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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8515473" data-attributes="member: 6914290">My main issue with the movie is that it basically all the Eternals kinda felt like they were sketches of characters more than actual characters. Basically all the "characters development" happens through montage (usually action montage) and "conflict" flashbacks that are consistently focused on "the grand scheme of things".We're meant to believe Sersi and Ikaris have loved each other for millenia, but it's not even clear at any point what they even like about the other. Hell it's barely apparent they even know anything about each other beyond how dreamy the borh are. Their entire "romance" as shown is just a series of historical cuddlings.It's especially problematic because Sersi and Ikaris are on screen basically the entire runtime and they don't seem to do anything more than service the plot and bring the viewer to the more interesting characters (Seriously, we could have used a bunch more Gilgamesh, Phaistos, Druig, and Makkari).I think the reason is that there is too much time setting up and resolving "threats". And the threats frankly aren't that interesting, and, pretty early on, we get to know too much about them through zero effort on the part of our protagonists. We're just...told..about one big celestial baby and some number of undermanaged exterminators..ok. Do either of these threats have an agenda or a motive? Not really, they just kinda exist so our characters can fight them or talk about them.And, what's more, the stakes aren't that high for the team since they'll all reset anyway. It's just all the "love" the good guys have for humanity despite very little evidence of relationships with humans. Sersi has one pretty new boyfriend and zero friends. Boyfriend is on screen less than 10 minutes. Phaistos has a husband and young child..on screen less than 5 minutes. Druig has some cultists/slaves. Makkari is just hanging on the spaceship. Theena and Gil are hiding out in the desert. Sprite has one dude they hit on in a bar. Ajak is just kind of on a farm somewhere. And then there is Kingo...Kingo has a valet, his valet has lots of screen time, he's very charismatic. He's with Kingo for decades, easily the most significant representative for humanity in the entire film. And Kingo's like "F that guy. I trust Broody McBrooderson over here. What we really need a new featureless giant god."It was still an entertaining movie along the way with a few nice action pieces. It just all felt a little toothless.Edit: it's weird to kind of end up ranting about a movie you enjoyed. C'est la vie?</blockquote>

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