The Reel Rejects - VENOM: THE LAST DANCE MOVIE REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:42 That's the, he's the director of the second movie and also obviously Gullum and many other. I'm not surprised because he got like, duh. Such a good voiceover. Oh, my God. Yeah. That's awesome. I mean, he's the king of voice. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:01:56 That's incredible. I really did not know that was him. That's awesome. Awesome. Cool. Cool. I mean, that's got to be a trip for you because you and. Yeah, we just had thought to you. You guys just did Laura the Rings. And Andy Circus is just so good. I mean, Gallum is one of the greatest voice that we're characters. Yeah, I mean, he's awesome. He's awesome. But yeah. Yeah, we should start, we can start reviewing and then turn it back up at the end credit. Yeah, guys, we will be doing, don't worry. We're going to do the end credits. We haven't forgotten. But if you did watch this on, uh, yeah, where are we? You got Apple and Spotify.

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Starting point is 00:02:58 go buy people and your family, friends, loved ones, some great gear as well. Do you want to start off what you thought of the film? I mean, I had a lot of fun. I think mainly I really liked how they took two very large moments in this movie to get emotional and take time, number one, with the family in the car. I think the biggest line that hit was like, I would have enjoyed this sometime, basically.

Starting point is 00:03:28 saying it would have been nice to have this like a family right um and then the very end of just them venom leaving him i was like almost i was like am i gonna cry in a in a venom movie i really really that like really got to me and you guys know that i will always say in a movie if there's no heart to it then i don't really care but in this movie it's not like it's like the perfect i cared. Like I really did. And I think that's what makes this run from maybe what could have been a C movie to like a B to maybe an A movie, like a fun movie because of that heart that they instilled in it. And awesome special effects. Great stunts. Everything looked really, really good. And I like that we got to see Mrs. Chang. Right? That's her name? Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chin.

Starting point is 00:04:26 yes, yes, that she was there and that that was technically his like one last dance, which I really really liked because she's so great in all of the movies and like what a friend she is to Venom, right? I really love that. And I also

Starting point is 00:04:42 like to see that the other symbiots, how they all teamed up. Like that was a really really fun and great visual to watch them all team up, which is what we wanted initially to see them all team up with Venom and try to take the bad guys down.

Starting point is 00:04:58 We somewhat got there. It didn't fully get there. But once, I mean, initially, they already put it, the idea in our brain that he had to make the sacrifice, that we have to get rid of him in order to get rid of these, what's the thing inside of him? The codex? Thank you.

Starting point is 00:05:19 I was going to say, send beyond. And I'm like, no. Yes. to get rid of that so that Noel couldn't get it. And the biggest sacrifice is, you know, Venom does it. He takes all of them in him. And I was like, wow, this is crazy. And what a good callback.

Starting point is 00:05:37 I love when scripts have good callbacks in them. And he says, this is just bye for now, which is exactly what the guy said to him before. Love a good callback. Great script. Great, just good times. Yeah, I'm going to echo a lot of what you said. I thought the film was a lot of fun.

Starting point is 00:05:53 I thought it was paced really well. You know, I thought, you know, the second movie, I mean, there were times where the second movie was a lot of fun too, but also I thought it suffered from some pacing issues. It dragged quite a bit for me personally. I thought Woody Harrelson was great in that. But yeah, this film, like, again, I never felt the runtime in any way, shape, or form. But also at the same point, I think this film did a good job of balancing the genres of horror and action.

