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It opens up Blade Runner type themes of who's really alive and who's not. revelation about the Eternals' true nature should have hit like an atom bomb, redefining and recontextualizing everything we've seen. But I can't give it more than 6/10 due to the issues I had with writing. Visually it looked great, the performances were good and the final fight was awesome. All the other aspects of the film were pretty good imo. This is is why I think some people can't connect with these characters. The conflict just ends with Thena killing Kro. There's no "we are the same, we have been both used and pitted against each other" moment. They learn that they are both the children of Arishem but nothing comes of this.
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Instead of suggesting a team-up with the Eternas (everybody loves a team-up) he's on this fruitless quest for revenge against the Eternals even though it's Arishem who's been manipulating everyone. Her anger over her situation is completely misplaced.
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So when she finds out that their whole mission has also been a lie, she should be the one who's most upset with Arishem. Earlier in the film she questions why Arishem had to make her the way she is. Sprite sides with Ikaris because she's never been able to be part of humanity due to her age. But instead they believe in Arishem because they just do. Because Ikaris and Kingo were the ones who were in favor of humanity getting wiped out then they should have gotten flashbacks that inform their decision. And I know that Phastos says that he changed his mind because of his family (although it's not quite enough for him to actually take action before the others come knocking on his door) and Druig has a monologue about how humans stop being humans if their bad traits get removed but I just feel like their respective flashbacks ended up being kind of unnecessary. Dramatic tension is yet again diminished.ĭruig and Phastos who, based on flashbacks, have a reason to not care about humanity are on Sersi's side when they should be on Ikaris'. And the flashback is once again just dumped on us before the other characters even find out about it. Once again, the other characters don't figure it out on their own by putting clues together.
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The second big revelation is that Ikaris killed Ajak. This was the exact moment when I couldn't roll with Kingo anymore. And then our comedic relief character goes "let them die". Not them calmly discussing it around the dinner table. It's not like the characters are suspecting something and then they make an effort to find out what's going on.Īnd when Sersi does find out and tells the others then their reactions to this revelation that their lives have essentially been a lie are so muted that the characters stop feeling human even if they did before and it robs the revelation of dramatic weight. Furthermore, our crew of Eternals have done this many times but their memories have been wiped each time and the Deviants are Arishem's creations gone awry. The first is that the Eternals' true mission is to facilitate the birth of new Celestials at the expense of the inhabitants of the seeded planets. There are two big revelations in the film.