Eternals (2021)

Stars	User	Rating
12	Leonardis	86 _52nd
I don’t get all the hate. It isn’t perfect by any means. Not all of the eternals get good character moments. Some lines and choices felt out of character toward the end as well. I still really liked it overall. While humorous in some spots, it’s tonally and thematically a much more mature movie than Marvel usually dishes out. It’s really well acted (Richard Madden ftw) and the themes of identity crisis and questioning what’s worth saving were a great change of pace for the MCU.
9	Tony Irwin	48 _44th
Finally it's here: Marvel's own Batman Vs Superman. Endlessly long, it groans under the weight of its own seriousness and epic pretensions. It toys with some philosophical questions without really asking or answering anything. It's beautifully shot - but with barely 15 minutes of actual story spread throughout the length of the movie. By the time the final battle came I realised with horror "I don't care. I don't know who any of these people are and I don't care what happens next." Appalling.
7	Mentaculus	79 _70th
This film undeniably has flaws, mostly in how these creatives inhabit the superhero ethos - at times maybe bored, perhaps even embarrassed by the flying and spandex. But in its themes, in its ensemble moments, it soars. It’s a film finding meaning in the passage of time; how to love, retain purpose, over epochs. Time strips everything down into pure existentialism. This is about faith Of gods, not In gods. And of this, I recalled the first epic: “Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?”
6	law	50 _37th
We don't spend enough time with each ensemble character so, when certain things happen to certain characters, all it evinces is a shrug. There's also lots of talking; that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's dialogue that doesn't rise above the usual empty Marvel platitudes, which means the talking sections are long stretches of, at best, boredom. The first action scene in a present-day city was the only action scene I liked because it was dynamic and it had stakes. The rest do not. Meh.
5	Anomaly	65 _38th
Did you hate it when Superman and Lois Lane kissed on the ashes of Metropolis? How about a gay black superhero blaming himself on the fresh ashes of frickin' Hiroshima?? Eternals is not afraid to get weird (something the MCU desperately needs), but it's too long and overstuffed with conflict. Did we really need the Deviants at all, when the Eternals' inner conflict over their purpose gets so much more time devoted to it? The battles at least try to use character's powers in interesting ways.
5	jarobmul	75 _67th
It's definitely slow but it's also a solid straightforward MCU movie. I do feel that the main deviant was forced in, and easily could have been taken out. Sprite was also a poorly written character which led to her storyline feeling underdeveloped. The rest of the characters were handled very well for such a large cast. Everyone had their chance to shine and I am genuinely interested in seeing where their story goes from here.
4	Obdurate	90 _91st
Like Black Panther, it worked best when focusing on its commentary and its characters. The drama was worth investing in. In that way this has a bigger brain and even more heart than a lot of MCU movies. While it doesn't deliver anything new action wise, the fighting is still entertaining. Zhao's directing is solid and perhaps noteworthy in the framework of the MCU, but I wouldn't say it's anything that special. She still knows how to shoot something beautiful. Didn't feel its length.
4	The Pirate	78 _51st
Certainly unbalanced, oddly paced and the exposition dumps are beyond annoying, but this movie is definitely an experience. Not only does it show multiple character arcs for gods among mortals, but there are some downright profound moments that feel genuine, not forced to add magnitude to the story. I also appreciate the diversity at work here, especially with characters like Sersi, Phastos and Gilgamesh. Not perfect by any means, in fact there's plenty of illogical moments, but still very good.
4	magdabag	84 _54th
Saw this a couple times to try and form solid opinions on it, and I'm glad I did. Though some of the "Marvel Formula" is still here (annoying comedic relief), I thought most of it felt new and different to the MCU. Zhao's directing was done beautifully as well the cinematography and score. All of the characters were compelling enough to know and love, and seeing how the story played out was very enthralling and heartbreaking. I really enjoyed this, and would give a solid 8 celestials out of 10.
