Deze week trapt Venom in de Verenigde Staten Sony’s eigen Spider-Man-filmuniversum af. Voor de film van Zombieland-regisseur Ruben Fleischers kroop Tom Hardy in de kleverige huid van de hoofdpersonages: journalist Eddie Brock en een buitenaards wezen gecombineerd tot Venom.

De superheldenprent werd reeds vertoond voor de filmpers en kreeg uiteenlopende reacties. Verschillende critici noemen de verhouding tussen Brock en Venom een pluspunt, alsook de (onbedoelde) humor. Anderen nemen aanstoot aan de kinderachtige toon en het wankele scenario.

#Venom is like a buddy comedy in which one of the buddies has to prevent the other from biting people’s heads off, which is another way of saying I liked it.

— Michael Nordine (@slowbeard) October 2, 2018

Significant chunks of #Venom don’t work *at all* but there is some serious charm to the Eddie/Venom relationship. Not sure I had the intended reactions to some scenes but fun is fun – even when it’s totally ridiculous, right? It’s too bad they didn’t go for the R rating though.

— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) October 2, 2018

Comic fans will like #Venom, as it pulls directly from the comics in many places. Tater tot fans will also like Venom. It’s certainly clunky & not as fluid as some recent Marvel movies, but it’s funny, intentional or not. Don’t take it too seriously, and stay through the credits pic.twitter.com/Llzvtv0fLL

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) October 2, 2018

I’m *fascinated* with VENOM. The cast seems to all know they’re in a darker superhero movie, except Tom Hardy who is basically remaking Jim Carrey’s Liar Liar. I kinda loved watching this movie, in a Rocky Horror type of way. At one point Tom Hardy and Venom make out.

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) October 2, 2018

Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and #Venom has some really entertaining moments. A clunky script without nuance bogs the #Venom down, preventing it from choosing between being gritty, funny, or something unique.

— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) October 2, 2018

Sorry to say that #Venom is pretty much a complete failure – a tonal mess that feels 15 years old, ignoring the storytelling strides that the superhero genre has made in recent years.

A few fun Venom-centric moments aside, it has nearly nothing to offer. Don't get your hopes up.

— Tom Jorgensen (@Tom_Jorgensen) October 2, 2018

Meanwhile at Sony Pictures #Venom pic.twitter.com/7zywTwIJgf

— ManaByte (@ManaByte) October 2, 2018

#Venom was surprisingly funny! I had a freaking great time watching it. Despite some problems, it did right by its main character, Eddie Brock/Venom. People forget that he's always had a weird sense of humor in the comics, and that humor is fully on display in the movie! pic.twitter.com/20ufNrbGU4

— Hector Navarro (@Hectorisfunny) October 2, 2018

Like a turd.

In the wind.#Venom

— ManaByte (@ManaByte) October 2, 2018

Action-sequences and Eddie and Venom's odd relationship are the highlights of #Venom but if Sony wants to move forward with a universe, it needs to just keep the few parts that work and scrap the large portion which does t.

— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) October 2, 2018

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Bron: IndieWire