Andy Muschietti exposed serious flaws when trying to handle larger projects in his second films "It" and "The Flash".
Movies are not made by one person. Even the most poignant indie film takes a lot of soul to make it happen, from the scriptwriting to the cinematography and a ton of post-production work. This is especially true when dealing with a big blockbuster like 2023's The Flash. Massively produced with a budget that contains more zeros than an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon pretends to laugh, The Flash is not a project focused solely on its purpose. Directed by Andy Muschietti.
Formerly responsible for horror titles such as Mama and the two It films, Muschietti was responsible for arranging many of the DC Comics cinematic continuity and various corporate bosses on The Flash. That can't be easy, and some of the problems with The Flash are certainly the result of too many execs trying to put their stamp on a movie. However, Muschietti still has some control over the film, and sadly, the best way of expressing his identity in The Flash lies in some of its most egregious flaws. Some superhero movie directors end up dropping everything about their previous small films when they get the chance to take on a Marvel/DC title. However, in Muschietti's case, he has a series of serious flaws from his 2019 film It:
Chapter 2 in Lightning. Barry Allen/The Flash may be at the top of the lot, but even he can't escape Muschietti's struggle to understand blockbuster cinema. The first It wasn't a perfect movie or even a great horror movie, but it was a useful one. It's no doubt a "safer" take on the first half of Stephen King's novel and relies too much on jump scares, but it offers perfect entertainment. Muschietti seems to be quite comfortable emulating Amblin's 1980s film style, which involves kids getting entangled in darker mysteries/issues, while the relatively limited production budget keeps things from going. get out of control. Muschietti is definitely on the budget horror side with his directorial debut, Mama. However, these powerful qualities disappear when the time comes to realize it:
Chapter 2. This first film was a huge success, Muschietti was given a significantly increased budget and larger facilities to make a second film about The Losers Club. The result is a clunky mess that aims to give people what they've come to love from the first film, including weird flashbacks involving the childish version of the main character, who used many distracting digital de-aging techniques. Worse yet, this:
Chapter 2 seems to respond to the fact that its predecessor became a mainstream success by trying to make it "broader" and "more engaging". The bloody deaths and terrors are still there, but they are now accompanied by lengthy, seemingly impromptu comic strips, Bill Hader's digressions, or bizarre moments like a character being possessed by a demon. supernatural entity vomiting to the tune "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton. .
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