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abduleez1:
Even the picture style and theme makes the intensity slap harder...

Didn't even know Zack directed it for a long time. Top tier quality content right there.

AnfieldFan:
I'm responsible for what I post, your understanding of my post is entirely out of my hands...

Raalsalghul:
The MCU are just deceiving their selves with that one universe concept.

AnfieldFan:
Eternals takes place around the events of Spider Man-Far from home...

BankyGee:

Kaycee7:
Really, bro? Really?

lol, Shebi Gilgamesh was bragging about helping Odin and Thor following him around when he was a kid

The mugus even made superman canon in the MCU

Kaycee7:
Heard a rumor Vince wanted him to play a terrorist character.

a few weeks ago, i made a statement that some deemed controversial. my intentions were to bring a beautiful vision to life. unfortunately, for reasons beyond my control, i won't be able to make that vision a reality. but i can share with you what could have been. pic.twitter.com/V2bKzYJUrw

— Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli_X) November 13, 2021

Gmajor:
Eternals (2021)
So I just saw Eternals and I have a lot to say. This is going to be a long post, so buckle up.

I’ve heard a lot of people say that is the most unMCU-like movie in the MCU and I agree with this sentiment. Apart from a few references to the wider cinematic universe, this movie feels very different from the other movies in the MCU- in tone, scope and in story.

MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD.

There were a lot of things I liked and a lot of things I hated about his movie, so as usual; I will just put my thoughts in a numbered list.

1. Things I liked:

Cinematography: I really liked the cinematography in this movie. There is lot of beautiful and awe inspiring shots and I really appreciated this. The golden constructs that some of the eternals make when they are using their powers is also really cool.



Acting: the acting was mostly good. But considering the budget and the fact that the movie is star studded, it comes as no surprise.



The speedster: I really liked Makkari as the speedster. I would even go as far as saying that this is one of the better depictions of a speedster running/ fighting in live action. There isn’t an overabundance of slow Mo when she runs and she really comes off as a formidable opponent. She doesn’t look awkward when she runs like the Flash.



Premise and backstory: the premise of this movie is quite audacious. The reveal that the creation and destruction of the Earth is part of the circle of life is a bold choice considering that the destruction the planet will give rise to other planets and other sentient beings. Though I wished the movie had leaned into the question of if the Eternals had the right to disrupt the natural order so as to save humanity.



Karun: Karun plays the role of Kingos valet and I think that he is one of the most likeable characters in the movie. He is no beauty, but I enjoyed watching the scenes he appeared in.



I also like that they didn’t make Druig the bad guy. At first he seemed like the obvious choice, but I’m glad it wasn’t him.



I also like that there wasn’t a love triangle and that Jon Snow and Rob Stark didn’t engage in petty squabble for Sersi’s love.



2. Pacing one of the biggest issues that plague this movie is its pacing. This is a very ambitious movie that has a lot of things going on for it. A lot of subplots are flying all over the place. Think about it.

----This is a love story between Icarus and Sersi. If their love isn’t properly developed, the ending of the movie will feel very flat. And to say the truth, their relation isn’t well developed (we will circle back to this point later).

----Also, it’s about the war between the Eternals and the Deviants

----Also, also it’s a story about the bond between the Eternals and how this bond transforms over time.

----Also, also, also, it’s a story about the worth of human life

----Also also, also, also, it’s a story about the Celestials and the destruction of earth

So, how exactly are you going to handle all these subplots in 2 and half hours of runtime and still have time to flesh out your large casts of characters? The truth is you can’t. A better option would have been to make this a mini-series like Wandavision, FAWS, or Loki. This would have given the story more time to breath.

Let us also not forget about Jon Snow who made an extremely random discovery about his ancestry and there is a reveal of a sword at the end of the movie that just comes out of nowhere.

3. Chemistry: the chemistry of the characters in this movie can be very hit or miss. The chemistry between Makkari and Druig is fun, flirty and natural.
The chemistry between Gilgamesh and Angelina Jolie as friends was quite believable. However, the chemistry between Icaruis and Sersi was seriously lacking. Somehow I’m supposed to believe that these people have been in love with each other for thousands of years and then left things unresolved? No sir. I don’t buy it.

4. The powers are lame: ok. Not all the powers are lame, but most of them are lame. Think of this, you’re an all-powerful being and you want to create beings that can fight and kill these incredibly powerful and durable dinosaur-esque creatures that you also created. These creatures that you need them to destroy can mutate and become even stronger; they can also breed and increase their population. So what kind of characters should you create?

a. A little girl that can create illusions. The illusions she creates are not real, so they can’t harm the deviants. I’m sure her powers will be super handy during kid’s birthday parties.

b. A man who can control the minds of human beings but not the minds of the deviants. But to make matters worse, you instructed him to not control humans but let them have their free will. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS DRUIG SUPPOSED TO DO??

c. A woman who can slowly heal herself and other. It’s not an offensive ability but it still has its uses in a war so I’m more forgiving of this power.

d. A man who is good with technology. Hmmmm

If I was in the Celestials shoes (LOL), I would create superman-like character. People who are very durable, can fly, can punch really hard and can heal very quickly, and have an offensive powers like laser vision or can create weapons from nothing. Maybe you can make one of them really good with technology. In reality you only need like 3 or 4 of these types of characters in order to wipe out the deviants.

