Eternals - 永恆族

Eternals (永恆族) is an 2021 film. The movie is an ensemble cast starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Kit Harington, and Kumail Nanjiani. The movie is based the Eternals from Jack Kirby and their bad counterparts, the Deviants. The movie version has been adapted for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao.



The Eternals were brought to earth to fight monsters that are against the Celestrals, Deviants. Over the years, the Eternals have only been given permission to fight conflicts that include the Deviants. Sersi is in modern day London and a teacher in a relationship with Dane Whitman. But Sersi was in a relationship with Ikaris for thousands of years. Sersi and Sprite are roommates and go out on the town with Dane. While haeding back home, a Deviant attackes them. Ikaris comes to the rescue but the Deviant gets away. This sets into events that there may be a bigger event happening. Sersi, Sprite, and Ikaris set out to form the gang again. Will they be able to get everyone together and fight off the deviants?

I did not follow the Eternals that closely when I was reading comics more regularly. I only remember Sersi as part of the Avengers back in the 1980s. Beyond that, I only read about them in the Marval Universe guides. This was also the same with Gaurdians when it became a movie. I think these are good concepts for Marvel as they can really go in any direction in the films as the characters were not as impactful as say a Spider-man or Iron Man.

This movie was very well made. From the locales to the special effects. Seems earth has lots of hidden mysteries and evil monsters that have not been attacking the Avengers recently. I thought the locales were one of the highlights of the movie. Instead of spending time in front of a green screen, they were actually there to feel it for real. I thought the acting was suberb. How can it not be with so many veterans?

I would recommend you watch it for the locals and acting. And of course, its part of the MCU so you'll need the context going forward. Normally, I judge my euthasiasm for films based on if I want to pick up the Blu-ray to watch again. In this case, I thought one watch was good enough. Onto the next MCU movie!

Kung Fu Panda 3 - 功夫熊貓3

Kung Fu Panda 3 (功夫熊貓3) is an 2016 animated film. The voices Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, James Hong, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Randall Duk Kim. This is the third film release.

Kai, a prisoner of the spirit realm finds a way to get to the human realm. When he does, he seeks out the Dragon Warrior to prove he's the strongest. Po inherits the master role, but does a poor job. Heading back home for some comfort, he bumps into another Panda looking for his long lost son. Po learns that there's a whole village of Pandas. Saying good bye to his friends, me makes the long perilous journey to this village. When he does, he gets reconnected. Just as he was getting comfortable, Kai's presence is felt and they must devise a plan to defeat him. Can the village learn Kung Fu in time to save themselves?

Much like the last installment, they expand on the mythology of the realm. Where the 2nd installment made improvements to the first one, this 3rd installment didn't. Seems there's always someone around the corner that is bigger and stronger than the last one. But beyond that, this movie didn't involve the previous characters as much, but spent a significant time in the panda village.

My kids both liked the movie and I plan on getting it on sale in Blu-ray during black Friday or the Christmas season. Be prepared for more, it was recently announced that there are 3 more planned films.

Kung Fu Panda 2 - 功夫熊貓2

Kung Fu Panda 2 (功夫熊貓2) is an 2011 animated film from Dreamworks. This movie is a sequel to the 2008 film, Kung Fu Panda. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, and James Hong reprise their voice roles for the sequel. Additions to the second installment are Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. The movie was directed by American-Korean, Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

Po is now the dragon warrior supreme. When a clan from the captial attacks for resources, Po's pulled into the fight to save his country from tyrants. Can Po become strong enough to overcome the cannons and save his friends and heroes?

This second installment didn't go into character development for the five as much, but the backstory of the antagonist was explored in much depth. And I was very much the same about this film as I was for the first. "eh" was it. Entertaining and worth a watch to see where its going. There's a cartoon series now. i wonder if that's it for the movie franchise. However, the wikipedia says there are sequels involved. I prolly have watched my last one by myself. The next ones with be with my daughters as they're coming to age to start watching this. But I started on TVB dramas when I was 8 years old. Seems right.