Meaningless goop-centric cgi scenes can't save this movie from mediocrity. First the obvious: a Spider-Man villain whose origin is dependent on the wall crawler who is VERY noticeably absent and who proves that he doesn't really deserve his own film. Without Spidey around, Venom's existence feels pointless, his origin bland and dull and the stakes never feel meaningful. Even his costume just looks like black vomit without the prominent white spider symbol that SHOULD be there. I've heard the movie called "fun" and it is if you turn your brain off. It's fun in the way a Rambo movie is fun; bad dialogue, flashy action, dumb plot, lots of special effects. Is it a good movie? No. Not even close. Does it do the character justice? Well, no. Without Spider-Man, how could it? Will the masses like it anyway? Probably.