I like it. I honestly think its an even 50/50 on whether a marvel fan likes it or not
Realistic_Analyst_262025-11-05 16:15
Absolutely not a 50/50 lmao. The majority hate it.
SNL_Head2025-11-05 16:19
Terrible movie. Seeing an out of shape comedian, play a super hero after getting a personal trainer and proper dieting was a joke.
ZekeorSomething2025-11-05 16:29
It’s a boring film and has way too many characters to introduce also.
SNL_Head2025-11-06 03:48
Agreed
ParagonProtagonist2025-11-05 16:31
I liked it. I know its not absolute cinema but I think it only suffered from too many main characters but overall i was entertained throughout. Especially by the relationships between all the characters.
It doesnt fit the marvel origin movie formula too much which is nice as well.
Ragnarok_6192025-11-05 16:53
Only the vocal minority likes it. Rest see it as the start of the downfall of MCU
eBICgamer20102025-11-05 16:57
You're not blunt enough. This is the MCU equivalent of Amazing Spider-Man 2. How it tricked so many people into liking a boring drab is beyond my comprehension.
It got so many of the problems ASM2 had. Amazing visuals that failed to make up for a weak and confusing story on top of too many characters crowding the whole movie, plus teasing of things that at this point will never come. Hell, both directors were Searchlight alumni whose voice became drowned inside the blockbuster machine.
Ragnarok_6192025-11-05 17:08
You will be downvoted by my fellow web heads (doesn't matter, they are in the spidey sub for gooning anyways), but you are absolutely spot on.
Soggy-University-5242025-11-05 16:04
Peak
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-05 16:05
Never seen
dbkenny4262025-11-05 16:08
You should. It's vastly over-hated. At the very least, you should watch it to make up your own mind. Worst case scenario, you waste a couple hours.
mattdvs19792025-11-05 16:24
Totally see it the next time you need a really good nap. The coven saying that it’s beautiful or right because the cinematography really is beautiful, but it’s just fucking boring.
djangogator2025-11-05 16:57
Stay that way. It's crap.
ItsAProdigalReturn2025-11-05 17:31
Honestly watch a fanedit of it. The biggest issue with the film is the pacing. Like the acting, cinematography, and general story beats - they're all solid. The pacing is genuinely terrible and it makes the entire experience hard to sit through. A good fanedit would likely solve this.
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-05 21:52
Do you know if there is one?
ItsAProdigalReturn2025-11-05 22:15
There's a bunch of em, ya. Not sure which is the best.
Crotean2025-11-05 16:10
Had its moments, should have been an elseworlds style movie. They just didn't fit into the MCU history as we know it. Great action and super power work on display. The Deviants should have been dropped from the movie, they accomplished nothing.
NateDizzle3122025-11-05 16:11
Wish we got more of the other Eternals in other projects…
I know it’s most likely a dead IP for Feige/Disney but seems like a waste of talent across the board 🫤
Aromatic-Cupcake48022025-11-05 16:17
Feige is a huge fan of the Eternals and really wants them back, he called Chloe Zhao's pitch the best he's ever had. A return in someone else's project seems possible, Disney is focused on guaranteed hits.
AsteroidMike2025-11-05 16:21
So why can’t he have them brought back?
Punningisfunning2025-11-05 16:49
Ikaris still out tanning.
Affectionate_Key72062025-11-05 16:13
Wow, and we have hardly heard anything about them since.
Phases 1-3 had their issues, but the current state of the MCU is so disjointed.
Puzzleheaded-Crow3132025-11-05 17:05
I am disappointed with how Tiamut (a giant celestial who started rising from the Pacific Ocean but is now a rock) was only put in CA : BNW to move the plot along.
Like, y’all.
Subtleiaint2025-11-05 17:06
It feels like there was no strategy for new franchises. In the infinity Saga space was made to release a first film and its sequels. In the multiverse saga films came out with no long term strategy.
This, Shang-chi, Black Panther 2, the Marvels, all came out with no space for future films.
