Review of Eternals (2021) by Gilberto — 11 Nov 2021

I am honestly in shock- Am I missing something? Do I have bad taste? Because honest to God, I really enjoyed this movie and its not the worst MCU movie by a long, long shot. This movie has been thrown so much hate that I went with low expectations and came out extremely surprised.

For starters, is this movie really that different to other Marvel movies? Because to me, it fits quite naturally to the normal shemes and formulas of the others; with serious tones accompanied of funny breaks to lighten up the experience. Kumail Nanjiani´s character in this regard is a complete stand out along side his cameraman with scenes that honestly made me laugh quite frequently.

The characters for that matter, are all really fun to watch, all with unique habilties and personalities that make the dinamics between them quite interesting. I loved how they differ from one another and not all of them are crystal blue perfect. The big threat of the movie for instance involves a big moral consideration that not all of them can agree upon. In this regard, the movie does cover new unforseen ground in the MCU - I think my girlfriend said it best: This heroes are no loger straightforward in their believes and purpose but in this case morally gray, and that was very cool to follow.

Additionally, Eternals is beautiful to look at. Director Chloe Zhao is known for her beautiful direction and ability to portray big and expansive landscapes and such was still the case with this movie. Some of the scenes, specially the ones involving some past events with past civilizations where jaw dropping to look at.

Whatsmore, the action scenes were extremelely cool. Imagine a group of 10 very powerful people with very different powers all using their unique habilities in tandem againts an enemy or even against eachother- it all looks just as cool as it sounds. Standouts here are Angelina Jolie's Thena with spectacular acrobatics(she looks really cool), Lauren Ridloff´s Makkari with probably the coolest scenes and effects we have seen portrayed on a speedster-like character and Richard Madden´s Superman like character that just looks really cool.

Finally, this is probably the one movie with the biggest implications for the MCU universe as whole outside of Endgame; expanding even further our undestanding of how these worlds exist, work and the overall bigger threats that lurk within. For the first time in Phase 4 I feel excited for whats to come outside of our regular earthly heroes.

I really do not know what happened with the critics this time around. I say, go watch it.