This was so good! My family and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely great that this was our first cinema experience after 2 years of this pandemic!
I actively avoided reading reviews about this before we got the chance to see it, especially the massively negative ones, but everything to avoid my own opinions from being influenced. Being a Marvel fan, I wasn't quite ready to witness the supposed, potential downfall of the MCU, not in my lifetime, so I wanted to be the judge for myself. Turns out, there really was no cause for concern.
I WAS expecting it to drag given the runtime, number of characters, and the damn review tidbits I did see, but it absolutely did not (for me). I barely even noticed time pass. (Although sure, there was that one, very long info-dump scene, but I didn't really think there was any good way to provide that crucial information.)
I loved all the characters. They were all humanized somewhat despite their Eternals status. I looked forward to seeing where they all ended up on Earth and was not disappointed (though I'm guessing there was more to Makkari's story, maybe..?). I SO enjoyed all the myth counterpart story jokes too (the one who flew too close to the sun was freakin' bittersweet).
And I actually, truly liked the moral struggle they had. If there had been none, if they'd gone the typical superhero movie route of everyone being onboard and saviors of humanity mindset, then I would have been disappointed. But this is realistic (as much as possible in a superhero flick). Because even I questioned their decision (though knowing Marvel, I'm almost sure this won't be the last we've of the giant ice baby, or there's maybe a secret within the secret, so I don't feel too bad about it just yet). It's also pretty effed up to think that maybe Thanos really was trying to save the world in (more ways than the one he shared) when he Blipped them population. Had he known all along!?
I loved how Dane was pretty much just a cameo here lol. But that's a good thing — they planted the seed for his character without taking away focus from The Eternals themselves.
That plot twist with Ajak and Ikaris, I totally did not see that coming. I was expecting what occured to be with the former, so yeah. WHOA.
And Angelina Jolie? Totally fangirled over her. It's been a while since I'd seen her onscreen, and I totally wasn't expecting much, but despite the fact that they nerfed her for a huge chunk of the main action to give the bad guys a shot (lol), the action we did get and the emotions she brought.. She is just:ok_hand:
This movie's humor felt probably very natural to me in a way it hasn't for recent MCU movies.
Karun's inclusion was hilarious! I loved Makkari's speed vfx, and I momentarily forgot Kingo's power before their first fight after the reunion, but damn that was cool. Sprite's storytelling scene was nice, too, and shows just how the stories of the gods and goddesses would have been passed down because of that. And Thena and Gilgamesh........ * tears *
Note: this is probably like an 8/10 for me, but I'm giving it a 9 because I just need to balance out all these hate ratings. -__-
Review by Ahys STBlockedParent2021-12-05T10:18:05Z— updated 2021-12-06T15:22:59Z
This was so good! My family and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely great that this was our first cinema experience after 2 years of this pandemic!
I actively avoided reading reviews about this before we got the chance to see it, especially the massively negative ones, but everything to avoid my own opinions from being influenced. Being a Marvel fan, I wasn't quite ready to witness the supposed, potential downfall of the MCU, not in my lifetime, so I wanted to be the judge for myself. Turns out, there really was no cause for concern.
I WAS expecting it to drag given the runtime, number of characters, and the damn review tidbits I did see, but it absolutely did not (for me). I barely even noticed time pass. (Although sure, there was that one, very long info-dump scene, but I didn't really think there was any good way to provide that crucial information.)
I loved all the characters. They were all humanized somewhat despite their Eternals status. I looked forward to seeing where they all ended up on Earth and was not disappointed (though I'm guessing there was more to Makkari's story, maybe..?). I SO enjoyed all the myth counterpart story jokes too (the one who flew too close to the sun was freakin' bittersweet).
And I actually, truly liked the moral struggle they had. If there had been none, if they'd gone the typical superhero movie route of everyone being onboard and saviors of humanity mindset, then I would have been disappointed. But this is realistic (as much as possible in a superhero flick). Because even I questioned their decision (though knowing Marvel, I'm almost sure this won't be the last we've of the giant ice baby, or there's maybe a secret within the secret, so I don't feel too bad about it just yet). It's also pretty effed up to think that maybe Thanos really was trying to save the world in (more ways than the one he shared) when he Blipped them population. Had he known all along!?
I loved how Dane was pretty much just a cameo here lol. But that's a good thing — they planted the seed for his character without taking away focus from The Eternals themselves.
That plot twist with Ajak and Ikaris, I totally did not see that coming. I was expecting what occured to be with the former, so yeah. WHOA.
And Angelina Jolie? Totally fangirled over her. It's been a while since I'd seen her onscreen, and I totally wasn't expecting much, but despite the fact that they nerfed her for a huge chunk of the main action to give the bad guys a shot (lol), the action we did get and the emotions she brought.. She is just:ok_hand:
This movie's humor felt probably very natural to me in a way it hasn't for recent MCU movies.
Karun's inclusion was hilarious! I loved Makkari's speed vfx, and I momentarily forgot Kingo's power before their first fight after the reunion, but damn that was cool. Sprite's storytelling scene was nice, too, and shows just how the stories of the gods and goddesses would have been passed down because of that. And Thena and Gilgamesh........ * tears *
Note: this is probably like an 8/10 for me, but I'm giving it a 9 because I just need to balance out all these hate ratings. -__-