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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

lol

Seriously though, Venom was better than I anticipated, but it was pretty damn boring. Hardy also couldn't keep an accent for crap.

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.

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

You know I honestly don't see what the appeal of Tom Hardy is

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.

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

Hardy has acting chops. Watch Bronson (08) and tell me otherwise. Now did he squander his talent a bit on big budget action crap over the next decade? Probably. The failure of Venom is not on him though. It’s just fucking dire, “fun” in the sense of like a really bad Nick Cage CGI spectacle or something. It’s amazing though how much you realize you’ve come to like a character when you see someone shit all over it with their stupid version.

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.