i think reviews killed a lot of general audience hype for this

I saw this because of Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, celestials, cinematographer and Marvel branding.

but the trailer wasn’t selling me and a lot of people i have talked to were not sold on the trailer tbh.

i dont see how the trailer didnt sell you

were you not interested in potentially finally seeing something different from the MCU?

im just so sick of seeing every single thing a movie has to offer in the trailer and eternals didnt feel like that so it felt refreshing to me

It felt like how the first act in the movie felt for me.

It felt hollow and pretentious.

like look at us we’re trying to be different.

and i felt nothing but boredom watching the trailers

Thank god the movie isn’t that the whole way through

Ngl Marvel needs to go out of its way to be different at this point.

It might actually be the best step they can take moving forward, hope Moon Knight leaves such an impression too.

Oh yeah don’t get me wrong. They needed to do something different for sure. But yeah idk just felt off for me on a personal preference when watching the trailers

One other thing to consider is the runtime

Venom clocked in at 90 minutes allowing more showtimes to be sold

This is 2:37 so that’s at least 3 and a half hour blocks for this movie vs 2 and a half

”in my mind theres no excuse for one of the most hyped and marketed marvel movies since Endgame to be one of the lowest marvel box office openings ever”

I feel this. It might just be as simple as the footage in marketing didn’t connect with the GP tbh or even the reviews

I thought the discussion was about Venom doing more than Eternals in general btw. If people are saying Eternals numbers is because it’s being eclipsed by Venom idk about that

As for the reviews affecting box office; on one hand, we as film nerds definitely underestimate how much the GP goes by reviews (understandably so, they don’t wanna waste their money and don’t have the “I’m above reviews” pride that cinephiles have)

On the other hand, if a movie grabs the interest of the GP strongly enough then that will trump reviews (as was the case for Suicide Squad in 2016 or Venom in 2018). If Eternals hype was negatively affected by reviews (which it kinda looks that way), then it would simply be a case if the film not grabbing the interest of the GP enough to trump the effects of bad reviews

Or it's hard to sell the GP on characters they don't know about after putting all the ones they are familiar with in a last shabang movie

Also maybe the movie just isn't good

Wasn’t aware that this movie was considered hyped and aggressively marketed

Felt like this was the most lowkey marvel release we’ve had yet

Waiting for the movie to start now. True IMAX gang

Been reading marvel my whole live and never even heard of the Guardians yet they blew up

See my last point

Trailers were decent to say the most
I'm a Marvel fan and they didn't make me want to go run and see

51% LOL

Wild that we’re at a point where 3 different Marvel films are in theaters at the same time

Could be 4 by next month

You’re done…

It’s over

Damn…. Good.

Chloe Zhao about to bless me

CGI bout to be looking like Syfy channel now.

Sucks to lose that market but f*** the CCP and their censorship

“Eternals arrives as Marvel's greatest failure and feels like the worst Power Rangers adaptation yet conceived.“ - Jay Horton

Jesus Christ what a quote lmao

Snagged a 10 o’clock show in imax

Already pretty drunk so if I go up at a steady pace (Uber strictly, safety first) then I should enjoy this movie no matter what

If I’m gonna be honest I’m more excited for the popcorn rn

Sounds like a fun time enjoy cuzzo