POSITIVES:

1) The film definitely adds a lot more humour than the first one, which I think worked well 2) It feels so unusual now to see a film that is only 90 minutes long, but I think the film benefits from having a really focused and streamlined script 3) The direction, particularly the action scenes, were much better than the first film 4) The special effects were so much better than the first film 5) The post credits scene was really great

NEGATIVES:

1) I was never able to understand how Cletus was able to become Carnage just by biting Eddie and tasting his blood? Or how doing that would create a symbiote so much stronger than Venom?

2) The film definitely rushes through a lot of the exposition - for example Cletus' origin is explained through a little post card that he writes for Eddie 3) Bringing back Anne and Dan from the first film was a nice touch, but did feel largely unnecessary as they don't really have any purpose in the film and it's a bit unbelievable that Anne and Eddie would still be friends when Anne is now with Dan.