Just watched the movie, thought I'll turn by brain off before bed and enjoy some new Venom and Brock material. But damn, I wasn't expecting it to be such a mess.
Again, I had no expectations. The first movie was just ok, not great, but watchable, not one of Marvel's finest, so I knew in my heart the 2nd won't reach that bar. But Let there be Carnage set the bar way lower than it should feel comfortable with.
First off, the story was all over the place and by that I mean they made no effort to give us something exciting. Basic plot, extremely poor pacing, lackluster climax. They even introduced characters ( one in particular ) JUST SO THEY COULD SET UP ANOTHER ONE. I'm not even kidding, apart from a flimsy excuse for a love interest, it's only achievement was to set up another character for Venom 3. And to be honest, I rewatched the scene and I can't seem to grasp how this future character gets powers. I know who it's supposed to be, but he seems to get powers by magic, honestly. And let's not even get into how Carnage comes into existence, that's somehow even worse. Simply bad writting.
Second, the CGI. Not sure what happened, but it's worse than the 1st movie. It's so overused that it just takes you out of the story completely and it sure doesn't help when it's used to give the antagonist unexplained powers in the climax.
3rd, the casting. I'm sorry to say, but Harelson wasn't a good choice, I felt nothing from him, lifeless interpretation. Don't get me wrong, I like him as an actor, but he gave 0% for this role. And no, it's not just because he got 10 mins of screentime, the direction he took or was told to was boring at best. The other characters we already know from the 1st movie and they're more or less the same, so nothing to say about that, same people, same performance, average.
I don't want to spoil the movie, that's why I refrained from making this a spoiler filled review, but I doubt anyone would care after they actually see it because there's not much to spoil, nothing interesting or exciting, nothing special or out of the ordinary, nothing stellar to talk about. It's a B movie at most. The only interesting thing is the end scene that hints at a much better movie we'll get in the near future.
In conclusion, do not expect anything from Venom: Let there be Carnage. Watch it, eat some popcorn, enjoy the end credit scene, forget about the movie by morning.
Again, I had no expectations. The first movie was just ok, not great, but watchable, not one of Marvel's finest, so I knew in my heart the 2nd won't reach that bar. But Let there be Carnage set the bar way lower than it should feel comfortable with.
First off, the story was all over the place and by that I mean they made no effort to give us something exciting. Basic plot, extremely poor pacing, lackluster climax. They even introduced characters ( one in particular ) JUST SO THEY COULD SET UP ANOTHER ONE. I'm not even kidding, apart from a flimsy excuse for a love interest, it's only achievement was to set up another character for Venom 3. And to be honest, I rewatched the scene and I can't seem to grasp how this future character gets powers. I know who it's supposed to be, but he seems to get powers by magic, honestly. And let's not even get into how Carnage comes into existence, that's somehow even worse. Simply bad writting.
Second, the CGI. Not sure what happened, but it's worse than the 1st movie. It's so overused that it just takes you out of the story completely and it sure doesn't help when it's used to give the antagonist unexplained powers in the climax.
3rd, the casting. I'm sorry to say, but Harelson wasn't a good choice, I felt nothing from him, lifeless interpretation. Don't get me wrong, I like him as an actor, but he gave 0% for this role. And no, it's not just because he got 10 mins of screentime, the direction he took or was told to was boring at best. The other characters we already know from the 1st movie and they're more or less the same, so nothing to say about that, same people, same performance, average.
I don't want to spoil the movie, that's why I refrained from making this a spoiler filled review, but I doubt anyone would care after they actually see it because there's not much to spoil, nothing interesting or exciting, nothing special or out of the ordinary, nothing stellar to talk about. It's a B movie at most. The only interesting thing is the end scene that hints at a much better movie we'll get in the near future.
In conclusion, do not expect anything from Venom: Let there be Carnage. Watch it, eat some popcorn, enjoy the end credit scene, forget about the movie by morning.