venom last dance

heya

so yes, then, another (or if you will another) cinema trip. i do believe this means i have been to the cinema more often (or less fewer) this year (2024, look you see) than i have been to such a place in the last decade or so. not sure if that means anything, or if it is even true, but there it is. 

obviously (perhaps) no, i did not willingly choose to go and see Venom The Last Dance or, possibly, just plain Venom 3, for i think it is the third film in this series. and last, by all accounts. don't believe that is a spoiler, for it has been widely advertised, promoted and spoken of as "the last one". anyway, how i ended up seeing it is fairly straightforward - recently i took William to that there London (innit) to attend that Batman exhibition, and he wished to see this movie. so, off we went. 

considering how i have but the vaguest recollection of the first film and didn't see the second one at all i was somewhat curious to find out how much of this i would be able to if not understand (i am quite thick) then at least follow. happily, and somewhat to my surprise, quite easily. as long as you have a grasp of the vague premise of the character this film was reasonably self contained and did not rely on any sort of "expanded universe" knowledge to watch it. makers of Marvel things, take note. 

also surprising was that it was really rather good. extremely funny in places and lacings of some fairly entertaining action sequences. whereas Tom Hardy has settled into some sort of quasi Jason Statham "just stand there and look moody" approach to acting, Rhys Ifans is as excellent as he is entertaining. the Venom character himself (if he is a he) is also quite class. 

plot? something about someone who is really evil being kept prisoner by the other Venoms but could escape with what i think they called a codex. in order to ensure that does not happen it is so that one of Venom or whatever Tom Hardy's character is called has to die. no, not sure why, but a functional plot to keep things ticking over. 

that's the "end credit" sequence. i asked William what it was all about and he had no idea, so i have even less (fewer) of a clue. looks like it might be some sort of insect drinking some of that stuff what turns people into a Venom. 

whilst not a film i am ever likely to watch again i did thoroughly enjoy it. i keep seeing reports that it had a low budget, but i found it very well made, excellently paced and just a whole load of entertainment for 90 minutes or so. 

yes, indeed, it was once more the Ealing Project that i (we) was (were) a patron(s) of. i had hoped to take William to see it at the massive Odeon at Leicester Square, but the showing we wanted was sold out. also they only had it on a smaller screen. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!