Review of Venom (2018) by João D — 05 Oct 2018

As a lifelong fan of venom and all things symbiote, I thought this was an incredibly true to character screen adaptation which does so well to capture the full character depth and development between Eddie and venom.

It so accurately portrayed how they joruney together to work in partnership as a "We" after taking time to adjust beforehand. In the comics where Venom gains strength from Eddie by Eddie's massive muscle mass, here in the film venom gains strength from Tom Hardy as Brocks strong sense of moral justice which actually made for a more interesting source of Venoms power in the battle against Riot and a great example of how much thought went into the development of the character.

Hardy played the role so so brilliantly, the mix of agression and comedy that made Venom such a brilliant character in the comics is fully brought to life and seems to be something that none of the critics have been able to understand, perhaps for their lack of not fully understanding the character he was meant to be in the first place.

I am so thankful to Hardy and Fleischer for making a childhood fantasy come true and for being so true to fans in place of simply pleasing cold, self important critics. The introduction of Cassidy at the end with the confirmation that carnage will be next just shows how much they cared and wanted to make this the film we all wanted.