Movies ETERNALS (Opens $71M in U.S., $161.7M Globally; Lowest Rated MCU Film on RT)

If you have seen ETERNALS, how would you rate it?

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HenryFlower said:
thought this was a totally fine entry in the mcu. so much better than that Black Widow dog shit. i probably liked it more than both of the Whedon Avengers movies too, but ik i’m in the minority for not liking Avengers 1
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I enjoyed the hell out of Avengers in 2012. When I rewatched post-Civil War and Infinity War, I was surprised how it seemed nowhere as strong as I remembered. As someone on here pointed out though, it was very important contextually.


I liked Eternals. I thought every member of the team got his or her due and the scenes that delivered worked quite well. There was a bunch of clunky stuff but it was far from the bottom of my MCU ranking list.
 
Bad to poor at best. Im probably being generous for some reason as well. Most of the characters were bland. The antagonist was shit. The storyline didnt do much to make me wanna stay invested. Its probably one of, if not thee worst movies to come out of the MCU.
 
I thought there are some interesting things to think about with regard to how The Eternals related to one another and their motivations for how they acted in the climactic sequence of the film

While more could have been made of the moral quandary of stopping the emergence and destroying a lot of potential life before it begins vs. preserving the life that is already there, it did still make for a good conflict. But more than that it was cool to me how where each of them stood, at the key moment, depended on different motives.

For instance, Phastos' preoccupation with stopping the emergence was very heavily contingent on his desire to save his family, while Sersi's was far more connected to just a broader love or admiration for humanity as a whole.

Kingo's objection, meanwhile, was very much tied to his belief that "killing" trillions to save billions was not a morally just act. This is in contrast to Robb Stark who really just seemed to be following his marching orders to a fault and Sprite who just seemed to support Ikaris regardless of which side of the fence he fell on.

Also, there was an interesting power struggle there where the Eternals were sort of either explicitly or subtly basing their decisions on whether they felt more affinity toward Ikaris or Sersi. Kingo's hero-worship of Ikaris and Sprite's love for him prompting them to defer to him despite the fact that Sersi was the actual leader. Meanwhile it is Sersi who clearly convinces Druig to take part in their mission rather than Ikaris.

I'm also curious about the outright dislike a few of them seemed to have for Ikaris even before the big reveal lol. You get the sense that there is some pent up hostility there. Phastos, for instance, saying, "I've wanted to clip your wings for a long time," and conveying to Sersi when they visit him at his home, "How did you put up with this guy for 5,000 years?" Druig and Ikaris also clearly hated each other's guts.
 
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I watched this last night. It committed the sin of being boring. What a bland, meh movie.
 
CrazyN8 said:
I watched this last night. It committed the sin of being boring. What a bland, meh movie.
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When I sat there in the movie theater a couple of months ago, thoroughly enjoying the film, I did have a thought in the back of my head that "there's no accounting for taste," lol. That is, I was aware that I was really enjoying it while also knowing that many people thought it was either dull and plodding or outright atrocious.

This movie has basically just reminded me how subjective the experience of watching specific films and shows truly is. Beyond any of my misgivings about the film's tonal inconsistencies and lame humor, I thought it was very involving and moved at a very fast clip. To put it this way, there have been more than a few MCU films where, even if I liked them, I was checking my watch at certain points. Eternals just kept me interested the entire time.

And again, I'm not trying to imply this was one of my favorite MCU films. Far from it. I'd probably have it somewhere in the bottom half if I ranked all 27. But I definitely liked it.
 
Dull as hell. Was literally looking at the time left every 10 minutes. The two main leads had zero chemistry and were completely wooden. Too many Eternals. They should have only focused on a few like mind control guy who was more interesting. Also Deviant plot went nowhere. Not sure why there would be a deaf girl if they were designed to be the perfect soldiers by a God. The scale of the Celestials looked cool though. Would love to see a big fight on that level between Celestials.
 
Turned it off after 30 minutes. Terrible.
 
SHIB Hand Luke said:
wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, much better than Shang Chi
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You're crazy. Shang Chi at least had fake Mandarin and the winged pet dog whatevers.

Not even a hotter woman love interest with good boobs would have saved Eternals.
 
I bet a well placed arrow from Hawkeye would have ended this conflict.
 
This was the least Marvel movie Marvel has done for a long time, and I loved that. A fresh story with new characters. No cameos. No hinging the plot on the plot of another movie or TV show. I watched it at home, so I didn't mind the slower pace. That also helped me appreciate Dune, which I felt suffered more than Eternals from the pacing issue.

When you are dealing with a brand new ensemble cast, some of them are bound to get shortchanged, but altogether I thought they characters were interesting, and I liked the fact that the villains motivations were all understandable.
 
SHIB Hand Luke said:
wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, much better than Shang Chi
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Same.

This film was exactly as good as I thought it would be. Not that good but not bad and I enjoyed it, especially considering the scope of what they were doing. I appreciate that they did a lot of it wrong from a lore perspective and I don't mind, but understand that some people will.

Completely agree it was worlds better than Shang Chi which I honestly expected to be better and was pretty bad.
 
Never thought it was slow, but admittedly I did watch it in two sittings. Enjoyed it even though characters were paper thin and super tropey. I liked the CGI, but itll look like shit in a few years imo. Thought it was good but it felt pandering and the writing was meh. Not Shang Chi good and not even close to a Infinity War level.
 
chrisdiaz said:
Like how did multiple mountains emerge from the ground in the middle of the ocean but not alter earths water level, atmosphere or rotation at all? The movie was dumb but I can only suspend disbelief so much.
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NGL this comment is dumb as hell. You can suspend your disbelief on all the other comicbook shit but that water level shit is what got you?

Did you expect an accurate depiction of the tsunamis caused by tectonic plates shifting in a Marvel film where women are alien beasts to trees? The fuck?
 
I finally watched this. When I hear something is bad by so many people, I almost defiantly look for the good. I never read much of the comics with the Celestials/Eternals, but I always liked the concept. If there's an ancient civ/lore behind a great world I enjoy (Warhammer 40K old ones, the Brotherhood of Darkness for the Sith, The First ones in Babylon 5 etc...) I eat that shit up. It's generally better left incredibly vague, but the Bane novels for Star Wars were epic.

This was uninspiring and boring. I liked Rob Stark's Superman-like flying and effects, and most of the CGI, but the deviants looked like upscaled PS2 CGI, and not the good Final Fantasy kind. I didn't care about anything in this either. The explanation for them not helping with Thanos didn't help get things started either.

Them not helping with Thanos was as asinine as no other heroes helping them with the Deviants. That's the problem with this type of extended universe; when everything is set on Earth for the most part, and there's a global catastrophe, and only a few heroes are involved, it takes you out of the immersion. Whatever, I can look past that, but I couldn't look past this terrible/soulless script.

I can buy into a Racoon speaking and being a badass, so long as the story pulls you in. This made me feel like I was watching a bunch of people in front of green screens trying to be characters that catered to retards on Twitter.

Paint by the woke numbers, the movie.
 
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