Venom | 5 OCTOBER 2018 | Sony | Tom Hardy is Venom. Social Media reactions coming in

[Brainbug]

A Turd. Hot garbage. Laughably awful.

 

Will definetly see it. Coudnt have hoped for more.

[Krissykins]

25%.

 

Wonder what the cinemascore will be lol

 

Mind you they poll fanboys on opening Friday. 

[Zakiyyah6]

Batman v Superman had some of the worst legs ever due to rancid word of mouth and still managed a B cinemascore. I can't imagine Venom going lower than a B minus. I believe Fantastic Four 2015 earned a C or something but that was a special film. 

[Mojoguy]

Gotta remember page 136 is when the real fun started in this topic.

[a2k]

Suicide Squad was mid-high 20s on RT also. Did 133+ ow and 325 dom. If this one does half that, 67 ow and 163 dom (same legs as SS), Sony will be happy.

[Blaze Heatnix]

Suicide Squad had a B+ CinemaScore with a lower Tomatometer than Venom's.

 

BVS had a B CinemaScore.

 

X-Men Apocalypse got the A- CinemaScore with a 48% tomatometer

 

 

Venom will probably get B+/B. 

[Nova]

Unless this makes a shit ton of money, I don't see how Sony is going to be happy. This is the second time that a live action Venom was not well received. You can't keep putting out mediocre product after mediocre product and expect the consumer to return. The whole point of this film was to start a cinematic universe of their own. Having a poorly received film to kick off said universe isn't exactly what any studio exec wants. If this movie makes money for Sony, they'll breath a sigh of relief that it was at least profitable but in the end they'll still be stuck right where they were before releasing this film: how do we start a super hero universe with Venom/the Marvel characters we have. 

 

As was mentioned already in this thread, Suicide Squad was a financial success. So was Batman v Superman. And yet there are reasons why Warner Bros haven't green lit sequels to either/continued on with those films. The reception of your film matters almost as much as what it does at the box office. 

[EarlyDeadlinePredictions]

People who said this would be the best comedy of 2018 when the first trailer dropped were right all along. Sony actually did it. 

 

Also post credit scene is already on youtube. 

[Hades]

8 minutes ago, Nova said:

Unless this makes a shit ton of money, I don't see how Sony is going to be happy. This is the second time that a live action Venom was not well received. You can't keep putting out mediocre product after mediocre product and expect the consumer to return. The whole point of this film was to start a cinematic universe of their own. Having a poorly received film to kick off said universe isn't exactly what any studio exec wants. If this movie makes money for Sony, they'll breath a sigh of relief that it was at least profitable but in the end they'll still be stuck right where they were before releasing this film: how do we start a super hero universe with Venom/the Marvel characters we have. 

 

As was mentioned already in this thread, Suicide Squad was a financial success. So was Batman v Superman. And yet there are reasons why Warner Bros haven't green lit sequels to either/continued on with those films. The reception of your film matters almost as much as what it does at the box office. 

Yeah, FOX should have dumped Jackman and Reynolds after Xmen origins abomination... 

Edited October 3, 2018 by Hades
spelling

[Nova]

6 minutes ago, Hades said:

Yeah, FOX should have dumped Jackman and Reynolds after Xmen origins abomination... 

Origins came AFTER Fox established their X-Men universe. And there was a reason why Fox took years to green light a Deadpool film and only did so after leaked footage and gave the creators the smallest of budgets for a CBM. 

[Arlborn]

I wonder if we'll have a Harley Quinn situation on our hands again with this one; a break-out character in a mediocre movie. The reviews do make Tom Hardy seem hilarious and the only fun thing about the whole movie, right? Plus he is already a meme just by the trailers.

 

Maybe we won't get a Venom 2 so soon but we might get other movies headlined by him if that's true, just like what's happening to Harley Quinn.

 

Edited October 3, 2018 by Arlborn

[Mojoguy]

That Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams romance in the movie looks really boring and tedious to sit through.

I really wish studios would stop pandering to women with romances in this genre.

[Heat Vision]

Wikipedia says budget is 100 million is that accurate?

[ThePhasmid]

It's still a little early, but the chances of this making it above 50 are minimal. The "fresh" reviews even mention its uneven tone and mess of a script. This is Suicide Squad all over again. It's still going to do well at the box office, but I don't know if Hardy will feel compelled to return.

[Rebeccas]

25 minutes ago, Hades said:

Yeah, FOX should have dumped Jackman and Reynolds after Xmen origins abomination... 

Both took a while before the stench wore off and then got R-rated makeovers.

[RedX]

Surprised by their review. They liked it for similar and different reasons. One thing that they emphasize is that it’s very self aware and doesn’t take itself seriously. I think I’ll check it out

[Krissykins]

57 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

Suicide Squad had a B+ CinemaScore with a lower Tomatometer than Venom's.

 

Venom currently is 27%, SS was 28%.

 

Plus, SS had 340+ reviews. 

 

So Venom could have 300 more reviews incoming 😂

[Boxofficerules]

Just saw it, wasn’t crazy about it, it’s not as bad as Catwoman or Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider seems like a good comparison. There is like one decent enough action scene but there is a clip of that online, it’s also too loud, that scene should have been silent but it’s really loud.

The script just feels like Spider Man, Eddie breaking in and getting infected feels like the first Spider-Man. Even something that happens towards the end feels like it was recycled from The Amazing Spider Man 2. 

The movie feels way too sanitized, so many things that happen SHOULD be really cool but they’re shot so terribly so as not to show you ANYTHING they come off as awful. I’m surprised this got a 15 cert as it looks and feels like a soft 12a rated movie, they didn’t push the rating at all. Venom keeps talking about having eaten some heads but I guess I blinked and missed it cause I didn’t notice that at all until it was said.

 

Id say the climatic fight is one of the worst since Fantastic Four, so dull, just wanted it to end at that point. Michelle Williams feels totally wasted, feels like the type of part you’d give to an upcoming actress, not an established one, she has zero chemistry with Tom Hardy, their scenes are painful to watch.

Its weird how the ending of the movie is in the trailer.

 

Id give it 2/5, feels more like a product than a movie.

One positive I’ll give it is at least they don’t spend scenes trying to set up other movies.

[Hades]

22 minutes ago, Rebeccas said:

Both took a while before the stench wore off and then got R-rated makeovers.

So there is hope then..😎

[Arlborn]

35 minutes ago, Rebeccas said:

Both took a while before the stench wore off and then got R-rated makeovers.

What are you talking about? The Wolverine came 4 years afterwards and it certainly wasn't R-rated. It still did pretty well and earned some good will.

 

Edited October 3, 2018 by Arlborn