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NON-SPOILER Review of Venom: ...Just A Parasite

I grew up reading comics. All kinds of comics, but my favourites were always Spider-man. I always found that the villains seemed to hold more weight in those comics. The Green Goblin, Tombstone, Doctor Octopus, and of course, Venom. Venom for me changed how Spidey had to fight and deal with a villain because Venom held most of the same abilities as Spider-man, and more. But, he was also so much more violent than most villains Spidey had to fight. But, this is about Venom, not about Spider-man. The Venom most of us knew from the comics is not in this movie. That doesn't mean that it's a bad movie, let's get that out of the way right now. It's just... Not what you might expect from Venom. There are certainly hints of that creature throughout the movie. There were many times where I thought, "Oh yes! He's going to bite this guy's head off" and... then the camera cuts away. You still knew it happened, but it really lost the feeling of how vicious and bruta