8 Upcoming Movies Everybody Already Hates

How hard is it to make a good DCEU movie?

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All movies are subjective. You're allowed to love them, like them or flat-out hate them, and even respected classics like Blade Runner, The Godfather and Terminator 2 all have their naysayers, and that's okay; these differing opinions create interesting conversations.

However, some movies are hated just because people want to hate, or because they're made by a certain studio or filmmaker - see the Marvel versus DC fanboy war, or anything Michael Bay puts out - and this has created a culture that often judges before it sees, especially with information about movies that are years away being so readily available, with fans having the ability dismiss a movie based on an unfounded rumour, or an early casting choice.

There are plenty of upcoming movies that have succumbed to this very effect, with the information we've received about the project so far (or simply the name of the franchise itself) leaving a bad taste in people's mouths.

Hopefully, the following eight movies come out and kick some serious ass, but right now, they've each given us a reason - or multiple reasons - to doubt them.

8. Venom/Silver & Black

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The Hate: They won't be integrated into the MCU and won't feature Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

"How can you do a Venom movie without Spider-Man?" questioned millions of fans when news broke that Sony's upcoming solo Venom movie would not be a part of the MCU, so would not feature an appearance from Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

And that's a genuinely fair question to ask - Venom and Spider-Man are so closely linked that it seems mad to think of one without the other. Is this just a cash-grab to capitalize on a popular character? How will this movie work?

There are other issues too. Sony don't exactly have the best history with the Venom character, and their last attempt to kick-start their own Spidey-centric extended universe failed spectacularly, so do they actually know what they're doing here?

You can level these same concerns at Silver & Black, Sony's other upcoming Spidey spinoff. Spider-Man villains without Spider-Man? Just... why?

It's not clear why either of these projects need to exist, and they only seem destined to confuse the average filmgoer, someone who isn't plugged into the relationships between character rights, cinematic universes and film studios.

Tom Holland's Spider-Man is beloved by millions and millions of fans, so for Sony to move away from that success and do their own thing just feels like they're trying to flip the bird to Marvel.

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