VENOM: THE LAST DANCE First Reactions Point To A Fitting Send-Off For Tom Hardy's Lethal Protector

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE First Reactions Point To A Fitting Send-Off For Tom Hardy's Lethal Protector

The embargo on Venom: The Last Dance social media reactions has lifted ahead of Wednesday's reviews but what are critics saying about Tom Hardy's supposed final ride as the Lethal Protector? Find out here

By JoshWilding - Oct 21, 2024 09:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Venom

Following the world premiere of Venom: The Last Dance, the first social media reactions for the threequel have started hitting X. As you'll see below, the response so far is mostly positive, though we'll continue updating this article as more early verdicts arrive.

It's always best to wait on full reviews - and that all-important Rotten Tomatoes score - for a clearer idea of what to expect, but this feels like a good start for a franchise which has typically drawn a mixed response from fans and critics. If this really is it for Hardy, it seems he'll be going out on a high. 

We'd imagine the trades will revise their opening weekend estimates in the coming days, though the movie was targeting a $70 million debut when we last heard. That's a decline from Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, but a drop was to be expected given the current state of theaters post-COVID.

Spider-Man 4 rumours have helped fuel interest in Venom: The Last Dance, but many scoopers have allowed their imaginations to run wild and it's clear now this isn't the lead-in to that movie some of you will be expecting or perhaps even hoping for. 

Check out the first wave of Venom: The Last Dance reactions below and check back here on Wednesday for our full review. 

In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

The movie stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Graham, and Rhys Ifans. Kelly Marcel directs from a screenplay she wrote, based on a story by Hardy and Marcel. The film is produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy and Hutch Parker.

Venom: The Last Dance will be released in theaters on October 25.

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ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 10/21/2024, 9:23 PM
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Lisa89
Lisa89 - 10/21/2024, 9:27 PM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - How did you already see it? Did you have to sign an NDA? If I ask a specific question about the film, will you answer it?
Kadara
Kadara - 10/21/2024, 9:43 PM
Those are a pretty good praises , I may check it out in theaters now.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/22/2024, 7:30 AM
@Kadara - did you see and like avatar ? That had good reviews good movie score
Kadara
Kadara - 10/22/2024, 11:43 AM
@dragon316 - I actually enjoyed Avatar, I'm a big fan of that franchise, haven't really been enjoying the Venoms but I'll give this a chance.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 10/21/2024, 9:43 PM
Wait... does Venom FINALLY get the classic spider-symbol in this movie???
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/22/2024, 7:34 AM
@HistoryofMatt - guess not , not that it’s important ultimate venom never had one in comics if he did didn’t last long only had it on covers never books to much ?si=JRgakBa7XmJvalru
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/21/2024, 9:57 PM
Venom: The Last Dance Thursday Night very excited will see it on the Biggest Screen possible. Dolby Cinema COMPLETELY CAPTIVATING

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/21/2024, 10:04 PM
@AllsGood -
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AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/21/2024, 10:08 PM
@soberchimera -
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DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 10/21/2024, 11:04 PM
@AllsGood - This turd promotes nothing but the best...
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/21/2024, 11:16 PM
Spend your money on literally anything else. Double A batteries, maybe a Jersey Mike's sub.. [frick] this movie
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/21/2024, 11:41 PM
@bobevanz -
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AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/21/2024, 11:49 PM
@DrDReturns -
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Fogs
Fogs - 10/22/2024, 4:34 AM
@bobevanz - Double D, if you catch my drift
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/22/2024, 8:01 AM
@bobevanz - people like and see what they want but change mind on movie for they have been disliking for months now from good reviews they have read is unrealistic avatar have good reviews rotten tomatoes score there many people on site still hate avatar movies,
Do I think marvel can make better venom I need see it believe marvel allready made mockery of wrecking crew, kang, taskmaster gender swap mask doesn’t resemble skull at all costume gives taskmaster powers not memory ability as he does in comics
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/21/2024, 10:03 PM
and that all-important Rotten Tomatoes score
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dragon316
dragon316 - 10/22/2024, 7:36 AM
@soberchimera - reviews and rotten tomatoes scores don’t make movies successful look at transformers one , avatar movies people like want to see movies they will see it regardless what people and critics say movie score included
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/21/2024, 10:11 PM
I don't hate Hardy's take on Venom, but I'm looking forward to someone else's take on the character that's hopefully more in line with the tone of the Lethal Protector comic.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/21/2024, 10:22 PM
Venom 4 Coming

