tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post4601268949750350259..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: "Venom": two-paragraph reviewKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-27435478128991325612019-01-05T10:17:52.628+09:002019-01-05T10:17:52.628+09:00After I heard the film, "Venom," disrega...After I heard the film, "Venom," disregarded the "Spider-Man" comics origin story of the alien symbiote entirely, I decided I didn't need to watch a bastardized film version of comics so dear to my youth. I was able to avoid the movie while in theaters, but my nephew talked me into watching it with him on video since it wasn't R-rated and it was his birthday. After the torture that was watching it, I was so upset, I spent $61.60 getting him a Marvel Unlimited membership that has over 20,000 back issues (to keep people buying new issues they don't add them until 6 months have past). Then, he tells me he is a damn "Batman" comics fan, and DC doesn't have the same unlimited service that Marvel does.<br /><br />Anyway, I wasn't real big on watching "Gifted," but both the acting and subject matter were great. But the real star of the movie is a young Captain Marvel/young Tonya Harding, Mckenna Grace. Her credits are unbelievable, and she has one bright future ahead of her: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5085683/<br /><br />John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-32232941198644500362019-01-04T09:04:01.137+09:002019-01-04T09:04:01.137+09:00Sorry to be so late in reviewing this movie, but t...Sorry to be so late in reviewing this movie, but then again, you so often disagree with my opinion that I doubt an earlier review would have persuaded you to avoid "Venom."<br /><br />I was indeed curious about "Gifted," but reviews seemed iffy. I'll put it in my queue, though—despite the fact that your and my respective tastes in movies seem quite different.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-89614091926068898972019-01-04T04:05:43.174+09:002019-01-04T04:05:43.174+09:00Your warning came to late as I both saw "Veno...Your warning came to late as I both saw "Venom," and another poorly reviewed film, "The Greatest Showman," that inexplicably did very well at the box office. The mess that is "Venom" came within a few million of taking down "Spider-Man: Homecoming." I like Tom Hardy, but this film that trashed decades of Venom, Carnage, and Spider-Man comics made me quite dislike both Hardy and Williams. Of course, as the film did great foreign and domestic box office, part 2 is already in the works.<br /><br />On the flip side, if you want to see a great small film starring "Captain America" and one of "Venom's" stars, check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI01wBXGHUs" rel="nofollow">"Gifted."</a> It deals with a different kind of children not fitting in at school. I used to watch some of these brilliant kids on "That's Incredible" and "60 Minutes" and marvel at their gifts. However, the curses of being extremely intelligent and advances were never really explored. These curses extend outwards to the parents, siblings, teachers, and even school administrators as the TV program "Young Sheldon" so aptly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_f6pZ5rIbk" rel="nofollow">showcases week after week</a>.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.com