Review of Venom (2018) by Lewis H — 05 Oct 2018

I went into this movie with no expectations. I hadn't watched any of the promotional material and even though I'm an avid Marvel comics fan. Venom and indeed Spiderman are not really characters I take too much notice of.

I did anticipate the failure of this film, without Spiderman how could this possibly work, my impression of Eddie Brock too was of a very angry and negative person and although Tom Hardy had played Bane in the DCU he didn't look like Tom Hardy in that film.

Here was Tom being totally likeable as an overeager and heavy handed journalist. Perfectly believeable as more of a YouTube journo than a regular news team guy. Eddie's interaction with the symbiote was fun and as Venom started to take control of Eddie some of the dialogue was brilliantly funny.

My only disappointment was with the villain, the other surviving symbiote. Not really sure who could have been in his place, but just felt like it had been done before. All in all though some great moments in this film and I can't wait for more.

I hope the professional critics and hardcore comic fans who are hating on this movie don't put people off and that the public make up their own minds. I don't want all my superhero films to have the same tone or pace, I'm glad this one is different in a wonderful retro way.

I hope the 40mins I hear that Tom Hardy has reportedly said were cut from the theatre release make it onto the DVD/Blu Ray release.