Knull is Creepy, I loved the way they use him and set him up as a Future threat. Fingers crossed this isn’t Tom Hardy’s last dance with Venom and that we’ll see him face-to-face with Spider-Man when we least expect it.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 10/21/2024, 10:28 PM
I don’t want to see this in theaters lol I’ll check it out when they got a good copy. All of them remind me of 2000’s movies so it’s ironic someone said it
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/21/2024, 10:35 PM
The first "review" is literally your own tweet.
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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/21/2024, 10:40 PM
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Not just another Venom movie, it’s one of the BEST comic book films ever!

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MahN166A
MahN166A - 10/21/2024, 10:41 PM
Anyways!

OT:

This amazing Batman Beyond: Year One Fan project just dropped a teaser!

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XtremeXFan
XtremeXFan - 10/22/2024, 6:24 AM
@MahN166A - that looks really cool
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 10/21/2024, 11:02 PM
What can i say, these are some of my favorite "Guilty Pleasure" movies. I'm down!
Starscream24
Starscream24 - 10/22/2024, 12:18 AM
Can't wait to never watch...

Never seen the previous 2 or anything else that's "Sony-verse". One guy actually said it's like enjoying those "Resident Evil" films. As if Venom or any Spider-Man character deserves that kind of disrespect!
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/22/2024, 12:22 AM
While WB DC Studios is offering a Dumpster Fire. Joker: Folie à Deux Rotten Tomatoes 32% Critics Score and Audience Score.


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Knightrider
Knightrider - 10/22/2024, 12:29 AM
Genuine question, not meaning to stir the pot, but when was the last time early social media reactions actually really negative.

marvel72
marvel72 - 10/22/2024, 2:02 AM
@Knightrider - Maybe Joker 2,can't remember.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 10/22/2024, 4:12 AM
@Knightrider - Last time? the new Joker movie, last time for Marvel, The Marvels as ample were full on negative for both and even the sort of 'good reaction' ones were selective in what they praised whilst giving ample warnings of issues.

They key thing however tends to be short response tweets from pro-critics are short and thus not adequate time to go into the negatives unless all the way terrible thus if generaly fun but not great they will tend to LOOK good even if stacked with plot issue and thus 3/5 type films.

Course the other thing is any bias as to which tweets and author chooses to promote on a site like this.
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 10/22/2024, 9:29 AM
@Knightrider - its just more propaganda to make it look like cbms are dying
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 10/22/2024, 2:20 AM
I'll see this after I've seen The Wild Robot and Look Back. The reviews sound mixed-to-positive which is what these films always can strive for.
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 10/22/2024, 3:24 AM
“That's a decline from Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, but a drop was to be expected given the current state of theaters post-COVID”

Didn’t ’Let there be carnage’ come out DURING Covid? How can you think it makes sense for this to be tracking worse…?
TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 10/22/2024, 9:28 AM
@CerealKiller1 - these movies have always outperformed tracking anyway
Lysander45
Lysander45 - 10/22/2024, 3:51 AM
"The Spiderman 4 rumours have been blown out of proportion IMO..."

Well, in today's modern online ecosystem websites like this one can't help but participate in spreading the word of the random splatter patterns from the wall of the rumour mill bathroom. Y'all have to tell us what stuck to the wall and what didn't. It's out of your hands. It isn't a choice you can make. Right?
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