Venom, directed by Ruben Fleischer (superhero movie, 2018)

[lb_lee]

Submitted by monsterqueers !

"What the hell are you?"
"WE... are Venom."

Blurb: After a disastrous interview with a shady company ruins his life, journalist Eddie Brock accidentally winds up host to an alien symbiote that has invaded earth through said company. The alien takes a liking to earth and decides to protect it.

Why is it worth your time?: The BANTER. The banter between Eddie and Venom is fantastic. It really feels like system banter- playful and occasionally said out loud and having to be waved off to people who overhear. Yes its incredibly edgy because Venom wants to eat people, but its a playfully edgy sort of movie.
In the end, Eddie chooses to stay with Venom, and it feels very positive- they clearly care about each other under the bickering.

Plural Tags: cofronting, setting-specific plurality, plural on purpose, nonhumans [alien parasite], enmity

Content Warnings: Spoilers in warnings; see comments.

Accessibility Notes: Has subtitles. The digital version on netflix is only for certain countries, otherwise it seems to be hardcopy only.

Comments

Content warnings

[lb_lee]

Medical experimentation, possession, for a moment you think Venom is dead but he isn't, a live lobster is eaten, Venom eating people, burning alive, harm to the homeless by medical experimentation, audio gore, vomiting, brief scene of flashing lights at ~50 mins mark, gore

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Venom really seems like the Scapegoat / Survivalist headmate that a lot of systems have. Nobody likes them but they keep the body alive. Or in this case, protect the Earth.

Venom 2

[the3moirai]

This movie and it's sequel capture really well an odd couple dynamic between Headmates that we find absolutely addicting to watch over and over. This dynamic it should be noted is less apparent in the comics though it is there in some runs.

- Seph

Re: Venom 2

[lb_lee]

We've never seen either movie, but since y'all have, feel free to submit the sequel to the catalog! (We didn't know there even was a sequel!) It'd be good to have more!