Review of Venom (2018) by Steve B — 20 Dec 2018
To start, I really enjoyed this film.
Oh & spoilers ahead...
I didn't bother to see Venom at the cinema, my initial thoughts being, it's a standalone Venom movie, it's not linked to the Marvel verse, there's no Spidey tie in, it's made by Fox. What's the point?
But the film was surprisingly good,.
With Tom Hardy playing a likeable Eddie Brock, I guess not having that rivalry with Peter Parker from the comic book world allowed the character of Brock to come through as a more sympathetic loser than the total git he was in comic books. The supporting cast all did their jobs fine & the film moved along at a fine pace.
Some of the CGI, well actually a lot of the CGI, was too much CGI. But then I have no idea how you show Venom fight sequances without CGI.
It's a shame the film centered on a battle with another symbiote, I don't know why films need to create a hero & then immediatly create a 2nd version but bad so quickly.
It would have been equally entertaining to have spent more time with Venom / Brock on lighter, humerous, charachter building moments. Ala Superman 1978.
The end spoiler of Carnage is a nice touch & I look forward to the next film & from a fanboy point of view, maybe they can bring it a tad more into the Marveverse!!
This review of Venom (2018) was written by Steve B on 20 Dec 2018.
Venom has generally received positive reviews.
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