Venom

GenerationofSwine 1/14/2023 12:07:58 AM 8.4

It's getting 10 stars because I have a simple policy that, if the movie entertains, it did it's job. That being said...it's jarring watching it as a comic book fan. You're constantly fighting the urge to look at the TV and yell "That's not how it happened!" I don't think Eddie was as much of a scumbag as he should have been...but Hardy was far better than Grace. And they symbiote wasn't exactly as fun as it was in the comics...but then you only really heard one side of the conversation in the comics. For an origin story, it was fun...but with Venom being one of the best known Spidey characters, and with Spidey being one of the best known comic book characters...was an origin story necessary? Especially one that was going to change so much of the character? It could have easily started off after the origin and rolled along on its way as to not irk the fans of the comics. Despite all of that, it was a well balanced mix of amusing and dark, and those combinations usually tend to work...even if it didn't have the blood that gore that would have sent the film over the top in best possible way. You get your money's worth watching it. And it's not something that you'll regret seeing...that is unless you're one of those people that can't get past butchering the source material.

Nelson 6/23/2021 3:58:20 PM 8.4

I thought it was pretty cool. Venom was a pretty good villain marvel film.

r96sk 3/14/2022 10:19:08 PM 8.4

The SSU - thankfully renamed from SPUMC - begins! I enjoyed <em>'Venom'</em>, in short. Tom Hardy is one of my favourite actors and I thoroughly enjoyed his showing here as the titular character. The bonkers nature of the story, if not perfect at all, is very entertaining to watch unfold. I also found the pacing and special effects to be more than solid. Looking forward to checking out the sequel.