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While James Gunn experiments with DC, Andy Muschietti’sThe Flasharrived in theatres. Fans seemingly appreciated the storyline and the multiverse idea in the movie,however, pointed out how the CGI and VFX turned out to be epic failures. AlthoughThe Flashappearing as an unfinished version feels downright embarrassing, the director had something completely different on his mind.
Admitting how the terrible CG effects were weirdly intentional, Andy Muschietti toldio9, that it was done on purpose to give “Barry’s POV”. However, viewers weren’t quite impressed and simply didn’t buy Muschietti’s explanation. Instead, Zack Snyder fans gathered on Twitter to troll and criticized James Gunn for his incompetency.
Also read:“How did they let it come out like this?”: While James Gunn Calls The Flash “One of the greatest movies ever made”, Industry Insider Blasts It For “Embarrassing VFX Work”
Andy Muschietti Purposefully Implemented Terrible CGI
As movie studios constantly deal with several things, all at once, like budgets, deadlines, distribution, and such; they often miss out on small details. And one of the easiest departments that get neglected in the process, is the visual effects. If one ever notices carefully, one can find subtle CGI mistakes in most films. However, nothing compares to the nightmarish CG effect and VFX ofThe Flash.
Just released in theatres, DC’s first dive into multiverse story,The Flash,happens to have unavoidably bad visuals that have been labeled downright embarrassing by the audience. Although the story has been deemed legitimately good, DC’s expensive VFX department has been called out for its utter failure. However, to everybody’s surprise,Andy Muschietticonfirmed his purpose behind the terrible CGI.
AlthoughThe Flashappeared in theatres with just straightforward issues with VFX execution, Andy Muschietti confirmed it to be an intentional artistic decision. Discussing withio9, the director claimed, “The idea, of course, is we are in the perspective of the Flash. Everything is distorted in terms of lights and textures.” Further, he explained, “We enter this ‘waterworld’ which is basically being in Barry’s POV. It was part of the design so if it looks a little weird to you that was intended.”
Also read:Zack Snyder Knew WB Will Ask Him To Make the Snyder Cut, Had Already Shot and “Preserved the intense stuff”
Zack Snyder Fans Criticize James Gunn ForThe Flash
According to Andy Muschietti,The Flash‘s VFX was intended to be innovative and unprecedented, as it appears. However, audiences and fans weren’t quite impressed with the explanation. Instead Zack Snyder fans found another excuse to criticizeJames Gunnfor his incompetency at creating a new DCEU. Despite spending millions in VFX, when the studio delivered compromised visual effects, Snyder fans gathered on Twitter to troll Gunn.
Sadly the Twitter war betweenZack Snyderfans and James Gunn continues as the latter unintentionally keeps delivering flops and failures despite perpetual attempts. Snyder fans readily compared how the acclaimed filmmaker delivered something way more epic inJustice Leaguewith a minimal budget than Muschietti did inThe Flash.
Zack Snyder and the same VFX team were able to make the Speed Force scene and capture the perspective of the Flash perfectly with way less budget and time than what The Flash movie had. It’s not just about the perspective, it’s about the execution.https://t.co/k3ozJKMbbapic.twitter.com/7y0bbDpnyF
— Feras (@FerasLuthor)June 08, 2025
Why are people saying it’s not comparable? LOL Because you’re right. Zack set the bar with this scene and I would expect all speedforce scenes to look like this….
— Jax Tyler ✨🌼 (@jaxtylerwrites)June 27, 2025
if there was one thing zack snyder was put on this earth to do, it was to make scenes like this
— sean (@phealthsean)August 01, 2025
Snyder would have made those visuals f-ing boss
— MShiver (@ThisVictory)July 03, 2025
Because@ZackSnyderis the GOAT
— Vinyvinchy (@VincentMoua3)August 25, 2025
Trolling James Gunn and Andy Muschietti forThe Flash‘s terrible visual effects, Zack Snyder fans mention how millions of dollars were wasted instead of implementing new cutting-edge technology.
Venture into the realms of speed withThe Flash, at your nearest theatres.
Read more:James Gunn Disses Ezra Miller, Says The Flash isn’t the First Movie of DCU: “For sure…the first DCU movie is….”
Source:io9,Twitter
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