It's the same with the TV shows, Hawkeye, MoonKnight, She hulk, werewolf by night, all just went away.
OreoYip2025-11-05 16:15
Gorgeous movie and would have been an even better show. A favorite to rewatch. It really is a shame the odds of sequel are basically none.
Remote-Direction9632025-11-05 16:18
I remember seeing this in theaters the day after the release date with my dad. Yeah there were flaws, but we enjoyed the story overall. Also the visuals looked amazing to see in a movie theater.
reddit_hayden2025-11-05 16:18
it’s such a same how this turned out because it’s probably the most beautiful looking MCU movies we’ve had so far - the cinematography is next level.
SNL_Head2025-11-05 16:18
And bombed
ThunderBird8472025-11-05 16:20
4 years of me wondering if Marvel couldn't have cast an actual Indian actor who would
A.) Knows how to dance
B.) Can tell them what a Bollywood Superstar actually should be
It was first MCU movie I watched in theater where audience were laughing at the scene and not with the scene. 2nd hand embarrassment that sequence was.
And honestly, the way they portrayed him, Kingo at best would be miles away from being a Star, let alone a Superstar.
Other than that, the movie itself was so terrible too.
beanlikescoffee2025-11-05 16:20
By far the best visual adaptation of a speedster. You really feel you’re strapped with them as the run vs what we see in The Flash.
djangogator2025-11-05 16:55
DoFP quicksilver is way better.
randmperson22025-11-05 17:38
Love that scene in DoFP, don’t get me wrong, but that was what every movies does with speedsters: just shows the world slowed down from their perspective.
Makari’s fight against Ikaris was the only time I can think of in live action that we’ve seen a fight from outside the speedster’s perspective…in real time. It was amazing.
KlausLoganWard2025-11-05 16:22
I absolutely love this movie. It just worked for me, and im not ashamed to say its peak MCU for me.
mattdvs19792025-11-05 16:23
Best nap I ever had was seeing this in the theater
VOIDSPEECH2025-11-05 16:25
We need more Eternals!
djangogator2025-11-05 16:56
Nahh
Organic-Habit-30862025-11-05 16:25
This movie flopping with critics hit Feige hard. They were so sure they had a real critic winner on their hands that might even compete in the oscars.
AsteroidMike2025-11-05 16:26
Someone posted an interview with Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo) earlier this year and it seemed that he was really hyped to be in Marvel and then mentioned he was bummed he hasn’t been in any live action films here since.
Ian_WG2025-11-05 16:27
Should have been a show. Eternals would be Marvel's GoT.
ABBJ552025-11-05 16:28
At first I refused to see it but this year I saw it and I thought it was a very good movie, it was a surprise in a positive way
BaconHammer90002025-11-05 16:28
4 years ago today, was the first time i ever almost fell asleep during an MCU film.
so much crying in that movie.
Annual-Painter-31602025-11-05 16:29
Been 4 years, still haven’t seen it
djangogator2025-11-05 16:59
Stay pure
Earthwick2025-11-05 16:32
It feels like ages ago for some reason. I liked eternals, I actually liked it more on rewatch at home. It set up a great premise. The did it kind of dumb with the deviants at the end. Especially considering the deviants are basically the good guys. Also it would have been nice to go into Thanos having been bred with the deviant gene inserted into his DNA and that whole arc.
Crusty_Grape2025-11-05 16:33
"In the beninging-"
Messijoes182025-11-05 16:34
Love this movie. Post credit scene is one of the worst in the MCU. Otherwise this is in my top 10 if not top 5 MCU
Icy_Cry41202025-11-05 16:34
Man I was really looking forward to the next eternals. Man.
El_Quetzal2025-11-05 16:34
Kinda a shame how this movie had many a-listers that got bassically wasted on these roles. I do wonder, many of them were sign on for like 5-6+ movies, and again they casted so many big names so i just wonder how big were they hoping eternals to be and what plans did they had for them for the mcu over all
thrust-johnson2025-11-05 16:34
It feels like 15 years ago
NihilistKurtWarner2025-11-05 17:09
Legit. Only four years is crazy
CyberKitten052025-11-05 16:38
Amazing visuals and great story, falls flat on pacing. Not worse than the first 2 Thor movies, only reason Thor still managed to gather popularity is because they actually let him appear in further projects.
gadget8502025-11-05 16:46
And another credits scene leading nowhere.
