The Eternals are instructed by their masters not to intervene in human conflicts only to intervene to save them from Deviants. The Eternals were sent to protect the inhabitants of Earth from the Deviants, terrifying tendril-heavy monsters that will consume and overrun a world. Thousands of years ago, the Eternals were created by the Celestials, powerful beings that are responsible for birthing new galaxies into the universe. Eternals has received the lowest critical rating of any MCU film in its thirteen-year history and I'm trying to figure out why. Eternals (no "The") is just as much about the question over what it means to be human as Zhao's Best Picture-winning Nomadland, and it's a lot easier to watch with one hundred percent less Frances McDormand pooping in a bucket in her van (granted, she did win an Oscar for that performance). Zhao seems like an odd fit for something as mainstream and successful as the MCU, but she was excited to tell a big story with the biggest studio operating in Hollywood.
However, Zhao is the first Academy Award-winning director to jump into the Marvel sandbox. Sure, they've had major directing names before like Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Coogler, and successful populist genre filmmakers like Jon Favreau and Joe Johnston and Joss Whedon and Shane Black, and quirky auteurs like James Gunn and Taika Watiti. Chloe Zhao is the biggest name Marvel has gotten yet for its cinematic universe (MCU).
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