Review of Venom (2018) by Facebook U — 06 Oct 2018

I guess it must be an advantage in many cases to have never read Marvel comics and just watches their "Superhero" films on their own -only with connections shown within the film (or the credits) themselves. I didn't recall any connection between Spiderman and Venom. In fact, I wasn't sure it was a Marvel film at all until the "flipping pages" showed up during the opening credits.

So as far as I was concerned, it was a standalone film. I also ignore most critic's reviews and buy them based on box office returns and/or trailers and/or the short synopsis on Vudu (I'm disabled and have to wait for digital copy releases, although I buy SOME 4k and 3D discs).

I thought Venom was great. FAR more entertaining to me than the kind of depressing and downer "Black Panther. I enjoyed the way the plot and relationships developed in the first half, was stunned/confused by the Venom character's initially evil overtones - and ended up lmao as he `learned how to be a "good guy". Was it a "mess" or chaotic as so many have claimed? Not to me, and again - I think that's where the ignorance of comic book tie-ins may be a huge advantage. In comparison I though "Guardians 2" was a messy, chaotic and confusing film that undoubtedly DOES require "additional information" to understand (or follow). But to me, Venom was an action film, a "monster movie" and weirdly twisted "buddy action/comedy" in one very entertaining package.