{4\/5} “You know what’s never saved the planet? Your sarcasm.”<\/p>\n
Eternals<\/strong>, released in 2021<\/p>\n People who live forever from a planet called Olympia came to Earth 7000 years ago to defeat the Deviants. Now the Deviants are back. Sersei notices that, unlike before, the Deviants can heal themselves — and they’re coming after the Eternals. When their leader Ajak is killed by a Deviant, Sersei becomes leader — and learns the true nature of their mission.<\/p>\n There are pieces of a great movie in here, but it doesn’t cohere.<\/p>\n There are some terrific visuals. Scenes where the Eternals are bickering amongst themselves are good. Kumail Nanjiani is hilarious.<\/p>\n Fight scenes between the Eternals and the Deviants are generally not very interesting. I often didn’t feel connected to what was happening. Maybe, like No Time to Die<\/strong>, it tried to do too many things.<\/p>\n The credits say “Eternals will return.” Given Marvel’s track record, now that this origin story has been filmed the next movie could be even better.<\/p>\n Stars Gemma Chan, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Lia McHugh. Directed by Chlo\u00e9 Zhao (Nomadland<\/strong><\/a>). The music by Ramin Djawad had some great moments at the beginning and end.<\/p>\n