The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Eternals,” can be best described as an ambitious film. The film seeks to unveil new events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that no one knew about that occurred thousands of years ago. It’s a troublesome assignment, including many time shifts, a large cast and a lot of knowledge dumps. Unfortunately, the entire package, for many, does not work for many audience members.

“Eternals comes across as hasty and underwhelming…by the end, you may still be confused about what’s going on,” Sriyesh Akam, a student at Lambert who watched the film on the opening day, said. 

This film can be described by the word “overhyped.” The Eternals, created by the comic-book prophet, Jack Kirby have since been revived several times. With the Avengers franchise at an end, it seemed inevitable that Marvel would turn its attention to another set of possible superheroes to earn billions of dollars with. With an A-lister cast composed of Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Don Lee, Kumail Nanjiani and Brian Tyree Henry, the actors themselves brought a lot of anticipation. The rich history of the “Eternals” comic book stories plus the amazing cast members brought immense amounts of hype for the film. 

Sean Moon, a junior at Lambert High School, is an avid comic book reader who was saddened to hear that Eternals was an overhyped movie. 

“I haven’t watched the movie but I heard bad things about it. I have been waiting for this movie for a while too,” Moon said.

With the Marvel Cinematic franchise dominating the box office for over a decade, there have been so many successful films that Marvel has produced. Unfortunately, “Eternals” isn’t daring; it’s just odd. Other entries in the MCU make Eternals seem like a shamble of bad writing.