Nodqfan2025-11-05 16:52
I saw it in theaters as part of my birthday weekend the week after it hit theaters, and I liked it. The running scenes/fight scenes were great, the story was heavily flawed though, and it probably would've worked better as a TV show.
Ragnarok_6192025-11-05 16:53
The beginning of the end.....
RihoSucks2025-11-05 16:58
Theres a good story in there somewhere. Imo the primary characters being sersi and ikarus backfired because for characters who loved across millenia they had zero chemistry onscreen. I also thought the deviants subplot with kro basically went nowhere. There's a lot in this movie I do like but those flaws were fatal overall
varnums16662025-11-05 17:02
Eternals is just an example of how some talented directors are not meant for fantasy or block buster filmmaking.
This may seem like a petty example, but when I saw this opening weekend, I knew this film was probably going to be bad from the start.
When I saw the intro text had no flaire besides being white text slowly moving up, I knew that Zhao was not a world builder.
For Star Wars, Lucas made it a point for the intro text to be at an angle so that it forces the audience to be more engaged. You feel the rush of the words coming in and leaving. It's already visually engaging you into the plot. Lucas would never just show simple text on screen because it would be boring and wouldn't engage audience in a visual medium.
This problem of bad world building continued for the rest of the film. I could give more examples but creating an interesting world that engages viewers is not a skill set the director had sadly.
Kane762025-11-05 17:05
I rewatched it recently and it really is good. Great direction and performances. It was thrilling to see Jack Kirby's creation get the respect it deserved. I would like to see another one.
Ranos1312025-11-05 17:06
And then no one really cared after.
ICPosse82025-11-05 17:36
This movie was fantastic, one of my favorites for sure.
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randmperson22025-11-05 17:39
Still maintain that it’s the most underrated MCU movie.
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It doesnt fit the marvel origin movie formula too much which is nice as well.
It got so many of the problems ASM2 had. Amazing visuals that failed to make up for a weak and confusing story on top of too many characters crowding the whole movie, plus teasing of things that at this point will never come. Hell, both directors were Searchlight alumni whose voice became drowned inside the blockbuster machine.
I know it’s most likely a dead IP for Feige/Disney but seems like a waste of talent across the board 🫤
Phases 1-3 had their issues, but the current state of the MCU is so disjointed.
Like, y’all.
This, Shang-chi, Black Panther 2, the Marvels, all came out with no space for future films.
It's the same with the TV shows, Hawkeye, MoonKnight, She hulk, werewolf by night, all just went away.
A.) Knows how to dance
B.) Can tell them what a Bollywood Superstar actually should be
It was first MCU movie I watched in theater where audience were laughing at the scene and not with the scene. 2nd hand embarrassment that sequence was.
And honestly, the way they portrayed him, Kingo at best would be miles away from being a Star, let alone a Superstar.
Other than that, the movie itself was so terrible too.
Makari’s fight against Ikaris was the only time I can think of in live action that we’ve seen a fight from outside the speedster’s perspective…in real time. It was amazing.
so much crying in that movie.
This may seem like a petty example, but when I saw this opening weekend, I knew this film was probably going to be bad from the start.
When I saw the intro text had no flaire besides being white text slowly moving up, I knew that Zhao was not a world builder.
For Star Wars, Lucas made it a point for the intro text to be at an angle so that it forces the audience to be more engaged. You feel the rush of the words coming in and leaving. It's already visually engaging you into the plot. Lucas would never just show simple text on screen because it would be boring and wouldn't engage audience in a visual medium.
This problem of bad world building continued for the rest of the film. I could give more examples but creating an interesting world that engages viewers is not a skill set the director had sadly.
If you're asking an open-ended question, try to add your own personal answer and the reasoning.