Come to think of it, the deviants can be easily eradicated by the AVENGERS; because they don’t really pose that much of a threat. The main issue is that most of the Eternals have really shitty power.

I’m also really confused about their power scaling. Is Icarus invulnerable to physical Trauma? Why does Icarus have more than one power while the others have only one power?

5. CGI: Eternals really gives you a taste of the whole CGI spectrum. It boasts of good, bad and ugly CGI. The most egregious use of CGI has to be the end credit scene where Pip appears to the Eternals along with Harry Styles.

Pip literally looks like a PS2 character from the early 2000s.

6. Story: the story is ok. I even said previously that the premise is bold. Unfortunately, the more you think about it, the less sense it makes.

For instance, why couldn’t the Celestial tell the Eternals he created their exact goal? It’s very easy to rationalize that their goal is to maintain the natural order of things. And if they knew what their goals were, they would not get attached to the humans.



They were instructed not to intervene in human conflict, but wouldn’t it be more beneficial for them to intervene? To prevent wars, pandemics and famines and ensure that the population of the world increases at a more exponential rate.



Why do the Eternals have free will if they are basically robots?



Why did the Celestial tell them not to interfere with the Thanos situation (not like they could have done much. I still believe that the Avengers are more competent than them) Thanos not only wiped out half of the population on earth but in all planets that exist. Which will result in a delay of the birth of the Celestial on Earth and other planets. They could have resolved this by just saying that they didn’t know the full extent of Thanos’ plan and that once the snap had happened, they didn’t know it could be undone. At least that explanation would have made more sense.



At the end, Sersi says that she has residual energy left and offers to turn sprit human. What!!!! Why don’t you just age her UP.? Isn’t that what she wanted? Wouldn’t that be a lot easier than turning a machine into a human being?



What role does the evolved deviant serve? It seemed like they were going to somewhere with it, but the just didn’t. For some reason, only one deviant turns up for the final fight and gets killed off. Why even bother?

7. Characters/character motives: like I said previously, this movie has way too many characters. If they Eternals were fewer, it would have served the story better by exploring and developing them better which will result in a more emotional reaction from the audience when one of them dies.


· Before Kingo disappears from the movie, he says that all the Eternals can’t defeat Icarus. And this just circles back to what I said earlier about power scaling. How powerful is Icarus? But it doesn’t really matter much and we soon find out that Kingo is either dumb, a liar or he grossly overestimated how powerful Icarus is because we clearly see the speedster alongside few other eternals kick his ass and subdue him. If Kingo was there, they could have finished him off.

· Sprite wants to be a grown woman but doesn’t she have ability to create illusions? Why can’t she just make herself look like an adult? An Ability we see her use. But why can’t she maintain the illusion for a very long time. Again this still circles back to poorly defined power scaling. Sprite also literally stabs Sersi in the back, doesn’t apologize and everyone is cool with it.

In conclusion, Eternals is a movie of many ups and downs. It features an interesting premise; unfortunately, a feature length movie is not the right medium to tell the story they wanted to tell. That being said, I enjoyed watching the movie. It’s not a very good movie, but it’s not the worst Marvel movie ever. It’s a million times better than Thor 1 and 2 and a few other MCU movies.

I will be rating this movie 6/10.

MJBOLT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Krla_UxRg

Konor:
lol. Imagine the audacity
I no dey argue with you again abeg. You are obviously deluded

Debroslink:
How is Xavi ahead of Iniesta? You better don't let us start civil war on this thread.

Katcall:
who wants to rape a man fool when I can pin the bitch with my BBC. no wonder they banned you.

samistry:
E still never reach?

Kaycee7:
Alexa go sha first Veer Mahan reach Raw

Na Una dey remind me of this guy tbh

Kaycee7:
Anyone else wanna see this happen?

Lol... that Brock goes moose hunting once in a while is sending me

Devvy4:
Pique is always complaining lmao, even Modric knows he cries so much


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfruW2pWkCs

I remember this shameless Cule

ALEXAPLAYME:
That pique nor first get sense na

Na why dem dey call am "cone"

pamcode:
I wonder how people enjoyed it. It was a jumble of scenes for me. There were few action scenes that cut it for me. That scene with the timekeeper has to be the worst of all.

GuiseppeO:
Were the arms outstretched?? It didn’t even touch the one on the floor...you no get point

ValeeLove:
Do you know that even though it's his real name, 'John Cena' is an intellectual property of the WWE and they get a cut for when Cena is creditted in movies. Cena said in 2006 that it didn't bother him as Vince gave him an opportunity when he had none.

ValeeLove:
no. The best we can do is to pronounce those names with English tongues. The original pronunciations are not what we actually say with our mouth. The bottom line is they pronounce with English tongues and not our local lingua.

Kaycee7:
Bro, if Chinese people told you how you sound when you pronounce their names, you go cover your face. We don't even pronounce most names from other ethnic groups properly, talk more of foreign names that aren't English.

ValeeLove:
let's be truthful, it's not their fault, just like it's not your fault if you can't speak fluent Chinese. The sooner we stop thinking English language is superior to ours the better.

ValeeLove:
Cornette is all about wrestling reviews and cruise catching. Can't blame them though for the wrong pronunciation, they are Americans. Lol.

They do it to most African names and it's annoying to me tbh

ValeeLove:
Pro-wrestling lengend and veteran Jim Cornette comments on Pastor Odumeje's claim to wrestling Satan in hell and defeating him.

Watch video here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QozfcgSeiw