…and I’m not sure I’m enjoying it as much as I did the first movie. While a movie of course needs conflict between its main characters and often in the comics the most enjoyable parts have been the foil between Eddie and the Symbiote, I’m now running headlong into one of the facets of Venom I’ve never enjoyed. That of Venom needing to eat brains to stay alive. That’s always struck me as wrong and something I’m glad was dropped for the recent comic run. So to see it in this movie does tarnish the shine somewhat of a movie I had been looking forward to. I’m going to finish it just to see where it goes, but it’s made for some viewing that isn’t exactly comfortable for me. It even rankles with me more than Venom having an origin that doesn’t involve Spider-Man.
So this movie might be a one watch wonder for me, even if I do love Tom Hardy as Venom. If we ever get an MCU Venom, I do hope he gets to carry the torch over when the switch is made. Ideally as the buff, muscled, lethal protector Venom. Or even the Venom from the current comic run after he gets the Symbiote back after Gargan had it for a while. But as for this film, I think I’m gonna finish it, watch the post credits then put it in a drawer somewhere for a while.