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Chloé ZhaoCinematography:
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Ramin DjawadiCast:
Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Dong-seok Ma (more)VOD (4)
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A brilliant ensemble stars in this enthralling film from Marvel Studios. Eternals follows a group of ancient heroes from beyond the stars who have protected humanity since the dawn of our existence. When Deviants - monstrous creatures who were thought gone forever - mysteriously reappear, the Eternals return, hoping to save humanity once again. (Disney / Buena Vista)
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I was completely indifferent to Eternals before its premiere, but in the end, it's surprisingly the first feature film from the MCU in a long time that I find at least interesting. For one thing, the motif of extraterrestrial beings overseeing the evolution of humankind for millennia and inscribing themselves in myths and legends is captivating, and I’d love to see something like that handled seriously outside the MCU. And secondly, I like the fact that the conflict underlying Eternals unfolds in morally quite ambivalent tones, which is not at all usual in this cinematic universe. I enjoyed it more when the characters solved these dilemmas, discussed them, than when they got into a fight with CGI creatures or with each other. But even the action scenes are among the best ones you can get.
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The most surprising comic book movie, at least within the MCU. Not only because of the whole range of stimulating themes it addresses, but unfortunately also because of how polarizing it is. Personally, I appreciate it for the amount of audacity and alluring elements it contains. I have seen the silent, contemplative, and in a way, adorable Eternals twice already, and each time the seemingly modest duration felt painfully too short for me. No joke, I would like a four-hour film or a slow-paced series because I am so drawn to this world, and it saddens me that due to obscure marketing it remained a mystery to the fan base before and after the premiere. Every time, after watching, I ponder for hours and days about the choices of the powerful, about predestination for great things, about fate and its variability, about the beauty of ordinary life, about love that can last a few days or centuries, and last but not least, about the inevitability of gaining and losing your closest friends. Only after all of that comes the pleasant wink in the form of the transmission of cultural values across eras, and I was okay even with those, but I still shake my head as to why this very small detail is such a red rag to the public. Such a peaceful film with a perfectly understandable and necessary message, and still it provokes such absurdly strong negative passions.
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First of all, I have to point out that Eternals is one of the more interesting Marvel movies. It is a rather whimsical and perhaps over-ambitious extravaganza that both introduces us to individual heroes and then quickly puts them into action collectively. It is as if all the origins of the first phase of the MCU up to the Avengers team-up were condensed into one single movie. So you can imagine that there is a shit-ton of unavoidable introductions and explanations vs. very little action (and when the action does come, it is a terrible mess of CGI). However, I was pleased to see that the main protagonists rather unusually and uniquely deal with at least some of the dilemmas of whether what they are doing is really the right thing to do. This therefore also makes the villains slightly ambiguous - I would like to see more of that approach in the future! Also, just when I had been so taken in by the rather impressive conclusion and was practically determined to give it four stars there came what was probably the worst mid-credits scene I have ever seen in the Marvel Universe. It seemed like it was something out of a Shrek movie, and therefore undermined any enthusiasm for what had happened before by reminding me what a calculated product it really is. Plus, if Marvel itself does not take its "different and ambitious" movie seriously, how could I respect it?
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Eternals definitely brings something new to the MCU, but that excessive runtime is just too much. Thank goodness for Kumail Nanjiani, who injected some much-needed lightness and energy into the overly serious tone. Richard Madden, on the other hand, maintained the same expression throughout the entire film — Marvel’s attempt at Superman didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Eternals bit off more than it could chew, drowning in its own ambitious scope and digital mess without any memorable action scenes. The final sequence looks impressive but lacks the pacing to make it feel truly impactful. This movie would have been much better trimmed down to two hours for a more digestible experience.
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Breathtaking scale, action with beautiful exteriors and a monumental story about nothing less than the reason for the continuation of our existence in the universe. Eternals is an untraditional family team movie that spans about 7,000 years during one strange pregnancy. Zhao has given a serious face to Marvel, introducing powerful topics and bringing everything to a satisfying ending, which promises great things in his future movies. The actors are well-chosen, the correct types and even though the inclusion is flagrant and makes you ask yourself "why?", it can be overlooked and excused as bowing to journalists, because it does more harm than good to the story. Let’s go to Ajak first. She’ll know what to do.
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