4	goremeat	50 _30th
Not bad at all, with its solid action and interesting setup. But it has some critical failings. It loses energy and poise at the worst times and often. Eternals tries for ALLTHEEMOTIONS instead of picking some (or one or whatever) of them to sit with for a while with conviction. In the end it becomes superbeings moaning about their millennia-long existence not satisfying them enough deep down. Cry me a fucking river ;)
3	jthusky	59 _35th
Angelina Jolie Space Dementia. Immortal Bollywood Star. Robb Stark Homelander. Gay Hero Causes Hiroshima. This movie swings big, goes weird and really just doesn’t feel like it’s MCU. But, like, where that succeeds it also fails. In some cases miserably. It’s the first time in a while the post credit scenes were the most interesting part of an MCU film. Definitely not terrible but less than the sum of its parts
3	JLFM	56 _27th
The first genuinely strange MCU entry. This felt generally like a step-up to me compared to your average MCU venture. It’s got a weird cast giving pretty fun performances, a script mercifully low on quips, and relatively coherent action. If it sounds like I’m grading a little on a curve, I guess that can’t be helped. But it’s at least interesting, and that’s a heck of a lot more than I’ve come to expect from these things.
3	TheRealJ-Ro	75 _55th
I'm certainly not as critical of this as some others, but I put it at the level of "I enjoyed it" vs "I loved it". Chloe Zhao is very talented. I cared about the characters despite this being my introduction to them. Even though I feel that the plot lacks some cohesion and oomph early on, the second half came off a far cry better for me than the first. I think I'm trying too hard to place this relative to the rest of the MCU; based on how this movie is presented, that's probably a bad idea.
3	Difontaine	67 _46th
A lot of good elements, sadly not executed on. Looks good, soundtrack good, good cast and yet...ehhh. It'll hopefully pick up in the sequel.
3	Bown	73 _31st
I think a lot of the hate for this movie is far more about expectations than about the movie itself. And don’t get me wrong, it is supremely disappointing that in the end this turned out to be just another Marvel movie. But as far as Marvel movies go, it’s certainly far from the worst, and it manages to not feel its length with solid pacing and some fun characters mixed in with the turgid ones. And Zhao at least manages to get some gorgeous shots in.
3	rihrey	38 _36th
this film felt eternal (pun intended)
3	Okkervil	70 _67th
Benefits from more than one viewing and a film I think will age well. The pacing is a little off and it never manages to cram all its plot and character development into its runtime comfortably. But further viewings definitely allow for more appreciation of Zhao’s nice touches and the films more subtle moments. Most of the casting works, and it’s very pretty bar some occasional clumsy CGI. Incidentally, it also easily has the best realisation of speedster powers on screen.
3	terrymac	60 _36th
This is fine, but I feel like I've seen too many similar films recently. I don't think I have room in my head for any more superhero characters. I'm not sure I found the central ideas hugely interesting either. Perhaps it had ambitions to be something more complex but pulled its punches? Anyway, it's all handled and acted very capably, and I'd be willing to give it another go to see if got more out of it next time around.
2	amazedemon	67 _75th
Eternals isn't the worst the MCU has to offer, but it's near the bottom. I liked the visuals, the cast, Djawadi's score; yet the screenplay & script are messy & mediocre. Admittedly I enjoyed the usual quippy dialogue (mainly delivered by Nanjiani and Patel) but it felt stale or out of place in this film. The quieter moments are quite good, but the epic final battles have gotten tiresome. The cultural & historical moments are interesting, but it's all in a film where nothing stands-out.
2	psim	71 _32nd
I would always prefer an ambitious failure to an average movie that's playing it completely safe. And while I wouldn't describe Eternals as a total failure, Marvel certainly don't succeed at everything they're trying to do here. But at least, for once, they're trying.
2	BadFurDay	6 _59th
So. Much. Exposition. And somehow not enough exposition to explain everything that I needed to know to get the big picture, but at least this builds hype for more eternal and celestial stories in the future. Super pretty cinematography, a cast more human and diverse than in any MCU movie, sadly the story is all over the place, especially the deviants which end up being a waste of screentime after being built up for hours. Critics will hate, I won't: it was a fine cinematic experience.
2	iamianiman	55 _50th
Marvel's Eternals does feel a bit like an eternity
2	Byder	49 _21st
While not outright bad "Eternals" doesn't have much going for it either. I think it handles the aspect of immortal beings on earth somewhat good but the build up to the showdown depends on emotions which the movie fails to evoke. By the end you realize that most threads and developments don't have any satisfying or interesting payoff that would justify the exhausting running time and overdrawn exposition.
2	Corbad	65 _43rd
The pros: the cast, the diversity (of cast and setting), the look, Karun the valet (biggest pro). The cons: nearly every line is either wooden exposition or puerile philosophizing, intimacy is sacrificed for scope, and attributing every development and belief from history to this group of modern English or ASL-speaking folks is a weird move and the moment in Hiroshima is gross. Messy and poorly written, but lovely to look at and unique enough in its genre to earn some points in my book.
