I finally got around to watching the 4K UHD release, and I have to say that I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. Venom certainly had many problems, but I'd rate it 2.5-3 out of 5 stars, and I think I could watch Michelle Williams act all day long. Not the complete disaster that I...
Yeah, the whole "fanboy" thing smacks of insult. I'm not that interested in this film because of it's lack of connection to Spider-man. Does that mean I'm a "MCU fanboy"? Does the fact that you're looking forward to Venom make you some other kind of "fanboy". Judgemental labels are juvenile.
Looks like the suits at Sony want to tone it down from R to PG-13:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/09/venom-sony-brass-pushing-for-pg-13-rating-not-r
I think it's take is going to come in far below expectations, no matter what the early tracking says. Unless it's really good, which seems unlikely, the second weekend falloff will be cliff-like.
Sony is trying to build a shared universe around Spider-man, without Spider-man. It's crazy. On top of that, and this is of course just my personal opinion, none of these secondary and tertiary characters are that interesting in the first place. I mean really, if they can't drum up some genuine...
Big news! Tom Hardy has signed on to star as Eddie Brock in Venom, with Ruben Fleischer directing:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/venom-movie-2018-tom-hardy-star-ruben-fleischer-direct-1004115