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I saw it. It's surprisingly enjoyable!

posted 6 years ago by BrunoAntony (1198)
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The movie has a flawed structure (for example, the opening of the film is super weak) but, on the whole, I found it a lot more entertaining than, say, "Spider-Man: Homecoming", "Doctor Strange" or "Ant-Man & The Wasp".

This film has personality. It's just ... fun, with some amusing dialogue, and an interesting hero (Tom Hardy carries the film).

It's flaws (boring villain, a CGI-fest of a final fight, underutilized female lead, etc) are exactly the same ones that people give a pass to Marvel films for.

I was prepared to hate this film but I ended up enjoying it lot more than the last few Marvel films.

[–] TristanReloaded (449) 6 years ago

I swear I will vomit if if have to sit through another formulaic MCU clobber porn. It seems this film is different in formula and approach; Hardy is giving a weird but great performance . Maybe a cult film maybe so bad it's good. Bummer it's not R rated.

[–] mikeflatley (761) 6 years ago

I concur. Homecomin wuz borin and like iron man in spidey suit. Dis wuz enjoyable and I like how venom has his own voice

[–] huwdj (4566) 6 years ago

I enjoyed it too. Not sure the internal duologue worked that well and got a bit confused about what (or who) was doing what to what in the slugfest at the end. I also wondered what Michelle Williams was doing there. But apart from these quibbles I did enjoy it and would turn up for the sequel(s).

[–] ksi (49) 6 years ago

Same here, not perfect by a long shot but enjoyable indeed, I would loved it more with an R rating and longer cut but if it really connects with other Marvel movies this could lead to interesting stories in the future.

Tom Hardy is an amazing actor and did what he could on this movie, good performance.

[–] atd8vii (592) 6 years ago

I thought it was pretty good. Then again I'm not a big superhero movie fan, there's alot more that I haven't seen compared to what I have so I tend to enjoy the ones that aren't well received by critics.