History Awesome / Venom2018

-->[[AC:''"[[RoyalWe We]] will eat both your arms, and then both your legs, and then we will eat your '''face''' right off your head. You will be this armless...legless, faceless '''thing''', won't you? Rolling down the street...[[MoodWhiplash like a]] [[ToiletHumor turd...]] '''in the wind'''."'']]

--->[[AC:'''Venom:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Have a]] [[IronicEcho nice life.]]]]

!! '''Meta'''
* About a day after the first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Mv98Gr5pY Official Trailer]] dropped, it became the number 1 trending video on [=YouTube=] with over 30 million views, eventually reaching all the way up to 70 million.
* The awesome dark gravelly demonic voice that Venom has? That’s Tom Hardy ''himself''.
* This is the first piece of media outside the comics and video games to finally reach Eddie Brock's Anti-Hero days after several other times either ending it [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries abruptly]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan never doing it]], so to see Eddie finally get his due as a hero is awesome for MANY fans.
* The movie effortlessly shattered the opening box office record for the month of October, defeating its top competitor ''Film/AStarIsBorn2018''. It is also sitting comfortably at an 89% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes, [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail in spite of]] the negative and vitriolic reviews from many of the mainstream critics and news sites. After a negative campaign was run on Twitter by Lady Gaga fans with bot accounts attempting to undermine the success of the movie, it's all the more awesome a triumph. Let's just say AndYouThoughtItWouldFail and CriticProof would be an understatement. Despite the feelings anyone has on the matter, Sony's Spider-Man verse will happen. It also managed this all despite some tough competition coming from ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}''.
** The film opened with $111 million in China, which is the second highest opening for a superhero movie in that country just after ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** In the end, ''Venom'' has grossed over '''$855 million worldwide''', the sixth highest grossing film of 2018. It is now considered to be the most profitable Spider-Man verse movie based on its budget and gross... and it doesn't even have Spider-Man in it.
* Tom Hardy’s performance as both Eddie Brock and the voice of Venom. Many people who don’t like the movie applauded the darkly comedic, violent, but ultimately true friendship between the human and alien that Tom Hardy plays with no one else to act off but ''himself''.
** This deserves some elaboration. Aside from one scene where Venom makes a "tentacle-face" to talk to Eddie, Venom is nothing more than a voice in Eddie's head. And Tom Hardy brilliantly sells the act of literally talking to himself, and crafts believable characters and arcs for both Eddie and Venom.

* When Eddie and Venom are separated and Eddie is captured by Roland, Eddie shows just how tough he really is by headbutting Roland hard enough to break his nose. Keep in mind Eddie was severely malnourished at this point.

* Another such cool scene is when the Venom tentacles basically bitchslaps [=SUVs=] out of Eddie's way and returns him to his motorbike when he's thrown off, while in mid air
* Venom's reveal. Eddie appears to be on the ground following an accident, some hired Mook of the Life Foundation leering over him... then he grabs the guy, the symbiote slowly forming over him. The mook asks him WhatTheHellAreYou. And then it's capped off by his famous CatchPhrase.

* Carlton Drake decides to bond with a symbiote, creating the silver monstrosity known as [[AscendedExtra Riot]]; who then fights Venom and they try to pry each other off their hosts.

* The 'Protect And Serve' clip from the trailers makes it to the film itself albeit much longer, and it is glorious.

** And if it weren't for Annie separating Eddie and Venom from Riot after they've been absorbed by it using high-frequency sounds they would have stayed merged with Riot forever.

* After Eddie is separated from Venom and is captured by Life Syndicate's goons, the Symbiote bonds with Anne, turning her into She-Venom and rescues Eddie just before he is executed.

** This is in response to Drake's CMOA where he got in a punch first. Later, with both their symbiotes separated from them, Eddie and Drake have an epic fistfight at the end of which Eddie nearly ends up giving Drake a DisneyVillainDeath if not for Riot's (un)timely arrival. With a PreMortemOneLiner to boot:

*** Extra points for Eddie's finishing move being a signature one from the action movie serieses ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' and ''Film/NeverBackDown''.
* Prior to this, Riot rips Venom off of Eddie. Eddie just sticks his hand out to Venom allowing Venom to bond onto him and escape.

