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zackster He’s no Orson Welles.

Decided to wait until Eternals comes to Disney+. With those reviews don’t feel like paying for it. Worst reviewed MCU movie since Thor The Dark World.

Same.

I’m sure it’ll still be an entertaining two hours.

It’s getting review bombed by rednecks because of the gay kiss in it so I’d not pay much attention to audience scores.

Wally I wasn’t aware of this. Haven’t checked audience reviews anyway, with a cast this varied in ethnicity they’ll be poison anyway.

I am completely Kingo-pilled! Such a great character!

I think the middling reviews make it more interesting to me tbh. It’ll be interesting to see why after everything they’ve done over the last few years and Chloe Zhao directing.

I read the empire review and it seems their biggest complaints are that (spoilers) there’s a big battle at the end of it and the good guys win and given Zhao won best picture / director for nomadland, it’s not some art house piece, both of which seem stupid complaints to me.

Eternals picking up slightly better reviews in Europe.

Could we have another BR2049 on our hands where the ADHD septics can’t appreciate more artistic finesse?

Off to see it on Sunday. I am your unflatteringly spandex clad canary JC!

Eternals did 161 million on it’s opening week globally, so I guess I was wrong when I thought it would be Marvel Studios’ first flop.

Just back from the Eternals. I enjoyed it. I’d rate it as one of the better origin movies (bearing in mind that the majority of them are a 7/10 with only a few stand outs)

All the complaints you’ve heard are justified to a point but your enjoyment of the film will entirely depend on your own personal tolerances of them.

To me, some of them were a plus (e.g least ‘Marvelly’ Marvel film yet worked fine for me, it being ‘Chloe Zhoa’y worked for me, I like her stuff and can see why she got hired). It being long didn’t bother me because I’m a grown man and don’t need to piss every 20 mins. I’d not say it’s slow. It drops big story and action pieces at a regular enough clip. Respect to Marvel for trying something new-ish and stepping out the standard template in several ways with it too.

Marmite movie I guess.

8 Celestials / 10

Kingo dies right?

nicksneddon Nah, he’s usually good but in this case as soon as he says ‘are we not done with this sort of movie after avengers: inifnity war?’ his review became the bored rantings of someone who didn’t want to be there. Kermode has never been the biggest fan of Marvel flicks in the first place and also seems to gripe about the production line assembly of film. News at 10: that’s how big budget hollywood flicks get made Mark.

Soz to hear you didn’t enjoy it though Nick.

You know the rules lads, if Wal likes it, it’s nailed on bobbins.

Smallman1 You mean to tell me I’ve been preparing my 30 page ‘Marvel movies’ powerpoint demonstration for our meet up on Sunday for nothing?!?!!!