Dog’s Movie House: “Venom: The Last Dance” Works Best As Alien Buddy Comedy!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Tom Hardy’s trilogy capper in the popular Venom series. Directed by first-timer Kelly Marcel (she penned the first two “Venom” films and co-wrote this one as well), “Venom: The Last Dance” has everything you can expect in a big budget superhero flick: slimy aliens, overreaching story points that are destined to be resolved in other films, and tons of (mostly effective) CGI that bring these alien beasties to life. What “The Last Dance” has as its secret weapon is Tom Hardy (both as Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote Venom) who decides to go all in one the bonkers bromance between the two, resulting in some big laughs and even a little sentiment a time or two. If you liked Hardy in the first two films, you’re gonna love him in “Venom: The Last Dance!”
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” a delightfully crazy romantic comedy disguised as a superhero film!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at the long-delayed sequel to the 2018 hit “Venom,” a film that managed to become a success despite being a film about a Spider-Man villain that didn’t feature Spider-Man. It succeeded because of a gonzo performance by Tom Hardy, some funky special effects, and a script that gets the character right despite the familiar story beats of a standard superhero film. “Let There Be Carnage” ups the ante when it comes to the bromance between the symbiote Venom (voiced by Hardy) and Eddie Brock. The two are in full old-married couple mode when they have to face a new symbiote that has merged with a serial killer named Cletus Kasady to become the powerful Carnage. Both Venom and Eddie are forced to deal not only with their own complicated relationship but with the consequences of their actions when it comes to both Cletus and Carnage.
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