms, they decide to get the band back together...which they don't finish doing until 90 minutes have passed. By the time everyone is assembled, I am already checked out as an audience member.
The predictable heel turn from one of the Eternals is telegraphed, but one of the other team members opts to sit out the final fight entirely. Was the actor unable to make the scheduling conflict work for that shoot, were the writers too lazy to find something for him to do, or a 3rd option altogether? In the final battle, we have a mess of villains that we don't really care all that much about, which makes the heroes' victory feel hollow.
Some of the visual effects in this film are good...others such as the Deviants feel out of place in this universe. Additionally, a character who appears in the mid-credits scene looks so laughably bad that I can't imagine he doesn't get a major facelift if he appears in a future MCU film.
I don't really have a problem with any of the acting in this one; they just have terrible material to work with. No Way Home should deliver a crowdpleasing end to the MCU's 2021, which is sorely needed as a palette cleanser after this bloated snooze-fest.
5/10
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Yeah...not feeling this one. I'd probably say its the worst of the Marvel movies to date. There's some cool visuals but that's about it. There's too many characters and even though the film is long, you still don't form much of a connection to them. It felt like a basic paint by numbers superhero movie but without the usual charm.
As someone not knowing anything about Eternals, I found it entertaining enough.
But I wouldn't rank it high among the other MCU movies.
But I wouldn't rank it high among the other MCU movies.
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Clearly better than Ironman 3, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Thor 2. Probably better than Ironman 2, Hulk, Thor…
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I put it in the same tier as Iron Man 2/3, Thor 2.
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That’s not fair. IM2 was OK. Thor 2 and IM3 were legit bad. This was not bad, it was just flawed (too big a story and too many new characters; the movie was enjoyable as a stand alone, though)
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Whiplash was a terrible villain IMO. Worse than Killian/Fake Mandarin. If Justin Hammer had been an actual threat instead of comic relief it might have been higher.
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Don’t disagree. And you put Eternals in THAT class?
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I thought it was decent. It's definitely better than the reviews are suggesting. It's not your typical MCU movie.
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Same. Watched it yesterday while hungover. Story was good, told the right way, and gets more into the galactic side of the Marvel universe more and away from Earth.
With Starfox and the Celestials coming around, next you get Nova and more of that stuff...and Adam Warlock finally