Eternals (2021)
6/10
Too ambitious to connect with the audience
28 November 2021
Marvel gives us two and a half hours to catch-up on thousands of years of history, introduce nine lead characters, understand the threat and feel afraid of the present danger. They have forgotten the success of introducing The Avengers a layer at a time so we could embrace them, understand them, and love their strengths and flaws. They have forgotten how the ensemble introduction of the Fantastic Four bombed - twice. We cannot decide who to trust, who we want to succeed and who we should mourn when we are faced with so many choices with so little screen-time.

Such an incredible pool of acting talent that could produce nothing deep with the Eternals. The very nature of being alive for thousands of years means losing the element of urgency, and apparently chemistry. We weren't able to identify with being eternal and the couple of humans we meet were so accepting (probably to save time) that they were also void of emotion and intensity. It was visually stunning, so therefore deserving of six stars just for the VFX team, but sadly did not connect with me on any level.
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