Starting point is 00:06:19 And even, like I said, I think that, I think that. that's the biggest thing when I when you're blending genres the biggest thing is balance for me and again like that first the first two minutes where we're setting the tone with null and the the creatures again I got that horror aspect and there are times again where they uh whenever the creatures are attacking like you get that and just the visual of those it's it's freaky it's scary um and then obviously the whole thing with venom and this is the and eddie this is our last film most likely unless they figure out a story obviously like it's emotional because we've grown at least for me and you, and I'm assuming many of you out there, we've grown emotionally attached to these two and their interactions with each other. And we're connected to them, so to speak. And I just, I love how close that they've gotten because obviously they had some issues with each other in the last film, which caused them to separate from each other. And then this film, like, you could see just how much that friendship just meant to each other and, like, what they were willing to go through for each other just was really impactful. And, uh, Like, I just, I love the emotional depth that these two characters have for one another. It's like I wasn't expecting to feel this much either, like you were saying. Like, it's a vet a movie. And again, I know in superhero movies, like, we can feel like, you know, if you watch the MCU or any of the Batman films, like, superhero movies, like, have proven that you can feel

Starting point is 00:07:41 something when you watch them. Yeah. Or comic book films, rather. So, like, I'm not surprised there. It's just from the first two movies. I just wasn't expecting to feel as much as I did in this one. Right. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:07:51 And again, it's my people. recently biased but this might be my favorite of the three possibly it's definitely mine i think because of the heart in it yeah no for sure um and i think to the the two standout scenes for me definitely with the family i think like when eddie realized okay like because i was wondering at first where we come with us like it's funny i felt like for a second it was kind of like the storyline was just or the story rather was just kind of come into a little bit of a stop but then when i understood what we were trying to yeah why we were there and what was trying to achieve for eddie as a character You're like, hey, like, as much as I love having venom in my life, that's all the chaos and everything, like, I've kind of lost my life, too.

Starting point is 00:08:33 Like, I don't have, I don't really, besides venom, like, I don't have normalcy. I don't have a life. Like, I'm, you know, I'm lonely in that aspect. And so he was kind of like pondering, like, a family and having, like, some normalcy there. But then also, too, the thought of, like, actually now have living a life without venom. It's kind of lonely in itself, too. Like, yeah, he might have a family and all, and that's going to be great for him one day

Starting point is 00:08:58 because Eddie deserves it. But, like, you know, Venom is literally, was a part of him figuratively and mentally speaking, you know, emotionally rather. And so that was quite a loss. But again, I love the arc for Venom because Venom and symbiots in general, they're all about survival.

Starting point is 00:09:15 So the fact that he was willing to sacrifice himself for Eddie and the greater good of humanity, I just thought like throughout the three films it was quite an arc it was like very emotionally touching as well and like like you've been saying as well um and i just i was really like really sad about it even if uh you know the tears didn't come out like i was i was pretty close to to doing it but like that was i was quite i mean it was a little predictable in terms of the acid because i showed that but it didn't matter because i was in the moment and it was beautiful to watch and sad at the same time um and i think

Starting point is 00:09:45 it served the purpose of the story uh and it was just like those monsters too were extremely i'm I'm sorry that I don't know the name of them. I'm sure if Koi was here, he would tell us. But those monsters, they were extremely threatening and menacing and scary. Like, again, the visual was really scary, like, how the ass, you know, when it would eat something and then acid would just come out of the back. I know this is a, I'm pretty sure this is a PG-13 film. So, like, to have the visual cue on that on a PG-13 film, it was, like, really scary. And that's where I'm, like, talking about the balancing act between the horror and the action and the drama.

Starting point is 00:10:20 Like, I thought they did a really good. job and the whole thing i was talking about too like it's just a few of these things and like look how hard it was to take these down so i'm imagining now with no uh with null let's say he says it's name right with nole and all i mean i don't know you would stop all that that'd be pretty damn hard you'd need a lot of acid um so you know the i don't know if they're going to continue the series i don't know if you can do the series without venom or what you do but um because the whole way they teased with um noel here yeah so i don't know what you do if you continue the series again if you're you come up with the storyline yeah or you yeah but i mean who do but you're gonna have to have someone

Starting point is 00:10:56 to fight him so i i don't know but either way like um from a threatening perspective like it uh it's enticing to have to continue possibly if you have a storyline and someone to you know fight him if it's not going to be venom i don't know what you do but i'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments what you think is gonna you know happen there but um yeah again uh really enjoyed it um tom hardy again amazing performance. I love how he can like, it's not easy too because a lot of scenes, he's by himself, you know, which is for an actor. I mean, even when you're interacting with someone, it's not easy because you've got to react.

