Venom: Let There be Carnage - Mini Movie Review (No Spoilers)

Welcome to another mini movie review. I am going to try and keep this spoiler free.

I was excited for this movie. After rewatching the first one I might have had too high of hopes going into the sequel. Should at this point note that my movie going experience was not ideal. It was a Friday night and the theater was pretty full. It seems that maybe people forgot that when you're in a theater you don't get to talk the whole time. I will try not to let that color my review too much.  

High points of this movie: Venom and Eddie's relationship, Anne partnering up with Venom again, and that good ole Dr. Boyfriend is still here with jokes. Things I didn't love: Way more CGI, Carnage's lack of motivation, and lack of character development. I will add that I have never read a Carnage comic, so I did not know anything about Cletus Kasady or his lady love Frances Barrison, aka Shriek. We do get some background on Cletus and his terrible upbringing that you know, turned him into a crazy serial killer. No background at all on Frances. Nothing of interest about her really, except she sure does love Cletus and has screaming powers. Another new character is Detective Mulligan. Again we get nothing about him at all and his defining character trait is that he is a dick. How I am happy to see Mrs. Chen again and she has some pretty funny moments.

If I had to label this movie I would call it a buddy comedy with a hint of action and many, many awkward moments between all the characters. I read in another review that they felt like they were watching tentacle porn. I would not go that far. Do I think the CGI was too much at times? Yes. Was it sometimes really creepy? Yes. Was it sexual? No...

If you are a Venom and/or Carnage fan then I think you will like this movie. You get a lot of these two getting into trouble. If you are a fan of Marvel comedy this movie delivers there too. However if you're hoping for a new story or any cool new characters, I don't think you got that from this movie. That being said, I would still recommend this movie to most. It is a fun time! 

I do have a favorite line, that I don't think spoils anything and it goes to Anne. "I'm never doing that again. Probably. It is really fun."

Let me know what you all thought of this movie. Would love to talk about that mid credit scene! More Marvel movie reviews to come.

Check out my recap of Venom if you want.

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