Why is it getting bad reviews? - Eternals (2021) Discussion

[–] SteveG (1370) 3 years ago

Does anyone know these character’s?

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[–] jekporkins (1976) 3 years ago

I collected comics heavily in the 1980s. I barely, and I mean in the deep recesses of my brain, remember the Eternals, and couldn't name a character. I do admit I was never into the cosmic part of Marvel - Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, etc. Maybe they were a part of that?

I do know who Dane Whitman/Black Knight is, but I don't recall him being anything but a second-rate Avenger.

Frankly, I'm excited to see it just out of curiosity. I barely knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were but those were some fun flicks.

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[–] Towelie_Towel (1779) 3 years ago

That's not an excuse.
90% of the movie-goers didn't know anyone from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Even Iron Man was not very well known, people just knew he existed.

A movie should be capable of standing on its own.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

I think it's because people actually want superhero movies, not some random aliens movie.

I haven't seen the movie, but judging from the trailers these characters are no superheroes. They are so unfamiliar and weird and has no connection to the audience in any way.

Imagine if Guardians of the Galaxy was just Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora and Drax. All space aliens doing alien adventures... in space.

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[–] bozo_500 (13219) 3 years ago

Bc its crap?

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[–] Crocodile (3139) 3 years ago

But other MCU movies were crap too,but usually got good reviews anyway just because they were "the new Marvel movie".

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[–] MavKilledGoose (874) 3 years ago

Maybe, hopefully, people are finally growing tired of this same ol' spandex crapola.

I thought Guardians of the Galaxy looked especially silly, but James Gunn put together fun commercial products. Maybe the Eternals has cinematic pretensions, so its obscure universe falls especially flat. It's probably a combination of things.

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[–] LanceDance (1345) 3 years ago

Maybe you thought they were crap, but most other people didn't. This movie must be so bad that even the critics couldn't bring themselves to defend it, despite shilling for previous MCU movies.

I can only imagine how it'll fair with audiences, who are already weary of the potential wokeness of the movie.

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[–] HarlemEagle42 (18055) 3 years ago

Paradoxically it may be because it's not a typical Marvel film. Reviews whether positive or negative make this observation. It may be very divisive.

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[–] blue1981 (7943) 3 years ago

I'm guessing the schill critics will still love it though

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[–] LanceDance (1345) 3 years ago

The critics are the ones giving it bad reviews, hence why the OP is asking.

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[–] kuatorises (7467) 3 years ago

For starters, it looks pretty damn boring. Big, grand, and boring. The effects look god - very good tbh - but action is just so flat.

The whole "space characters we never heard of stronger than everyone else we spent 12 years following, but we didn't want to help" thing is a huge turnoff too.

There's no appeal or incentive to want to watch this.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 3 years ago

Apparently it's cause of the writing. The consensus is basically that the visuals are great but the plot is a mess

Honestly though, I'm genuinely intrigued to see how bad it could be. Cause Black Widow's writing was so weak but it still got mostly positive reviews.

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[–] Clouseau2 (164) 3 years ago

Just saw it today ...

It's pretty bad. It's LONG and has the same problem "A Wrinkle in Time" had - half the movie appears to be characters talking about love and looking upset. Long droning speeches about stuff you don't care about.

Little in the movie is coherent.

The special effects and art direction were imaginative - so it wasn't 100% bad.

"No Time to Die" was long and sucked as well - is it really that hard to make a good movie in 2021? I guess so ...

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[–] snepts (11123) 3 years ago

Also saw it today.

Too many characters with too many unique, unusual super powers, too many sub-plots, it all becomes confusing and distracting. And the bits of comic relief seem silly and weak considering how ostensibly serious the overall story purports to be.

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[–] darkpast (8848) 3 years ago

homophobia , its fresh

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[–] Corbell (10995) 3 years ago

IMO, the Infinity War arc, was an incredibly powerful narrative that made the individual movies part of a greater whole, leading us to overlook the often very big issues individual movies might have.

That is gone now.

Add on top of that, the huge retro con, where we are supposed to believe that during all of the last 20 plus movies, these superhuman aliens were there all the time?

That sets this movie up, not as PART of that huge narrative, but in OPPOSITION to that story arc, and any emotional investment the fan(s) have in it.

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