Movies: Venom: Let There Be Carnage

[barriers]

'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' Is Somehow Even Worse Than the First Movie

...Let There Be Carnage might be charming if its budget weren't nine figures. For about one-millionth of the price, it would be a loveably awful student film that a teacher would give the lowest possible passing grade out of pity, because at least they showed up to class and completely the assignment. As it is, it's a complete waste of time, talent and money.

I'll watch the flick eventually (87 minutes! Woooo!) but I'd be willing to bet that I wind up more entertained by this review than the movie itself.

 

[beowulf]

'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' Is Somehow Even Worse Than the First Movie



I'll watch the flick eventually (87 minutes! Woooo!) but I'd be willing to bet that I wind up more entertained by this review than the movie itself.

Meh I've seen reviews all over the place from 2/5 to 4.5/5 and it's at 75% right now on Rotten Tomatoes from 49 reviews.

 

[barriers]

I just found that review funny. Despite disliking the 1st movie I'll try to go into this one with an open mind. I'm hoping Serkis leans hard into the campy ridiculousness of it all.

I'm hoping for a Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance to the first's Ghost Rider if you will.

 

[MAHJ71]

Still need to watch the first one... actually own it but just haven't got around to watching it

 

[Jussi]

Meh I've seen reviews all over the place from 2/5 to 4.5/5 and it's at 75% right now on Rotten Tomatoes from 49 reviews.

Down to 58% after 85 reviews.

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Going to see it on the 5th with the GF, reviews are so meaningless to me nowadays. I thoroughly enjoyed the first movie despite reviews and friends telling me it sucked.

 

[Jussi]

Well Youtube spoiled the post-credit scene for me.

Spoiler

Venom is in the MCU now.

 

[missingmika]

Saw it last night and liked it! Pretty full theater and there were several times the entire theater broke out laughing.

I haven’t seen the first but it’s in my to do list now!

Oh and everyone in the theater flipped out on the end credit scene.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Well Youtube spoiled the post-credit scene for me.

Spoiler

Venom is in the MCU now.

Spoiler

Uh...wouldn't he always have been? Spiderman is, why wouldn't Venom be?

 

[Jussi]

Spoiler

Uh...wouldn't he always have been? Spiderman is, why wouldn't Venom be?

Spoiler

The first movie indicated that Spider-Man did not exist in the same universe.

 

[discostu]

Venom 2 broken the post pandemic opening weekend record with just over $90M. That's the initial estimate, that I'm guessing will go up a bit more tomorrow with actuals.

It's going to face a lot of competition this month, so, we'll see if it has enough momentum to beat out Shang Chi for highest overall domestic gross during the pandemic. The fact that's even a possibility though speaks to how well its performing.

 

[Halladay]

This was a funny movie, I liked it. Probably need to watch it with closed caption though. Venom is hard to understand at times .

 

[MMC]

I just saw it and thought it was good, liked it more than the first

 

[beowulf]

So the merging of the multiverse has begun....and the Venom-verse might be how the bring in mutants in the MCU as Shriek seems to be depicted as one in the movie and in her own words, she was moved to a place with others like her.

Also looks like we will be getting Toxin in the future with Pat Mulligan having the eye change at the end.

 

[Perennial]

So, what happened in the mid-credit scene?

The only explanation I can think of is that Venom and Brock were snapped away by Thanos, and then time jumped forward 5 years and they reappeared...

 

[PepperKeenan]

So, what happened in the mid-credit scene?

The only explanation I can think of is that Venom and Brock were snapped away by Thanos, and then time jumped forward 5 years and they reappeared...

Pretty sure the Thanos snap didn't happen in their universe. It's much more likely to do with the plot of the upcoming Spider-Man movie

 

[Perennial]

Obviously the relationship between Brock and Venom was the highlight of the film, however, I thought it went too far at times in its attempt at humour... the Venom making breakfast scene, for example, looked like it was written to make children laugh, not entertain adults

The entire tone of the film just felt off from the get-go... as if it had been made for preteens as the intended demographic

I'm not familiar with Cletus Kasady in the comics, but Harrelson's performance didn't work for me... neither did the actress who played Shriek... I thought both of them were cartoonishly over-the-top

Overall, it's not a great film, but manages to remain moderately entertaining throughout, in part because of its short run time...

 

[Voight]

I thought this was awful. For one it was pretty short and limited action, two they wasted Harrelsons talent and three there was limited story build up.

Thank God I watched it for free cause I was super disappointed.

 

[Jussi]

Just watched this. Holy shit it was bad. Slightly better than the first but largely due to shorter run time. At times it was decent ("f*** that guy!"), at times it was so bad it was funny good but mostly it was just bad. Post-credit scene was the best part.

 

[Deadpool8812]

I thought it was pretty good. Better than the first. The fact that it was shorter probably saved it as it meant less boring filler scenes

Really excited to see where the mid credits scene takes Venom...you gotta think he'll make an appearance at some point in NWH to tie it in

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

We need a rated R Venom movie series because PG-13 Venom does not work and PG-13 Carnage sure as hell does not work.

To do these characters the right way they need to be rated R, especially Carnage he needs to feel like a threat and he just doesn't

 

[Jussi]

Well Venom didn't last long in the MCU. But maybe we'll get a better version of him now...

 

[Jumptheshark]

I liked the movie.

One thing I liked was that it was only 90 minutes and was tightly shot. Andy Serkis of LOTR fame(Golem) directed it and he had the script and did not overpack it like so many other movies of this type often do.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Well Venom didn't last long in the MCU. But maybe we'll get a better version of him now...

Sounds like there will be a Venom in MCU--just not Tom Hardy

 

[Deadpool8812]

Sounds like there will be a Venom in MCU--just not Tom Hardy

Really unfortunate TBH. Would have loved to see Hardy as Venom in the MCU