** What's more, Venom willingly puts himself in harm's way by blowing up the rockets knowing full well that fire is harmful to himself. Venom may be weaker than Riot, but his courage is admirable.

* The mid-credits scene shows Eddie visiting incarcerated serial killer, Cletus Kasady, who promises Eddie that he will bring about ComicBook/{{Carnage}} when he gets out of prison.

* About a day after the first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Mv98Gr5pY Official Trailer]] dropped, it became the number 1 trending video on [=YouTube=] with over 30 million views. Eventually reaching all the way up to 70 million.
* The awesome dark gravely demonic voice that Venom has? That’s Tom Hardy ''himself''.
* This is the first piece of media outside the comics and video games to finally reach Eddie Brock's Anti-Hero days after several other times either ending it [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries abruptly]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan never doing it]] so to see Eddie finally get his due as a hero is awesome for MANY fans.
* The movie effortlessly shattered the opening box office record for the month of October, defeating its top competitor ''Film/AStarIsBorn2018''. It is also sitting comfortably at an 89% Audience Score at Rotten Tomatoes, [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail in spite of]] the negative and vitriolic reviews from many of the mainstream critics and news sites. This after a negative campaign was run on Twitter by Lady Gaga fans with bot accounts attempting to undermine the success of the movie makes it all the more awesome a triumph. Let's just say AndYouThoughtItWouldFail and CriticProof would be an understatement. Despite the feeling's whoever has on the matter, Sony's Spider-Man verse will happen. It also managed this all despite some tough competition coming from ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}''.

-->''"[[RoyalWe We]] will eat both your arms, and then both your legs, and then we will eat your '''face''' right off your head. You will be this armless...legless, faceless '''thing''', won't you? Rolling down the street...[[MoodWhiplash like a]] [[ToiletHumor turd...]] '''in the wind'''."''

* The Ducati trailer has his outright chomping on a mook's head

'''Venom:''' '''''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Copy]]!'''''

--->'''Riot''': ''[[HeelFaceTurn Traitor!!]]''\\
'''Venom''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Have a]] [[IronicEcho nice life.]]

-->'''Anne:''' Told you I can fight ugly...

** In the end, ''Venom'' has grossed over $855 million worldwide, the sixth highest grossing film of 2018. It is now considered to be the most profitable Spider-Man verse movie based on its budget and gross... and it doesn't even have Spider-Man in it.

!!'''Trailers'''

[[caption-width-right:350:''"That power. It's not completely awful."'']]
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--->'''Riot''': [[HeelFaceTurn Traitor.]]\\

!!'''Trailers'''

** [[spoiler: Riot]] wins briefly [[spoiler: by absorbing both Eddie and Venom into itself.]] Holy shit!
** And if it weren't for [[spoiler: Annie separating Eddie and Venom from Riot after they've been absorbed by it using high-frequency sounds they would have stayed merged with Riot forever]].

* [[spoiler:After Eddie is separated from Venom and is captured by Life Syndicate's goons, the Symbiote bonds with Anne, turning her into She-Venom and rescues Eddie just before he is executed.]]
** Anne also incapacitates both [[spoiler:Venom and Riot using sound]] at critical moments.
-->'''Anne:''' [[spoiler:Told you I can fight ugly...]]

* Prior to this, [[spoiler:Riot rips Venom off of Eddie. Eddie just sticks his hand out to Venom allowing Venom to bond onto him and escape.]]
* Venom [[spoiler:reattaches to Eddie right after he got impaled. He then proceeds to leap toward Drake's rocket, cut the fuel tank open and obliterate the rocket with Riot and Drake inside.]]
** Even better [[spoiler: he does it with [[LodgedBladeRecycling the same blade]] Riot generated to stab Eddie with.]]
** What's more, Venom willingly puts himself in harm's way by [[spoiler:blowing up the rockets knowing full well that fire is harmful to himself. Venom may be weaker than Riot, but his courage is admirable.]]

* [[spoiler:The mid-credits scene shows Eddie visiting incarcerated serial killer, Cletus Kasady, who promises Eddie that he will bring about ComicBook/{{Carnage}} when he gets out of prison.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're not so bad yourself, champ."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"That power. It's not completely awful."'']]