Current Events > Venom sitting around 30% on Rotten Tomatoes

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/venom_2018

It keeps changing.

lmao
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we all knew it would suck

but 100 million, the special affects have to at least be entertaining
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Probably too high.
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Like a turd in the wind.
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Well this is just about the least surprising thing I've read this week
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ProZD mocking voice: "Let's make a spiderman villian movie... but without spiderman... and.. and hes like.. EVIL. EVIL SPIDERMAN!! oohh hes so bad!"
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oof
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During the time I saw this topic and clicked the link it dropped to 28%.

This will be a bigger flop than Fant4stick.
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A significant problem in a film full of them is that Eddie comes off as a dope, an eager dufus hardly convincing as a boundary-pushing journo or someone who can out-think a titan of technology.

lol

The reactions to this movie are gonna be hilarious.
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I dont see anything
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The first act of Venom suggests we're in for one of the worst films of 2018. Not in a fun way, mind you, but in that dull, dispiriting way where the lack of effort starts to feel like disrespect.

Then Venom gets his man and a movie that initially seemed just-plain-bad becomes so-bad-it's-good. Or maybe it's just plain good. It's been a full day since I've seen it, and honestly, I'm still not sure. Either way, I laughed a lot.

Venom seemingly views Eddie as a friend, even before Eddie has quite processed what's going on. This powerfully dangerous extraterrestrial opens up to Eddie, rambling on about his goals, his weaknesses, his previous life on his home planet, his dislike of the word "parasite." He encourages Eddie to reconcile with his ex (Michelle Williams), and lends Eddie his otherworldly superpowers whenever Eddie asks.

Their dynamic falls somewhere between "buddy cop comedy" and "boy and his dog." It's oddly sweet when Venom confesses the real reason he wants to help Eddie save the day, and also extremely hilarious. I giggled for several minutes, but I still couldn't tell you if the humor in that moment was entirely intentional. And oh, man, I haven't even gotten to the part where Eddie makes out with Venom.

https://mashable.com/article/venom-movie-review/#wJlyCBfVEgq8

Oh god
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Darmik posted...

I haven't even gotten to the part where Eddie makes out with Venom.

...What
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Darmik posted...

And oh, man, I haven't even gotten to the part where Eddie makes out with Venom.

Nice!
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To the surprise of no one. Sonys movie department sucks.
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Polygon is listed as a positive review but it's not for the reason people hope for
https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17929870/venom-movie-review-tom-hardy-sequel-potential

Theres a big, clunky comic-book movie, in which a reluctant hero embraces and wields newfound powers to save the world, and clutching that by-the-books blockbuster by the throat is a bloodthirsty, symbiote romp spearheaded by star Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), who sinks his teeth into the picture with tour-de-force comedic performance.

Venom renders the anti-heros mano a mano fights against obsidian snot monsters with the latest CG globule technology, but the movies highs come when Hardy treats the Spider-Man spinoff like a Little Shop of Horrors remake starring mid-90s Jim Carrey. That may underwhelm comic readers of the 90s, promised a faithful standalone movie year after year after year, but its enough to leave this Venom skeptic wanting more. Which isnt to say that the hilarious half of Venom wins out in the end.

When the extraterrestrial kush hits, Venom morphs into scream-worthy, midnight-movie fodder. At first, symbiotic intrusion slaps Eddie like the bubonic plague. Hardy revels in the tailspin, and prolonged, cold-sweat yarfing look like an Al Pacino monologue. As Venom winds around his brain, the sickness turns into hunger, sending Eddie on a quest to find raw meat to satiate the beast within.

A scene in which the possessed reporter rampages through a fancy restaurant, grabbing steaks of plates and eventually diving into a lobster tank to suck the flesh out of unsuspecting crustaceans, summons the spirit of Chris Farley to make it work. Tom Hardy throws himself into Venom often quite literally and its all before he starts talking to himself.

Hardys beguiling turn also includes dropping a few registers to voice Venom, who razzes Eddie as they bond by brutalizing large portions of the San Francisco police force. An improvised quality to their banter, and Venoms increasingly degrading commentary, that makes the Jekyll/Hyde relationship more believable and hilarious. Youre a loser, Eddie, Venom roars as his host slaps his head, hoping to shut the voice up. Later on, Venom slings a problematic insult that feels so quintessentially late-90s that you half expect the action to careen into a n metal music festival sponsored by Surge. While its cringe-worthy, its in line with the absurd, shot-from-the-waist instincts of Hardys performance.

Basically they find Tom Hardy hilarious and want to see more
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These are just making me want to see it more! I didn't expect a good movie I just wanted to be entertained and it sounds like it does!
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dave_is_slick posted...

These are just making me want to see it more! I didn't expect a good movie I just wanted to be entertained and it sounds like it does!

This tbh
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So many people defending the movie online lol
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littlebro07 posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

These are just making me want to see it more! I didn't expect a good movie I just wanted to be entertained and it sounds like it does!

This tbh

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lmao
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And this surprised no one.
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Well I will watch a free RIP of this online,. Not worth the ticket price but I have enjoyed worse movies.
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Some serious damage control going on with this one right now.
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People care about critic reviews? lol...
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I still want to see it but even the trailers made it look pretty bad
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I seriously might check this out in a matinee now. Sounds like one of those movies that's so bad it becomes a comedy.
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pres_madagascar posted...

So many people defending the movie online lol

I knew people who defended it in real life, too. They kept saying how it would be one of the best superhero movies and shit like that. Someone even said that Andrew Garfield would be in the movie and eventually replace MCU Spidey.
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