[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by webz

Really? I loved Venom. Thought it was a better movie than Black Panther, Infinity War, Endgame, or Joker. Hardy’s voice was perfect throughout. He was doing a woody Allen-type accent with a hint of Chicago. I actually worked with a guy who sounds almost identical to Hardy’s voice as Eddie.



He’s an actor that throws himself into his roles, unlike actors that play the same character again and again and again (Robert Deniro) just with a different name because they can’t act.



Venom was far from a failure. It was box office platinum. It had a campaign of entitled incels and “A Star is Born” fanatics launching an internet attack on it before it was even out.
It was a perfect origin for a character that really was just a one-trick pony in the comics for decades. I’ve been a fan of the character since it first debuted in the 80’s but he was always a very weak character design. Physically he looked awesome, but the motives and personality was just crap. Marvel realized this after the Venom/Spider-man fight on the abandoned island and actively started retconning and developing the character throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s to make him a three dimensional being instead of just a butthurt entitled jock with angry pajamas.

The movie actually made the best version of Eddie Brock yet. A Woody Allen-like neurotic looser that tries to do things right but gets in his own way. The Symbiote’s personality is fantastic. Very similar to the Toxin character in the comics. Gives Venom a Jekyll/Hyde personality. Much more interesting.

But to each their own.

I love when someone devotes paragraphs to PURE INSANITY!!!

To each their own indeed. I myself prefer entertainment that’s at least 90% less objectively crap.

Also, let’s not conflate commercial success with not sucking. Several Steve Mnuchin-produced DC movies and the Macarena speak to the fact that quality has no bearing on the financial end.

P.S. Joker was a derivative piece of shit.