2	luord	41 _17th
So meandering, so pointless, so full of arbitrary garbage. It's pretty much a perfect representation of everything that's wrong with Hollywood at the moment. So much so that the critics should have liked it; it was certainly tailor made for them (guess nobody likes a mirror). Anyhow, I liked Druig, and Madden gave a great performance that made his predictable character almost palatable so there's that.
2	TheSpryGoof	82 _37th
was fun but seemed to be lacking a little storywise
2	Filmphil	45 _3rd
The worst MCU Movie. Characters and Plot super boring. Nice Flashbacks to much Exposition and bad Cgi. I turned my Brain of and the Reason why they didn't helped with Thanos. Deadpool : Lazy Writing. I must watch Iron Man 1 now to clean my Eyes and Head
2	Henrik	60 _37th
Marvel does DC. Meh.
2	leemarvins	39 _17th
This movie has the intellectual and emotional depth of a "live, laugh love " interior design sign. Killer Chloe has made the shittiest, most boring movie in a long time.It's pretentious garbage. The only thing worth watching was Barry Keoghan.
2	JamesGS	45 _12th
Passably entertains. Absolutely nothing stands out about it.
2	dunetails	65 _45th
It's not awful,but it's a weird choice to make an Eternals out of all the Marvel characters. They've a bit odd and have never been popular. Then to make them 30% more bland than their comics counterparts too. It's fine,not as bad as everyone claims,but not a runaway hit either. Takes too long to get going, but the story at least isn't as clear cut as it seems at the beginning.
2	kgbelliveau	65 _18th
It is way too long and it takes even longer to get into the heart of the story. It just fails. Almost all of the action sequences felt the same and did not really grow on the scale of impressiveness as the film went on. It has some likable performances but does not hold your attention like other big budget Marvel movies have in the past.
2	Velvet Crowe	50 _51st
The film initially grabbed me with some decent hooks and cool visual splendor, even despite how stiff and awkward the acting could be. But after a certain point, the film rejects a lot of interesting characterization and questions about the very concept of the Eternals in order to justify some lame action movie climax that lands on awkward writing decisions for its cast. I wouldn't call this good, but on some level I appreciate the bizarreness of it that doesn't really exist in other MCU films.
2	KasperL	50 _30th
The performances were solid, and the story was okay, but I wasn't crazy about the characters. And don't get me started on the running time!
2	anarchistica	40 _21st
A super-fast guy, a flying guy with laser eyes and a lady from Greek mythology with sword and shield team up to fight CGI monsters. Justice League? No, Eternals. It's baffling how bad this is. Stiff acting, unlikeable characters, vague motivations and the dumbest cop out ever (Thanos). This 2,5 hour movie also lacks proper character development. So much time is spent in the present while their history would've been much more interesting. What did they do all those years? Not much, apparently.
1	chemtrails	50 _38th
GoT reunion a bit distracting.
1	Adds	80 _84th
The characters weren't morally black and white, which made them interesting. I believed and was invested in the identity crises. I'd also rather watch these actors and follow their careers over the Avengers or Guardians crews. Sorry, not sorry. This cast is actually diverse, wickedly talented, and guided by an amazing female director. Do that more often! Plus, the soundtrack is damn good, even if we didn't get enough of BTS. Wtf to that mid-credits scene though. Didn't expect that cameo.
1	Melvin Smif	70 _79th
Frankly, I'm here for any weird addition to the Marvel Universe. A behemoth of a story to try and tell in one movie and an equally large cast of excellent actors makes this a difficult story to pull off but I feel like they mostly do. Hard to feel attached to early lost characters, having no real connection built, but I really enjoyed "getting the band back together" & dividing lines of thought/beliefs towards the end, felt realistic. Excited to see more from these characters in the future.
1	PUNQ	60 _89th
Your usual overproduced massive adventure that goes in all directions with twists and turns that are more there to shock than feeling justified. Didn't mean I didn't enjoy my time with it. For it's a star studded film with a ton of action and quite a story. A overly complicated one for a Marvel novice like me, but it did seem more competent compared to a lot of the other Superhero mashes they've attempted over the years. In short, I didn't need it, but it was more than fine.
