Actually, yes listen to the critics. I feel sorry for Tom Hardy for being strapped to this piece of trash (but not too sorry considering how much money he pulls in). While superhero movies based on comic books can be fun, they're kind of the McDonald's of the movie world - not very challenging and mostly action with not much to think about, and Venom rates pretty low on the superhero movie scale. Even Tom Hardy's talent couldn't overcome a bad script with lame jokes and a boring formulated plot kept alive by special effects.