Eternals

 

Eternals 2021

• Director: Chloé Zhao
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Ma Dong-seok, Harish Patel
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Gemma Chan – Mary Queen of Scots, Humans, Doctor Who
• Richard Madden – 1917, Rocketman, Cinderella, Game of Thrones
• Angelina Jolie - many
• Salma Hayek – Across the Universe, Once upon a Time in Mexico, Frida, Wild Wild West, Dogma
• Kit Harington – Game of Thrones, Testament of Youth
• Brian Tyree Henry – Joker, Widows
• Barry Keoghan – Chernobyl, Dunkirk, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Why? Is it as bad as everyone says?
• Seen:  29 November 2023                

        Seven thousand years ago the Eternals were sent to Earth on a mission to protect the planet from the Deviants. When the Deviants are defeated, the Eternals stay on earth to experience its richness. They visit Babylon, Tenochtitlan, Gupta, and modern-day London.

       Very lavish, very colourful. We get to know several of the Eternals – their romances, their conflicts, their struggles with living forever and never aging, their loyalty to each other, their X-men like superpowers.

       So, the answer to the above question? Yes, it is ponderous at times, and too long, but it’s also funny now and then, I like the actors, and on the whole, I’m enjoying it more than I expected to.

 3* of 5