Watched Eternals (2021) from Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

Eternals is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics race of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Chloé Zhao, who wrote the screenplay with Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo. It stars an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. In the film, the Eternals, an immortal alien race, emerge from hiding after thousands of years to protect Earth from their ancient counterparts, the Deviants.

I watched Eternals and could put my finger on how it felt different to other films within the Marvel universe. Joel Hodge captures this difference through an exploration of the humanity, metaphysics and love.

In this “good faith”, Marvel reveals its basic metaphysical commitments and vision, though it does not provide deep philosophical justifications. The unanswered question for Marvel — like other fantasy and science fiction mythologies — is: What is the origin and source of such love? Why does love seem, to us moderns, as the most natural order for life and the universe? Here it is inescapable that the question of a loving God must be addressed. And among all the world religions, it is Christianity that presents this vision of a loving God most clearly. “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 12) is stated in the New Testament with such conviction and clarity.

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/eternals-and-marvel-metaphysics-of-love/13730354

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