Review of Venom (2018) by Douglas K — 29 Nov 2018

It's become increasingly clear that the whole field of film reviewers rating films has gone terribly askew. 29%?

I honestly dislike nearly all of the comic films universally. But Logan, Deadpool (the first one anyways) and Venom have managed to take the tired superhero cliches and wrangle something fun out of them.

It's more telling that the same fleet of comic book review nerds groveling over every boring superhero flick again and again can't seem to appreciate some actual risk taking and chaos with the formulas. These are the same devotees that seemed to think the new Star Wars films are operating far beyond the level they will be remembered for. RT's meter just becomes more and more of a joke and it's really hurting the film industry.

It's also great to see SF and the technototalitarian biotech horror show get the spotlight as the villain emerging in the world for a change. Then again, maybe that's who buys off all of these reviews.

Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed and Michelle Williams gave Venom infinitely more personality than most Marvel and DC genre flicks combined.