Eternals (film)
Eternals is a 2021 American superhero film, in which the Eternals, an immortal alien race, emerge from hiding after thousands of years to protect Earth from their ancient counterparts, the Deviants. It is based on the superhero team of the same name and is the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- Directed by Chloé Zhao. Written by Chloé Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo, based on the superhero team of the same name created by Jack Kirby.
In the Beginning...
Phastos
[edit]- So, after all these years even you fell for Ajak's lies. Do not rub it in It all makes sense why she wouldn't let us interfere with human conflicts. Conflicts lead to war and war actually leads to advancements in life saving, technologies and medicines. So our mission was never to make a peaceful and harmonious world but to increase the population at all costs. Just farming humans as food for the Celestials, right?
- You know what's never saved the planet? Your sarcasm.
Sersi
[edit]- We're Eternals. We came here seven thousand years ago, to protect humans from the Deviants.
- We were instructed not to interfere in any human conflicts unless Deviants were involved.
Thena
[edit]- We have loved these people since the day we arrived. When you love something, you protect it.
Sprite
[edit]- If this is what the end of the world looks like, at least we'll have front-row seats...
- You know why I hated living with humans? Because they reminded me of things I didn't even know I wanted. Because of them, now I want to know what it feels like to grow up. To fall in love. To have a family. And to know in the end I've lived.
- So now that Captain Rogers and Iron Man are both gone, who do you think's gonna lead the Avengers?
Dialogue
[edit][Ikaris and Sersi are making love on a beach.]
- Ikaris: I love you, Sersi.
- Sersi: I love you too, Ikaris.
- Sersi: Something unusual is happening to Earth.
- Arishem: It is a side effect of the Emergence.
- Sersi: The Emergence?
- Arishem: It is time for you to learn the true purpose of your mission. You were sent to Earth to help the birth of the Celestial Tiamut. Every billion years new celestials must be born. I plan celestial seeds into host planets across the universe. The planet Earth was chosen to host the celestial tiamut. In order to grow, Tiamut needs vast amounts of energy from intelligent life forms. The Deviants prevented this by consuming humans until the eternals eliminated them. Now, the human population of this planet has reached the required amount. It is time for the Emergence to begin
- Sersi: But everyone on Earth will die.
- Arishem: The end of a one, Sersi, is the beginning of another. Our universe is a constant exchange of energy. An infinite cycle of creation and destruction. Celestials use energy gathered from host planet to create suns. Generating gravity, heat and light, for new galaxies to form. Without us, our universe will fall into darkness. All life will die.
- Sersi: Everything dies except us because we were never alive. Why don't I remember any of this?
- Arishem: Because your memories are erased and reset after each emergence. They are stored here.
- Sersi: Why do you keep them?
- Arishem: I keep them in order to study the deviants. I created the deviants, Sersi, for the same purpose I created you. Every Celestial host planet has its own predators. I first sent the deviants to exterminate them so intelligent life can grow, but there was a flaw in the design. They evolved, became predators themselves and I lost control of them. I built and programmed you Eternals to be synthetic beings and incapable of evolution, to correct my mistake.
- Phastos: When Arishem made us, he embued us with infinite cosmic energy to keep our bodies regenerating. The bracelets in theory shut down our regeneration process. Once that happens, our bodies accumulate extra cosmic energy.
- Sersi: What for?
- Phastos: Well, the deviants can absorb our energy. What if, we can absorb each other's energy as well? If I can find a way to connect us all, one of us could become immensely powerful pulling the accumulated energy from the rest forming.... a Unimind. Uni meaning one, mind meaning mind.
- Kingo: Oh no, we heard you the first time.
- Sprite: Terrible name.
- Kingo: Brainstorm... Brainstorm, that's a way better name!
- Phastos: No, I invented it so I am calling it whatever I want!
- Ajak: Five years ago, Thanos erased half of the population of the universe. Delayed the Emergence, but the people of this planet brought everyone back with a snap of a finger. You know, after I let you go, I travelled the world living among them. I have seen them fight, lie and kill, but I have also seen them laugh and love. I have seen them create and dream. This planet and these people have changed me.
- Ikaris: I am an Eternal, Phastos. I exist for Arishem. As do you. This is who you are.
- Phastos: I will not change a single thing about who I am. Born or made, but I do not exist for Arishem, I exist for my family!
Cast
[edit]- Gemma Chan as Sersi
- Richard Madden as Ikaris
- Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo
- Lia McHugh as Sprite
- Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos
- Lauren Ridloff as Makkari
- Barry Keoghan as Druig
- Don Lee as Gilgamesh
- Harish Patel as Karun
- Kit Harington as Dane Whitman
- Salma Hayek as Ajak
- Angelina Jolie as Thena
External links
[edit]
- Eternals quotes at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- 2021 films
- Action films
- 2020s American films
- Comic book films
- Marvel Cinematic Universe films
- Extraterrestrial life films
- Films set in Chicago
- Films set in Mumbai
- Films set in London
- Films set in Iraq
- Films set in Alaska
- Films set in Australia
- Space adventure films
- Films set in prehistory
- Films set in antiquity
- Films about ancient astronauts