Eternals

And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the newest M.C.U movie and one that I personally wasn't all that excited for but was still curious about it, Eternals. Yeah, I didn't know anything about these characters beforehand. I knew of them from hearing some things from Marvel character guides and people talking about them, but in terms of the characters, I didn't know anything. Also, I had heard of some bad things about this film before seeing it like people saying this was the first actual bad M.C.U movie. Yeah, some movies in the M.C.U have been divided amongst the audience, but the vast majority of people mainly agreed there wasn't any bad film before except this one. So, I saw it on Friday and was hoping I would at least enjoy it and get some entertainment out of it. I've always tried to defend the M.C.U movies because I'm such a big fan. Even some of the films that maybe some people don't entirely like, I've tried to explain why I think they're good. And so I really wanted to at least like this film and have some fun with it regardless of all that. And so, did I? ...Eh, not really. As much as I really hate to admit it, I really didn't like this and it's definitely my least favourite M.C.U movie so far. I was hoping I would disagree with what people have been saying about this, but, in the end, I just didn't get behind this movie at all. Which is a huge shame considering I've never disliked a single one of their movies before and this was being built up as a special movie for the M.C.U and one of its most unique, but there's a lot of things wrong with this that I really didn't like. Also, like always, I'll be going for no spoilers first and then getting into all the spoilers later. Okay, so, what's the story? We're introduced to a group of immortal beings called the Eternals who have been on Earth for thousands of years and they're living normal lives. We're introduced to one of them named Sersi, played by Gemma Chan, who ends up fighting a monster called a Deviant, which is something she thought was dead but after being attacked, she decides to get her group of Eternals back together to fight off more of them along with trying to understand a mystery going on. And, I'll stop there. So, immediately, the first thing here I really didn't like was the editing and pacing. The pacing in particular is really bad in this. I found that the opening in particular was really, really fast and it barely gave us a chance to get to know these characters. And that's probably my least favourite aspect about the movie entirely. The characters in this aren't memorable at all. I can't remember a single thing about these guys. Only a couple of things from a few but it's not that much from the writing. The opening in particular goes by so fast that we barely get to know most of the pasts of the characters. The cast as well is mostly okay but whatever problems I have with them mostly stems from the writing. I thought the majority of them were kinda boring and not memorable at all. The editing is also weird in the scenes where we focus on some characters' backstories. The whole movie actually reminded me of the Inhumans show that a lot of people really didn't like. I never watched it, but by watching this, it kinda gave me a bit of the same feeling people were talking about with that show. The movie really did just bore me. I wasn't really interested in any of this. I will say, some characters actually are likeable, especially Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos. He was probably my favourite character in the film and his performance was really good. The film as a whole though really didn't hold my attention and there's a lot of time just dedicated the characters just walking and talking and it really didn't interest me. I will say, the parts that actually were interesting were the parts when they were talking to the Celestials and finding out what exactly is happening. When it focused on that stuff, it was interesting, especially at the end. Even though I wasn't interested in the film, the ending is actually pretty cool when everything is discovered. The jokes as well didn't really do it for me. They're either drawn out or aren't funny to begin with, especially with one guy in particular who follows the Eternals around for a while. Another thing that's weird is the characters' decision making. Some characters change their minds on different things really quickly and it's kinda unnatural and pretty forced. And, forced is really the best way to describe the film, a lot of things, especially at the start, just feel like they're pushed out really quickly so we don't ever feel like we get to know any of these characters like I said. Also, there are some things that don't make any sense, especially one thing in particular at the end. The action as well is little underwhelming. There isn't that much of it and when it is, some of it is kinda cool, but the majority of them kinda let me down. I will say, the one thing I really did love in this was the mid credit scene. As soon as I saw that, I thought it was really cool and it did make me really excited for the future. And the end credit scene was pretty cool too and did make me excited for the character in it. So, in the end, really, this film was mostly a huge disappointment to me because the pacing and editing really do bring this film down a lot. As a gigantic fan of the M.C.U, it really does pain me to actually see a film that I personally really didn't like a wasn't good in my opinion. I know this review probably wasn't very long but that's because I feel like this movie is better to talk about in the spoiler section. So, yeah, if you're a fan of the M.C.U, maybe go in with low expectations because it is pretty disappointing. I don't think I would ever want to see this again and it's kinda sad because their last movie, Shang-Chi, may have been one of my favourite M.C.U films and then they followed it up with this. So, yeah, again, I do still recommend seeing this, I just couldn't get into it myself personally. And so, everyone, that's my review for Eternals. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Spoilers:

Okay, so, there probably isn't that much to spoil about the film, but I just wanted to talk about them anyway. So, the first big thing I want to talk about was the Celestial Arishem. That was that interesting thing I was talking about. All the stuff about that was interesting and it was pretty cool when he revealed that Celestials are born from inside a planet and therefore destroying it when it emerges. However, like I was saying, a lot of the time we're following Sersi and the others trying to find the others and a lot of it really didn't hold my attention. And, like I said, I didn't like that cameraman who was following them around for a while. I know it was supposed to be funny, but I just didn't find it funny. I also didn't care that much when Gilgamesh got killed. They tried to make that emotional but, like I said, since I didn't find any of the characters memorable, it was hard to get into that scene emotionally. I also found the whole opening crawl part really weird. It felt like they were trying to be like Star Wars and it was just weird to me. I also didn't like that opening action scene on the beach. It looked kinda weird and the actual scene itself, again, felt kinda forced. And I guess we can also talk about the climax, which was probably my favourite part of the film. I found it cool when they decided to have Sersi do something about the Celestial to maybe kill it before it could emerge. And I did kinda like when it was revealed Ikaris was kind of a villain as well. It was kinda weird, but it was cool. And it did lead to some cool moments when they were fighting him at the end. And then at the end, even though I though Sersi killing the Celestial was pretty cool, it did kinda make me wonder how the planet is still stable because, when I saw it, it looked like the Celestial made some serious damage to the ground and so that was the part that didn't make sense to me. As well as when Ikaris apologised and then, maybe, killed himself. That was what I meant by some characters' decision making being weird. I didn't like how he just changed that quickly. And, I did find the part where Arishem came to the Earth and took them away pretty cool as well. It does kinda make me wonder how this will effect the universe going forward. And now we can talk about the credit scenes. The mid credit scene was the one that made me really excited with the remaining Eternals on their ship and then Pip The Troll and Starfox show up. Pip especially I found really surprising because I know who he is and it was cool to see him in live action and the same goes for Starfox. I know him as the brother of Thanos and it was cool to see him tell the other where they might be able to find the others. That was really cool to see. And then the end credit scene where we see that Dane guy look at a sword was cool too. I personally would have liked to have seen more of him in the film, but this was cool and I am curious to know who it was that spoke to him. So, yeah, the end credit scenes were really cool and they got me excited to see a few more of these characters in the future of the series. And so, yeah, that's really about it. So, yeah, like I said, it is sad that this film was a huge disappointment, but, I am still excited to see more of a few of these characters. And so, yeah, everyone, that's my review for Eternals. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.