Starting point is 00:11:31 He's reacting to himself. Right. He's listening to, even though he's the one providing the voice of Venom, which again, in itself is very impressive. He's reacting to himself in all his scenes. So that is a great job. That's difficult in itself. It's very hard.

Starting point is 00:11:43 And the way he's able to have us as an audience, like laugh at these scenes. and also feel emotion like it's a very difficult task like when you're acting by yourself like that so i mean props to him he just did throughout all three films whether you like any of them or not like props to tom hardy because i i really dig his performance and anything he does but especially these films he's he's just fun to spend time with and be with especially these two characters so uh props to tom hardy um i agree i really feel like it's weird to think of these movies but I do think of it this way is that Venom almost taught him

Starting point is 00:12:20 what true friendship and love is. That's how he learned what that is and that all comes to a culmination at the end when he's like, I'll never forget you, buddy. He didn't need to walk to say, hey, to Lady Liberty. That's something that you would do for someone that you love, right? Someone that died and you're like, let's live out,

Starting point is 00:12:42 let's go spread their ashes in the ocean because they said that's where they wanted them. right um and i think that throughout all of this they did a very good um montage and showing us that that that's what really happened is that he learned what true like friendship and love was through his relationship with venom which is a wild thing to think about but that really is what what we are realizing there at the end yeah and through also the biggest sacrifice that venom showed him that's what any honestly what any parent or a romantic partner would actually do for someone they love right with they would protect them which is what he did he before he kills himself

Starting point is 00:13:25 venom he puts the door over him he protects him and then he takes himself out for the better good of the person that he cares about and all of humanity and i also felt yeah and i also felt like venom on top of everything you just said time to be selfless because Eddie was always about himself and, like, his work and, like, locked into that. So, like, I thought that was an important lesson for him to learn, too. Like, they just better each other and elevated each other, which, like, those are the type of friendships and interactions I appreciate when I'm watching on screen. So, yeah, I agree. I do think that overall, in him making that sacrifice at the end, I also think that that is a very big representation of, like, the, um,

Starting point is 00:14:12 the love that he had that they had for each other, but especially that venom had for him and in return was teaching him that's the same thing. For sure. So I think we're going to get an end credit saying here. Do we got here? We got something. We're waiting for it.

Starting point is 00:14:27 There we go. What is that? I can't tell. Oh, the bartender. Yeah. Because he was locked in there. I forgot. Oh, totally forget me.

Starting point is 00:14:43 Oh. This guy had one bad dick. Oh, yeah. He's going to eat a lot of drinks after this. Oh, wait, but that was, was that in Mexico where he was at? Yeah, I'm like where he came from. And he's in, where are they at Nevada? He's going to.

Starting point is 00:15:04 Oh, God. What's this? What's this? Oh, is there a little. Oh. Oh, that was like her lightning thing that she broke. And I love that they brought it back to the callback of like roaches survived. Like I was saying, they survived nuclear bombs.

Starting point is 00:15:19 And that was the reason we see that roach there. They survive everything. But anyway, just to finish my thought, I think that like what I said before, but Venom sacrificed himself there at the very end is the biggest like, it's the biggest like representation of what you could say is sacrificing for love. basically what he was doing, which I find that very moving, which is why I was like sad during that scene and they're saying goodbye because they both have a love for each other. And I just thought it was really, really sweet. And I'm glad that they wrote that heart into this film. Okay, so Gregory

Starting point is 00:15:54 came in here and was like, look at the past credit saying you guys don't get it. So now the reason that I was like, oh, it looked like Juno Temple's thing that she crushed because it had the lightning in it, which basically means, yes, there's still a symbiote on land, so we could still, like, what he was saying is like, it might, it might mean that venom is still alive. And I'm like, I don't think it means venom necessarily, but it means that we could carry on with this world in seeing that, that there's a part of a symbiote still on earth with the roach, which I did get that, which I assume everybody else got that too, because we saw it there, but I just didn't think that I needed to, I guess, over-explain that.