1	moraesfelipe	65 _62nd
Yes, cheesy and expository, but at least Zhao and producers are trying to do something this time around -- until they're not (a bunch of tie-ins, a GoT joke I loved, some DC provocations). Not much in terms of visuals -- it's pretty generic to be fair --, but dramatically -- family issues concerning memory and staying together (or not) is all over, but works -- and mythologically -- world-building is all about our past glories and horrors, universe-like gods crushing and creating life and shit.
1	Zangin	70 _61st
Surprisingly solid. The film's biggest flaw is its structure - constantly jumping between time periods and locations - can leave it feeling disjointed and sporadic. However, the ensemble is strong and I love how the film explores their dynamics. We are presented with a very unhomogenous team of individuals who are very unsure of what to do and as such, react to their situation in unique, often conflicting, ways. That intra-team conflict feels real in a way it hasn't in other superhero team films
1	Filligan	87 _67th
This looked, felt, and sounded completely different from typical MCU fare, and therefore I loved it. No hand-holding or formula tracing, so therefore Marvel fans hated this. It’s a testament to what Scorsese and other artists were trying to warn us: if audiences are only willing to see these films, then their brains aren’t going to be able to appreciate anything slower, more deliberate, more conceptually complex than Good vs Evil. This wasn’t perfect but it was fun while standing out.
1	dst7175	60 _47th
Nothing special but it was OK
1	msprague	70 _61st
Not bad but nothing special either. Interesting cast, a good "Saturday on the sofa" movie.
1	Ross	65 _64th
The start was rough, but it won me over and I enjoyed the rest of the film. I really liked Madden and Chan as well as the mythology.
1	myfavchords	73 _36th
This film brings some new characters to the Marvel cinematic universe. There seems to be a few to many new characters introduced at once. The film has some good action scenes and moments. There are a few slow moments in this film. Overall I would recommed this film.
1	War Machine	75 _64th
rvw
1	DyanneThorne	66 _56th
As a Sound Horizon fan, I have to add five extra points for the endcredit scene. As for the rest of the movie. Well... Imagine if they had just made Infinity Wars, without the twenty or so movies that came before to set it up. Yeah.. Like that. Also, I had many questions after watching this, but the most burning one has to be: What could James Gunn have done with an ensemble movie like this? And also, why am I clueless about Starfox, but I know who BTS are? :(
1	bowfinger	30 _22nd
Funny how this one flick feels eternally longer than the whole Avengers series, but not really funny at all.
1	sellis	67 _33rd
I guess what I appreciate most about Zhao’s direction is the tone? Because the forced tracking shots with natural lighting don’t make me feel as deeply as what sound characterization and performance could. However, despite the lack of earned triumph over conflict or simpler/more coherent plotting that could certainly co-exist with some revisions to script, there is elegance to the obliviousness by which these bland power rangers use teamwork to defeat the antagonist (whichever is the main on
1	doyler29	70 _36th
The Eternals are just robots built for a specific function, but the movie gives them all specific powers, skin colours and accents. One is a child. One is deaf. Why? The film never explores any of this, just letting it sit there as bare inexplicable facts, and that's really the film's problem in miniature. So many characters are crammed into the film and the plot rushes along treating them like interchangeable cogs. It looks great, but it's difficult to care about even a second of it.
1	Duder	45 _6th
* Most bored I have ever been in a Marvel movie.. Mostly because its way too complicated story, almost zero character development, a script that jumped here and there, way too many characters.. This should’ve been a series to set up this big a story..
1	mjoc0723	10 _2nd
Walked out of the theater after 30 minutes. This as so shitty and intolerable that it should be illegal as torture. Good thing, got a refund from the theater.
1	morphinapg	73 _58th
This is one of the best looking Marvel movies out there, it's just gorgeous. I think the idea here is really cool. Some of the execution falls flat, partly due to there being just too much lore to set up for a single movie, so it takes a bit too long for the main story to move along, but I think the core ideas are great here, and I think there's a lot of potential for sequels here.
1	KeyUtkan	41 _13th
Bad visuals, terrible color grading. Aint makes any sense plot and all lore. The story, the characters, and the drive of the individuals are not compatible with each other at all. Lots of plot holes too. A product of a very limited creativity and work dicipline I can say. Another cheap production value -> but big money grappling easy to make stuff.
1	Yoshinaruto	70 _71st
It probably should’ve been a limited series first in order to better explain and establish the characters and story (which was a lot to take in). Still, I don’t think this is the worst MCU film at all. It’s pretty unique in terms of story, tone, and visuals. I liked a lot of the characters, and I’d like to see more of them. Action scenes are great, and the humor is mostly above average as far as MCU humor goes (not sure about the first end credits scene though).
