Venom is bad in a way I didn't think it was still possible for superhero movies to be. It's pre-Marvel Cinematic Universe bad. It's pre-X-Men bad. Venom has all the hallmarks of a shitty superhero movie from 10-plus years ago: It's a long, boring origin story with incoherent stakes, an aggressive indifference to the source material, and the color palette of muddy garbage. by Ben Coleman