I don't know if this movie was geared towards fans of the comic, because I couldn't relate to the characters at all. I didn't believe Tom Hardy's performance, it just felt that he wasn't suited to the role. His relationship to Michelle Williams felt forced, there was no chemistry between them. And the 'bad guy' was just some geek corporate guy. He didn't feel intimidating at all. Anytime Venom or the other alien popped up on the screen, it took me right out of the movie, I felt I was watching an animation film instead of a live action flick. It wasn't that funny, how did Venom know all those phrases. Why did these aliens give themselves english word names?! And then the bonus scene, are we going to get a combination of joker and ronald mcdonald in the next movie? Overall this was a pretty dull superhero movie. I was hoping to enjoy it, but the critics got this one right.