Why Eternals is NOT GOOD... | Video Essay

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[DragonHotCoffee]

"And when everyone's super.... no one will be" - Syndrome, the Incredibles

[kelliling]

At the very least, this should have been a Disney Plus series so they could focus on each character or time.

[captainvader]

I honestly didn't realize there were 10 characters until I actually counted them. I'm now curious why this wasn't a Disney+ series. I mean yeah, GOTG worked, but the team was literally half that number in the first movie

[Blackninja-envm]

Yes! Finally Thena & Gilgamesh had the best chemistry to me. She's sharp and swift and he's a gentle fist. He smoothes out her edges while ultimately being stronger while she's witty and headstrong while being deadlier. Honestly I would have pushed to have them together despite people valuing their platonic affection because honestly it looked like he was in love with her and it would have been great to see an Asian man be shown to be Eternal husband material and be married. Especially this movie wants to throw relationships at us. There's like 5 already and Sersi is in 2 of them.

[TheOnlyAnglicanintheroom]

Personally my dilemma with the MCU is that it is on the road to being too big, too grand. The celestials make Thor, iron man type characters irrelevant.

[rafaelorona]

If you ask me, they should’ve introduced Ajak by herself and truly give her the role of a leader. She has the most interesting arc and ultimately she’s the one that went against the Celestials when she decided to abandon the mission. So it would’ve been fitting to see her come to that conclusion, it could have been a period piece film and also it could have explained why they just didn’t interfere because Ajak abandoned the mission. We could’ve had also better and smaller arcs for all supporting characters because they all would’ve had a purpose that made Ajak evaluate her stance time and time again. For me the biggest issue is that their struggle spans thousands of years instead of focusing on a part.

[ztartop]

One of the reasons the Hobbit did poorly was that there were so many dwarves that each had little to no character development and it was hard to feel for them.

[bennyhoward]

I honestly find it so weird that a movie that is all about humanity and how good people can be I never felt that humanity.

When Sersi’s boyfriend was introduced I expected him to join the Eternals and go along with the journey. He’d be a character we can relate to because he isn’t some godlike being or a super soldier or even a regular soldier, he’s just some guy.

I expected him to come along and over the course of the film start relationships with the other Eternals. I expected him and Ikaris to have a almost jealous rivalry since they both love Sersi but that becomes a friendship and would then add onto Ikaris betrayal as not only is he betraying his friends but he know has meet humans and knows how good they are and his choice to let them die is more impactful because of that friendship…

Instead he disappears and is replaced by the camera dude who doesn’t even serve a purpose but to be comedic relief before he too disappears.

There’s so much wasted potential in this film man

[markgarcia]

The scene when the conquistadors are slaughtering the Aztecs and Druig stands up to Ajak is my favorite moment.
He’s a man who is reserved and does not show his emotions. But the millenniums of watching genocide ate his soul away knowing he could single-handedly stop it. It hurt me personally because I feel like that know about all this political culture war for the last 20 years in the US.
But the line when he says “Do you know what centuries of seeing this does to me?” made me feel his Immeasurable grief

[tylergracyne]

Actually they did explain that they succeeded with the Uni-Mind because their powers were amplified by Tiamat’s awakening, specifically giving Sersi almost Celestial-level cosmic power

[bmvthemoviefanatic]

After watching the film, I did find it weird my favorite character was Karun, one of the only people apart of the crew who wasn't an Eternal. Damn that guy was hilarious 😂

[Klayhamn]

The meaning of the word "risk" means that you can fail. Otherwise there is no risk.

[joshualally]

I think this movie needed Dane (Kit's character) to tag along with the quest to find the enternals as the audience stand in. This way he could ask questions as he is the outsider and give a human perspective (also while hinting to the black Knight). It would also add more depth to Cerise via there relation ship and could lead to a rivalry with Ikarus. He could still accidently treat Sprite as a child trying to protect/coddle her, which would add to her own insecuritys of her being in a child's body.
I know we have Karun as the human but he already knows about the enternals via Kingo. He comes across as more of Kingo's yes man (or maybe in a subtle relationship). He doesn't really have any connection to the others or questions them to much about there stand point which is why Dane should of tagged along. The only issue I see is him being useless at the end, but some one who is smarter than me could make it work.

Also ideally in this version of the movie the deviants are saved for the sequel with Ikarus or Druig being the primary "villain". With the entire conflict being derived from oposite ideology on the disposability/control humans depending on which is the "villain". Also it might be beneficial to have the entire movie set in the present no flash backs, only hints, and save the back story for the sequal then tie it with the deviants.

With the sequel being more comparing and contrasting the eternals with the deviants. All while debating if the deviants have the right to live/is it wrong to hunt them. With the answer being vague cause on one hand they can wipe out all life on planets but on the other hand that is what they was evolved/created to do and are becoming sentient.

[carlmurphy]

45 minutes of valid explanation about why film isn't good.
Screenrant: Trolls can't deal with Eternals female director.

[Selfinflictedhummusrocket]

Chloe Zhao literally said in an interview that her biggest inspiration for the film is Man Of Steel.

[TomPolymathPR]

This should have been a six part series instead of a film.

[jackall-trades]

In one of the Final Fantasy games, there is a group of people known as "The Gifted". They're born with supernatural abilities, yes, but the story focuses on their agelessness. The first one you meet mentions how he couldn't hold his psyche together watching his friends and loved ones rot while he lingered on, so he decided to live as a hermit. You meet more throughout the story and each has their own trauma in regards to this ability. One even commits suicide. The girl traveling with you is also Gifted and she decides by the end of her arc to try living with people as best she can, but it's left ambiguous as to whether or not she'll eventually succumb to grief.

When you give people powers, talents, abilities, tools, or authority, you have to consider the path it would lead them on. These days they just slap qualities onto characters without any depth or development.

[shannonpotratz]

I loved Eternals. I loved how it embraced the larger, more bonkers concepts of the Marvel comics universe. I can't wait to see it again. This was a refreshing break from the standard Marvel formula and I welcome it... And I disagree that you can't deconstruct characters you've just met, after all, that's exactly what Watchmen was...

[dirkdar]

This isn't a movie about heroes. The eternals aren't heros they are tools. This is a story of nature vs nurture. The greater good versus morality. This isn't a super hero movie, it's a thought project.

[BlueHooloovoo]

I liked Eternals. It's big, ambitious, and weird. But also small, intimate and human. It feels so different to every other Marvel film, right from the first scene. I really admire the ambition of Chloe Zhao, and I doubt anyone else could have done this type of material justice. I hope she comes back for the sequel, and she gets bigger, stranger and weirder. I also admire her gumption. She could have easily gone with the safe bet and directed Black Widow. The surefire hit. But instead she went "Nah, I want to direct the one about the immortals and the space gods!" Mad respect for that.