By Peter McGinn

Eternals

I found Eternals to be entertaining in the way I often do with superhero movies: the plot and dialogue were sharp enough to keep me interested enough to watch the whole movie, but it did not hold me in thrall so much that I will be watching it again. I mean, they went to the trouble of explaining why the Eternals weren’t around to help out with our boy Thanos, nevertheless considering the origin story of the Eternals, I did wonder why there didn’t all have every superpower rather than one each. So we are talking vicarious involvement here. The only Marvel film I would keep watching any time it comes on is Ant Man and the Wasp, as I find its wit and humor irresistible. As I watched Eternals, I absorbed what I felt were a couple of plot holes large enough for an eternal to fly through.