It’s currently clinging to life with a 49% Citic Score on Rotten Tomatoes, proving that this is why we can’t have nice things like more gay superheroes. Aside from POC and queer representation, a superhero with a mental illness is showcased and deals with both anxiety and PTSD-like symptoms.Įternals made waves late in 2019 with the announcement that it would include Marvel’s first openly gay superhero and has been targeted recently by homophobes 1-star review bombing it, essentially tanking its ratings in the first few preview weeks. Considering so many queer characters and POC meet their end simply for angst value in films and television, Eternals was a fresh and very welcome change.

The queer characters aren’t part of the Bury your Gays trope, and no women are fridged to further a man’s storyline. Sign language is used throughout the film by almost all of the characters. Not only does Eternals have a superb cast but it also has amazing representation, not only of POC and queer characters, but also of Ridloff’s role as Marvel’s first deaf superhero. Eternals caught my attention when it was being developed simply because of the all-star cast including Angelina Jolie, Selma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Kumail Nanjiani, Don Lee, Lauren Ridloff, Richard Madden, and Kit Harington. I’ve never really been big into the Marvel movies except those on the fringe of the Marvel universe: Deadpool, Ant-Man, and every single Spider-Man movie from Tobey to Tom. This review is the opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the website as a whole. This review of Eternals may contain minor spoilers.

Eternals captures the godlike essence of superheroes, contains amazing representation, but falls just short of a powerful climax and colorful ending.

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