Captain America: Brave New World finally addresses the giant Celestial in the room (or at least, emerging from the Indian Ocean), turning the climactic events of 2021’s Eternals into a central story point. That’s finally given me a chance to reveal my hottest Marvel Cinematic Universe take: I liked Eternals.

Listen, it’s not my favorite MCU movie by any means, but I enjoyed it! I definitely don’t think it deserves to be on the bottom of most MCU Movies, Ranked lists. (And hey, that’s another thing Captain America: Brave New World gave me — a movie to slot lower in that ranking.) Personally, I think it’s one of the more enjoyable MCU movies to come out since Avengers: Endgame.

In case you decided to skip Eternals for whatever reason, here’s the quick summary: A group of seven superpowered alien individuals have lived on Earth for thousands of years at the order of their godlike alien boss. Their job: exterminating invasive entities known as Deviants. After supposedly finishing their mission, they’re supposed to be summoned back to their homeworld, but that doesn’t happen. Five hundred years later, they still haven’t received their next directive, and they’ve gone their........

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