Venom, the first movie, was a pretty mediocre mess to me. As a lesser comic book nerd, I don't know everything about the character but I know enough to feel like that black blob on screen isn't Venom and his amorphous, indecipherable blob enemies were pretty much as generic as could be. BUT! We ended with a promise of Carnage and Carnage has always been a favorite.

Well, much like I still don't think this is really Venom yet, I don't really think this was Carnage either. First of all, these characters just... One's Black and the other's Red. That's pretty much the main differentiating factor between them (aside from tentacles). We also struggle with the relationship between Cletus and Carnage not being as it should be but... Artistic license! Fine! The ending is infuriating though, with the exception of one thing in the post credit scene.

These movies just feel like a cash grab to me. A soulless journey to line Sony's pockets without actually making movies with any real significance at all. Everything about them is so generic and bland. Like in an effort to avoid the Spider-Man connection they've left out everything that made this character unique and interesting. Here's hoping his next appearance leads to something better but so far... I think both of these are completely skippable movies.