I watched this movie after a request from my daughter. I was skeptical because of the reviews. I have to start by quoting CinemaSins: "the books, or comic books, does not matter!" I won't go into details as towards why, but the summary is that they don't matter because movies try to reinvent, reinterpret, or sum them up. Movies don't have enough time, let's put it simple.

So Eddie Brock (wannabe Pokémon master, lol,) is a "looking-for-the-truth-at-all-time" type of reporter. He is always looking for the ultimate slip by big evil companies. He gets the big-shot opportunity to interview Carlton Drake, leader of Life Foundation, whom Eddie distrusts. Life Foundation is secretly trying to find "something" in outerspace to augment humans to live in other planets, which leads them to slip onto the extraterrestrial Symbiotes.

One problem is evident from the main plot: the movie does not develop Eddie enough so we sympatize. When Eddie messup big time, it feels like he did it out of selfishness rather than trying to help the others as he and the movie implies.

The movie really begins when Eddie is possessed by the Symbiote called Venom, which I always thought it is stupid, why would an extraterrestrial lifeform call himself Venom or Riot; how would they know English? Whatever. Well, Venom possesses Eddie in search of a strong host. At first, Venom just wants to consume everybody in the world; later, he simpitizes with Eddie, I don't know why for sure.

Then, of course, we have Venom wanting to save the world for reasons.

The movie is not terrible like some people mentioned. I guess it is just out of place. The puns and humor touches are actually enjoyable. CGI is meh. This movie is just not up to the most recent Marvel movies.