This film is either a brilliant parody of a superhero origin story, or it is a the dumbest version of a superhero origin imaginable. It is loud, noisy, and chaotic. But it is also funny, fast paced and oddly involving. I am pretty sure I don't understand rules of the creatures and the interplay between Venom and Eddie is really obvious and cliche. It reminded me of Krieg in Borderlands 2 of all things through it is as an amusing here as there. A lot of this has to do with Hardy being perfect for the role.

It is just hard for me to get over the dumbness present in the film and the ambiguity over it just being schlock or being self-aware schlock really hampers my enjoyment of the film. In that way it is very much like the comic character as Venom has always been either very stupid or brilliant at being stupid. Glad I listened to the critics and skipped this in the theater. It was worth watching for a buck not seven dollars.