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Easily the best part about Eternals is, like all other Marvel properties, what makes it different from the rest. In this case it is the visual landscape of the film, across the variety of locations DP Ben Davis and director Chloé Zhao capture a naturalness of the environments they shoot allowing the characters to feel alive in these settings rather than floating in a space of nothingness. The lighting team impressively made a Marvel film one of the most beautifully lit films of the year.

The next major highlight was the performances by the whole cast, everyone legitimately killed it.

The glaring flaw was obviously the training wheels feeling that is implemented by Marvel itself, having to fit inside the box is the thing that is keeping niche concepts like an eternal race of gods and the stories that can evolve from that, well...evolving.

Not only is this on a movie level in terms of quality but the cinematography was used in much more creative ways than even some of the films. Great character introductions and beats throughout the episode! Let's hope it keeps the quality throughout the rest of the season!

How Gregg Turkington and Tim Heidecker made two guys sitting in chairs talking about The Hobbit winning a surprise Oscar one of the funniest things I've ever seen is truly unfathomable. Hats off to the both and the editors they have created a contemporary capsule of art.