1	daveyp	60 _8th
There's some interesting ideas and the underlying lore is pretty cool, but the acting was poor and the cast lacked charisma, I didn't connect with any of the characters. The humour fell flat. It was overly long and it really doesn't fit with the MCU.
1	lrampartl	27 _7th
There was a short portion where I was mildly interested, but they immediately crushed it with banality. Most of the characters are hollow, yet annoying, the monster designs are terrible, and the acting is incredibly stiff. The only good parts are the end credits; the rest is a colossal waste of time.
1	StareMaster	20 _18th
It drags a lot. Hard to care about the characters. Wasted the potential of the deviant for exploring their dilemma. A lot of head-scratching statements and decisions that don't fit with the motivation of the specific characters or are done in such a ham-fisted manner that it takes you out of the flow of the movie.
1	Ric	70 _26th
Loved Gemma Chan (big fan since her incredible preformance in humans). The rest is fun but unremarkable, and altough the story is kind of an ode to humanity, it's still about yet another bunch of superheroes, without whom we common folk would be nothing ...
1	auritech	42 _33rd
Eternals suffers from a huge problem in that it's trying to tell a story much bigger than one film is possible of achieving. Its lush visuals and fascinating mythology is completely and utterly betrayed by what else you see on screen. The dialogue is beyond awful, most of the actors are stiff and wooden, and a lot of what happens feels pointless. If it didn't exist in the MCU (of which references feel awkwardly shoehorned in), maybe it'd have more of a shot to tell the proper story, but alas.
1	jetboy	44 _7th
All the CGI and established actors can't save this movie from making no sense.
1	sproost	5 _1st
It’s probably unfair to rate a movie so obviously made for young children, but man does it suck to sit through as an adult. I find some pleasure in almost every bad movie but Eternals just has absolutely nothing going for it. Cgi, direction, acting and music are gut wrenchingly awful. It’s 2.5 hours of nauseating torture conducted by the artistically dead. My girlfriend walked in a couple of times and burst into laughter about what I was making myself watch.
1	TheDiceman	50 _35th
Reasonable entertainment with very little content.
1	Ernestina	25 _31st
Mediocre at best. Salma Hayek's excitement in interviews made it seem as if she's an integral part of the movie, whereas [spoiler] she died in the first five minutes (and has like one "in the past" scene afterwards). Kit Harington is once again confused and knows nothing. I'd imagine in the world of the MCU, Cosmopolitan publishes articles like "10 ways to tell your significant other is actually a superhero or a wizard".
1	topaz420	60 _9th
shoots for the moon 100 times and misses 90 of them. but hey, i'd rather that than a film that successfully aims at nothing
1	hajikarimi	85 _19th
WTF!!! pure shit!
1	Scorpus	68 _37th
Eternals could have been great, but faltered in its execution and ended up long and a bit messy
1	Vandelay1	48 _49th
worth a watch
1	closedmouth	50 _10th
A bumpy ride. Some parts are gloriously stupid fun (the mid-film exposition dump is absolutely bonkers, and the denouement actually made me choke up a little bit), but a lot of it is just annoying and dumb (please make Bryan go away), and all three endings are completely incomprehensible. Like OK I get that they’re setting up future products for us to consume but I don’t even know what the fuck any of these people are even talking about. What is that horrible little monster?
1	bojanpopic	21 _5th
Very consistent in being bad in all aspects.
1	INDYATMN	75 _41st
LOW expectations worked to its benefit. Everything feels "fine". Nothing thrills & the too-long storyline & too many characters raise questions - Are immortals whose main motivation is helping humans for empty-platitude reasons that interesting? & WTH's wrong w/ Jolie's character? & why different accents? & why is there a deaf one other than Woke mandates? Speaking of: if you know anything about Woke beliefs, you'll spot the climactic "twist" the minute the white male leader shows up in London.
1	Hadleyreis	40 _16th
Yeah, not for me. I like films that aren't shit. Well, apart from horror films. I like horror, especially the shit ones. Actually, I don't mind shit films as they can at times be humourous. In fact, you might say I enjoy shit films. Not this one, though. A score of 40 for the inclusion of Pink Floyd and Darwin.

Average Percentile 33.72% from 1038 Ratings