Starting point is 00:16:34 It's just like, oh, yeah, we get it. Yeah. Like, I usually see the broken glass and we're like, yeah, okay, they can carry on from that. Got it. Cool. I just wanted to go back to my thought where I was like, it's about love, but we can move on now. Do you got trivia? I got some trivia.

Starting point is 00:16:51 Let's do it. During the final battle, a soldier named Thompson gets his legs chewed off by a zino. How did they say this word? I forgot, xenophage. By xenophage. Zenophage. But otherwise survives. In the comics, Flash Thompson became the host.

Starting point is 00:17:07 of the Venom symbiote as Agent Venom after losing his legs in the Iraq War, right? That's right. I remember that. All the main cast members, Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Chuitel, Adjafour, Rice, Iphens, if I probably mispronounce that, and Stephen Graham are British, but they are all playing Americans in this film. Love that. Tom Hardy, Peggy Lou, and Reed Scott are the only actors to appear in all three Venom films. Cool.

Starting point is 00:17:34 Before Kelly, Marcel was hired to direct the third film, Andy, Circus, who directed the second film, expressed interest in returning to direct another Venom film, and felt there was more to explore with Venom in future films before the character met Spider-Man in a future MCU-SSU crossover film, including further exploration of the Ravencroft Institute and other potential villains being held there. Tom Holland said he and Amy Pescal had discussed him potentially reprising his role as Spider-Man in future Venom sequels. Okay, cool.

Starting point is 00:18:04 Love that. That would be cool. One of the symbiots captured by Imperium is a gray symbiote that when it bonds to a host, manifest, giant fist, a reference to riot from the comics. Let's just go to some spoilers. There's a couple here. Andy Circus hinted that Noel will be featured in a future Sony Marvel films. Okay. Venom tells Eddie in the film that they are the lethal protector.

Starting point is 00:18:28 This is the name of the 1993 comic storyline that introduced many of the symbiots seen in the film's climax. I like that. director kelly marcell said about choosing andy circus to play the character knoll we knew on venom two that he was going to be this null character we should be able to bring that character into this film okay last thing in the final post-credit scene a piece of symbiides survives by bonding to a cockroach which is how the mania symbi survived being nuked in venom 2003 i'm sure coy knew that bonded to the cockroach with that's the part that i guess i missed that i didn't see it bonded to the But I did see the piece of the symbiote, like with the lightning thing there and the cockroach.

Starting point is 00:19:09 Yeah, that's why again when it was the lightning, I just assumed it was the same one that Juno Temple, like as the lightning. Which I think that it is. I think maybe they're just trying to say that a symbiote is still there on earth and still living and kicking and kicking around. So that's cool. I like that trivia. I like this whole world, I mean, is a lot of fun. So them choosing to carry on with it, whether it has Tom. Hardy or not, I think people will still be interested. I mean, Tom Hardy's obviously a huge

Starting point is 00:19:38 cell. But if Andy Sturkus comes back or if they find a way to like, it would be so cool if they find a way to like Spider-Man's in this universe somehow, that'd be a big sell. I mean, who knows what they're going to do? I think that this whole thing is a blastaronia. I had a lot of fun. Yeah, no, I had a great time too. Like I said, this movie had some heart emotion for sure. It was fun. Some horror elements. It was paced really well. I had a great time. time watching this one. Again, not, my expectations were not super duper high, but I still had a great time. It was a lot of fun. It was very entertaining. Yeah. And, you know, I actually gave a damn about the characters, which is all I can ask for at the end of the day. So I would definitely

Starting point is 00:20:19 recommend this. And we hope you guys enjoyed it. If you're still with us this far into the review, we appreciate it. You guys are the best. And we shall see you whenever we have our next reaction. Take care. Thank you.

The Reel Rejects - VENOM: THE LAST DANCE MOVIE REVIEW!!

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