Rate and Review the Eternals

Here are my general thoughts. IMHO, it's weakest MCU movie I've ever seen. And just to put things in perspective, considering how long this franchise has been around and how many movies there have been, that's not so bad. That said, I found it largely joyless and uninspired.

The movie was a misfire. Overall, I found it to be very tepid, lifeless and un-engaging.

PROS:

* Some interesting sci-fi visuals and concepts.
* Jack Kirby influences and flourishes.
* As a Marvel film it's very standalone. It doesn't rely on all the other films to understand what's going on.
* Kumail Nanjiani is great and the best part of the movie.

CONS:

* The characters are largely lacking in warmth and charm.
* Sersi and Ikaris have no chemistry at all.
* Kingo was badly utilized.
* Deviants are badly utilized and are a total afterthought.
* Reveals too much too early, trouble with exposition dumps.
* Angelina Jolie was awful in this movie. I couldn't fathom what her character was doing at all. I couldn't tell if she was trying to make her character sound British or Greek.
* The historical scenes are kind of boring.
* Badly lit action. There's one action scene in the Amazon that's just really hazy, dim and overcast with blue. It looks bad and it hurt my eyes watching it on IMAX.

 

Holy **** this was terrible.

 

What didn’t you like about it?

 

I couldn’t take the beginning seriously with Arishem creating the whole universe, but losing control of the deviants so quickly. Then they try so hard to explain why The Eternals never saved the world before that it actually makes it a bigger deal than if they just ignored it. The Hiroshima thing was just tasteless and tacky. The characters were flat. Overall, it was very gloom, but the stakes felt minuscule compared to Endgame, so the tone didn’t work. It felt like they really wanted this to be the big movie where they show MCU films can have substance and instead just made a overly serious face plant of the movie. Zhao’s style is no where to be found. Instead it’s just your typical MCU film except with an overly-self serious tone and a bloated runtime. It feels like maybe Feige let Zhao make the movie she wanted to make, it scared them and so they neutered in the editing which is why it’s so uncharacteristically dull.

 

Damn... I don't give a crap what professional movie critics think if I'm honest. I rely on the people here who know and appreciate this stuff, so if you guys ain't feeling this then I definitely have my reservations now.

I will go and see it because I want to support cinemas at this time, but I am not at all hyped.

 

Imo, Nomadland shows dull IS her style
I fell asleep like 10 minutes into it lol

I dont think they neutered it, I just think she may not be a great fit for the genre

 

Yeah, it’s best to go in with low expectations.

 

That's what I'm thinking as well. Nothing in the the marketing for this film has spoken to me as an MCU fan. As much as people raved about the scenery, I just don't get the love of all the barren desert shots and some pretty generic looking action shots.

 

That was my issue with the trailers, especially as this touted so much as keeping in spirit with Jack Kirby’s work more than any other Marvel film. When you read the original Eternals run by the king of comics the scenery is so imaginative and fantastical. This… just looked real bland compared to that.

 

I think the trailers showcased some excellent camera work, but I do think it is worth noting that even bad reviews for this film praise the cinematography and such (though they do say it has some spotty CG, but that isn't new for Marvel films).

 

I don't see how they bring her back for a sequel now.

 

Yes, let's fire her before we actually watch the movie for ourselves

 

I dont at all agree with this logic. I let movies speak for themselves and I judge them with my own brain. I don't need %'s and algorithms to tell me to like things or if things shouldn't get sequels. The BO will be what decides the fate of any future projects for either Chloe or Eternals. But trying to make this decision based on a critical rating when the movie hasn't been seen by anyone yet and has no BO as a frame of reference...Yeah, just no

 

And $$$ is more important than critics. Which again, the movie hasn't been released and therefore we have no frame of reference for its BO potential going forward. By your logic, Venom would have ended at first movie cause it scored a 30%. But guess what? It made money. Money is what talks in the end, and what happens with this franchise will be determined by that sweet sweet dollar.

So again, this argument is garbage

 

Transformers had 5 gilms with Bay and Zack Snyder 3 DC movies. So, you are not exactly making a good argument.

 

I am going to wait to see what the auidence reception will be, and wait until more reviews come out as well as how much it makes.

If they don't give her second chance it is what it is, but if they do give her second chance I'm fine with that to.

 

Audience reception and Box Office will determine what Marvel will do with the sequel. Even if things didn't workout this time, I believe with Marvel's guidance, the sequel will be better.