Eternals

I think I enjoyed this movie a lot more than most. I really did like the characters, as well as the story concept. However, I do agree with many of the complaints with this movie. I think it does introduce too many characters at once for us to get a good analysis of each of them. Personally, I would’ve loved to get to know Makari’s character a bit more, but there simply wasn’t enough room in a film that already has a near three-hour runtime. Disregarding these pacing and character depth issues, I actually think this movie was pretty impactful, especially for a MCU movie in this era. The emotional depth of the main characters is something I feel is rare in the superhero genre. This movie executes the antihero trope well and the plot twist was genuinely unexpected and intriguing. I loved all the action sequences, including one of the best displays of super speed I’ve seen in any movie. I like how this movie didn’t hold back from killing off characters and especially enjoyed the “fly too close to the sun” reference at the end. All in all, I definitely think this one of the better MCU projects in the post-Endgame period.