I get what was the intention here to communicate most of all.

The relationship between Brock and Venom is a complex one especially in todays lenses. And the movie tries to communicate that without making it to on the nose about that ( but still being a few times).

I liked the movie, I liked the lighthearted but important exploration into what is actually the relationship between Venom and Brock on a sentient level rather than just a biological one. I would have liked the delivery for it to be more subtle at least until the end where the direct approach would be good.

I very much liked the way the Casady was portrayed ( I understand it is not close to the comics and all that...) and the human aspect of his relationship with Shriek the delivery here might have been a little bit better.

But I also understand that the outside constraints of the movie where such that many things had to be toned down which is a pity as a much more serious approach to the "gray area" would have been welcome.

The action is ok but mediocre, however it is in tone of the movie and I hope that in grand scheme of things this movie will fair better.

But I did enjoy it and even if a bunch of things where on the nose and not really well executed I had fun watching various section.

So yeah the movie might not be top of the line but don't let the negative views bother you too much, it is fun and campy in its own clumsy Brock way ^_^ and if you like Tom Hardy being all confused and somewhat cute with Venom and Woody Harrelson having a good but subdued performance this might be a fun one time watch.

Also Dan is a cool guy.