8 More Movie Sequels With Visual Effects Inexcusably Worse Than The Original
2. Justice League
In a story that took on a life of its own and arguably became more popular than the film itself, the messy production of superhero team-up Justice League is now synonymous with a single word: moustache.
To be completely fair to the film's VFX team, they simply weren't given enough time to make the effect look good. Henry Cavill needed a moustache while shooting Mission Impossible Fallout, and Paramount wouldn't let him shave it off when he headed for Justice League's reshoots in the summer of 2017. That was around four months before the DC movie's release, giving the crew a very small window in which to digitally remove the actor's facial hair.
The blame here lies at the feet of Warner Bros' executives, whose indefensible and foolish decision to not delay the film to improve its effects, among other elements (they held its release date so they could earn financial bonuses) resulted in it becoming a laughing stock, with Cavill's moustache being more talked about than Justice League's story or its characters.
That choice ruined one of the few good things the DCEU had going for it: its visuals. Batman V Superman is not a good film, but it looks absolutely gorgeous, with Zack Snyder's keen eye for a powerful shot resulting in some of the most memorable movie images of the year. Man Of Steel also contained some stunning cinematography and effects work, getting the franchise off to a solid start.
The higher-ups at Warner Bros valued money over making a polished film, so fittingly, they lost money at the box-office, as well as giving the DCEU's reputation a further battering.