Marvel's Eternals

[EllieSattler]

I know there are lots of Marvel fans on here (wonders if anyone will start a Hawkeye discussion thread in Telly Addicts) so wanted to know what everyone thought of Eternals.

I saw it last week. Er, I won't be counting down the days until I can re watch it on Disney Plus, put it that way. I'll share more thoughts in a bit.

Sad to say, DS who is a diehard Marvel fan, totally agrees with you.

DS and DH are just back and said it was shockingly bad. DH fell asleep.

I found it tedious to be honest. Couldn't get involved with the characters at all. And I generally love the MCU.

Yep, took DS last Friday, he is a Marvel fan, I have to take him, neither of us liked it

I slept for 20 minutes in the middle too!

I thought Gemma Chan was woefully miscast and I found it really jarring that Rob Stark and Jon Snuh ended up competing for the girl. Richard Madden is great and does have a lot to do but all in all the plot was ropey.

The most interesting bits were the post credits bits although one person who appears in it makes me roll my eyes and I hope he won’t be in the next film!

Me and DS love marvel, but him being 7 I have to sorta watch it first on my own, then make the decision of it's ok for him to watch and brief him on any parts I feel may shock or suprise him if it's borderline. Or like venom it's just a straight no, not suitable.

So I had the fucking horrendous act of watching it twice in the cinema. 🙄 It's shit, it really is.

It's about an hour longer than it needs to be. The story line and script are a bit flat and it is just missing so much that marvel usually offers.

Ah ds saw it and said it was dreadful. He loves Marvel. What a shame. It’s three hours or something? Friend took her grandchildren and said the same.

@Gwrach we both agreed that at least 30 minutes could have been taken out

@OhThatChicken

I slept for 20 minutes in the middle too!

I thought Gemma Chan was woefully miscast and I found it really jarring that Rob Stark and Jon Snuh ended up competing for the girl. Richard Madden is great and does have a lot to do but all in all the plot was ropey.

The most interesting bits were the post credits bits although one person who appears in it makes me roll my eyes and I hope he won’t be in the next film!

Would that be a certain singer/wannabe actor 🤔

@Pokemonpoolparty
Yep indeed him! I just have no interest in him being an extended character in a second film!

I was reading this thread and went to post a reply, but there was a glitch in the Matrix and it ended up in a Christmas thread, wtf? Anyway my post said...

Gemma Chan was in Captain Marvel, and she brought a lot of personality into a very minor role under a ton of blue makeup, so I was expecting great things from her. I can only assume the direction was to stand around with a drippy baffled expression for the duration of the film, because that was all she did.

It was too long, the costumes looked dreadful, too many lingering shots of beautiful people and beautiful scenery but with almost no plot. And the plot there was didn't make any sense at all.

Ha, the singer is why I considered seeing it, but even fans told me not to bother!
He's signed for five films btw.
I'm not a Marvel fan, haven't seen any of them, but I'm a huge him fan

It was terrible! Boring, too long, woefully miscast. Just absolutely dull.
And why put a sex scene in a film that appeals to families?!

@MrsTWH

It was terrible! Boring, too long, woefully miscast. Just absolutely dull. And why put a sex scene in a film that appeals to families?!

Yes no idea why we had to see those two having it off on some rocks. We saw them get married, we got the just without the shoulder thrusting scenes. 😂🙄

Yes I'd forgotten about the totally unnecessary sex scene. Not that I'd be watching it ever again but I certainly won't be watching it with the DC because of that. Also why would they even have a sex drive?

Not sure if it was miscast overall or whether the direction was so dire nobody could have acted it well. That said, I hated Angelina Jolie being in it. She wasn't Thena, she was AJ in a nasty costume. Up until now Marvel have done a great job with lesser known actors, why cast her, Jon Snow and Salma Hayes?

Marvel's off its meds at the moment I think. Shang-Chi was alright, but Black Widow and Eternals both feel really flat. I'm holding out hope that the next Dr Strange one isn't a total pile.

I think the problem Eternals has, in particular, is that they've got to introduce a whole tranche of new characters in a single film. By the time the first Avengers movie appeared there had already been separate films for Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk. And they were far better-known comic book properties anyway so there was already some cultural momentum behind it.

Ds is a die hard Marvel fan and he has refused to go see it. He said to me it was going to be really bad.

I will show him this thread, as its only coming out here this week afaik.

@EllieSattler

Yes I'd forgotten about the totally unnecessary sex scene. Not that I'd be watching it ever again but I certainly won't be watching it with the DC because of that. Also why would they even have a sex drive?

Not sure if it was miscast overall or whether the direction was so dire nobody could have acted it well. That said, I hated Angelina Jolie being in it. She wasn't Thena, she was AJ in a nasty costume. Up until now Marvel have done a great job with lesser known actors, why cast her, Jon Snow and Salma Hayes?

I timed a toilet break for DS when I took him as I knew it was coming so he missed that part and came back in just as they were getting married lol.

I didn't think AJ was a great casting either. And she kept standing like she did in that thigh slit dress at the Oscars that one time, and I couldn't un-see it after that lol

Not watched Eternals but enjoyed Shang-chi which is new set of characters too. Shame that it's not so great.

I mean shame that Eternals isn't great but I guess the films can't all be equally successful

Oh god I saw this on Saturday and what a waste of my evening!!
I really wanted to like it, but it was just so tacky. There was no chemistry between Richard madden and Gemma chan, it just felt so …. Blah.
I ended up not caring about any of the main characters at all and feeling slightly sorry for the deviant!

Just wasted what felt like 3 hours of my life on this rubbish.I spent most of my time wondering how much Angelina had been paid to star in it and whether she was embarrassed to take her kids to see it. I think it's one of the worst films I've ever seen. That Scottish bloke acts the same in everything he does. Don't see the appeal, basically The Bodyguard in a Marvel suit. And the sex scene?! Why?

So awful I left.

Agree re the unnecessary sex scene. We went as a family to watch and there were a lot of kids watching.

Was totally gobsmacked by the post credit scene. The person in question reminded me a bit of The Grand Master in Thor Ragnorak but a pound shop version of him. The whole cinema was like WTF when said person appeared. It certainly woke those up that had fallen asleep!!

@Mamamia35

Just wasted what felt like 3 hours of my life on this rubbish.I spent most of my time wondering how much Angelina had been paid to star in it and whether she was embarrassed to take her kids to see it. I think it's one of the worst films I've ever seen. That Scottish bloke acts the same in everything he does. Don't see the appeal, basically The Bodyguard in a Marvel suit. And the sex scene?! Why?

When I saw the trailer for this film, I immediately realized that I would not go to the cinema to see it. Judging by the feedback from other people, I made the right decision.