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tekcop

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Venom was fun. I haven't been paying attention to this one. Same creative team?
 

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I rewatched Venom a while ago and I thought it was fine. This should be better with a way more fun villain
 

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Got my ticket to see it this Friday at 12 PM. Excited for it and think Woody Harrelson should be a lot of fun in his role.
 

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Just a fun movie exactly as I expected it to be. Lots of Brock/Venom interaction, Woody channeling an older Mickey Knox in his role, lots of PG-13 level deaths, people in peril at the end with Venom & Carnage fighting. I did like that this was on the shorter end, clocking in around 95 minutes total give or take.

7/10
 

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Tonally, this felt so different than the first film, too comedic in a way that the jokes got old and tiring and somewhat overtly excessive. I didn't mind it sometimes, but then there was moments that needed a bit more of a shift in that direction. I guess more than anything it felt off balance in that aspect. While it had those fun moments, I just felt like it maybe should have taken itself a bit more seriously in certain scenes.

The effects and 3d though, was fucking tremendous. Woody was a fun villian, and kudos on the Mickey Knox redux, there was moments it felt like he was full on NBK, I enjoyed that take. Movie breezed by and almost went at a frantic pace given what all was happening.....that was my main qualm on it, yet happy it didn't go longer either. Very mixed bag on this for me, I can't say I left feeling I needed another one of these films, but.....

the post credits scene means Venom is re-entering the Spiderman universe, so fuck yes to that.
 

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I liked that it was ridiculous and stupid. It's a guy sharing his body with a giant symbiotic alien who eats brains. Carnage is a serial killer who just happens to get his own alien friend.

It would be awful if it was serious.
 

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I liked that it was ridiculous and stupid. It's a guy sharing his body with a giant symbiotic alien who eats brains. Carnage is a serial killer who just happens to get his own alien friend.

It would be awful if it was serious.
I should have said not serious, but maybe darker and more tonally intense or something? Basically just the same tone as the first film, which I thought was completely on point. This just felt a bit off more on the overtly comedic
 
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