Michael's Movie Grade: C+
An enjoyable but far from memorable comic book movie.
Like the previous Venom films, the highlight of this movie is the interplay between Eddie Brock and Venom. Tom Hardy's dual performance is once again quite over the top but in a way that provides silly fun. This makes even the jokes that don't land work, because we simply enjoy seeing these two characters play off each other. Yet underneath the silliness of these two characters there is an off-beat sort of warmth to this friendship. As the movie reaches its final act, this even leads to some surprisingly emotional moments. While the humor in this movie may not always work, it hits more than it misses and there are moments that made me laugh. I also enjoyed how this movie was not afraid to go over the top with its humor and didn't feel the need to take itself too seriously. There are also some good action scenes, especially the climatic one.
This movie does have its flaws though. There is a real lack of suspense here. With so much time spent on this being a buddy movie between Eddie and Venom, there is little time spent building up the villain and the stakes (outside of a few lines of dialogue). This unfortunately makes the film lack the stakes and the excitement a finale of a trilogy should have. Also, all the new characters are honestly quite boring and feel very underdeveloped. There was obviously supposedly to be an emotional arc surrounding a scientist character, but it is so underdeveloped that it leaves no impact at all. All the clichés in the story make it hard for this film to stand out.
While this movie is enjoyable, it is hardly going to go down as a classic of the superhero genre.
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