Movie Review: Eternals

Well, well, well, look who the bad guy is. I've been waiting on Eternals for weeks now and you might wonder if my wait was worth it.

You'll need to read to find out now, won't you?

Movie Recap

A group of men and women tagged the Eternals are created to defeat the Deviant. They stay in their task until they're mandated to live a life. 

I don't even understand this recap. 

Let's try this.

Men and women called Eternals are tasked with defending Earth, or so they thought. Their task takes a turn for the worse as they realise their sole aim on Earth was to destroy it after an emergence.

This sounds better.

The one thing Avengers didn't have seems to be ever-present in the Eternals. Yeah, you guessed as much, a Judas. 

Or should I say Sun?

It's one thing when a mere mortal stands true to their ideologies—Hitler is a raging example of how far a man can go in his quest—but when it's a hero, jeez. Especially the strongest hero.

I'll try to avoid spoilers for those who haven't seen the movie, yet.

Marvel in their usual fashion has given us something unexpectedly nice. I don't care about Rotten tomatoes but the story, well.

We'll see.

"I've been waiting to clip your wings for a long time, Ikarus."

Way to go with the Greek reference, Phastos. 

Let's start slow.

Marvel's phase four has taken a new turn with the inclusion of more superheroes, different storylines and villains with a heart. Though I doubt if we'll get a timeline as we did in the previous phases, it's still too early to say.

The Eternals had adequate representation from my POV. We had a black guy (Phastos), two Asians (Gilgamesh and Sersi) we also had the LGBTQ represented, our first Indian (Kingo), Irish (Ikarus and Druig), an American (Sprite), our very first deaf Marvel hero (Makkari), a single strong woman (Thena) and a Latina woman (Ajak).

I believe that covers it, right?

Oh, and it was also directed by a female.

Inclusivity all around.

Storyline

I liked the story. Everybody sees themselves as a hero doing the right thing, but in the end, they're just puppets.

The revaluation of what we stand for and where our loyalties lie is something many of us struggle with daily. While Ikarus was adamant and focused on seeing Earth destroyed, others had formed a bond and began to adapt and fall in love with Earth.

Would have made sense if they helped out the Avengers, though. Just saying. 

For people who are Eternals, they sure die easily and hurt bad. Couldn't Arishem have built them with special eternal healing ability? 

If you check the definition of Sprite you'll understand why I wasn't surprised with her attitude. I felt like killing her the entire duration of the movie. 

Why not complain to the person who made you rather than go genocidal? And if you love someone, just say it.

I can bet you that Africa would have survived that emergence. We're never affected even when the world is in grave danger. The same way we survived Don't Look Up.

Ikarus loves Sersi. I believe that much. He was just misguided by his duty. That's what happened when you don't form bonds even after 7,000 years on Earth.

The Gilgamesh guy was a character everyone loved. He's that one friend everyone should have because there'll be when the worse happens.

He got the right superpower. After holding down a horde of zombies in Train to Busan, it was nice seeing him watch out for our Thena.

Do you guys see the resemblance to Benedict Wong?

Love did prevail because Omni man would have brutalised her and then tried to hold back eventually.

Druig wasn't the so-called bad guy after all. He just saw things from our perspective.

And look who now finally knows something. It's Snow. Looking dashing as ever, but wiser it seems and back with his brother.

And wait, Thanos has a brother who isn't overly genocidal and quite handsome. People, say hello to Harry Styles.

From Pennywise to Eternals, Bill Skarsgard keeps giving us vibes as Deviant Kro.

Marvel is dropping enough breadcrumbs to create five more phases if they want.

There were some flat moments though. I won't get into it today.

But they're doing okay.

My Questions

How does Snow as Black Night fit into all these? 

Why is it important? 

What will Arishem do? 

Why didn't he take the three abode the ship? 

What's the relationship with Thanos' brother?

Can Marvel maintain Harry Styles, Angelina Jolie and Kit Harrington?

I wanted to see more from Kumail and Ajak. But well, there's always next time. At least for Kumail.

They'll return somehow, somewhere. And we're waiting.

Rating: 8/10