How a $320-million disaster exposed Hollywood.
A surefire knockout success, right?
Not by a long shot.
The Electric State / Netflix
Yet, all their post-MCU work is getting them found out in the most public way.
The reality is this: The Russos arent great filmmakers.
Lets look at the evidence for a second.Extractionwith Chris Hemsworth?
Snore.The Gray Manwith Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling?
Make it go away.
TheCitadelseries with Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra?
Give us back those hours wasted on it.
And now theresThe Electric State…
Possibly the worst of the lot.
This isnt a case of one or two bad films.
Their post-MCU slate is abysmal.
Rotten to the core.
And whats their reward for it?
Who the heck decided to give The Electric State a $320 million budget?
Put aside any personal feelings for TheElectric Stateor the Russos for a second.
Just consider the following: It cost $320 million to make, as perDeadline.
Yes, $320 million.
There is no extra zero here; thats the real figure.
That being said, should any movie cost $320 million?
Make it make sense here.
To make it even worse,The Electric Statedoesnt look like a $320 million movie.
If it looked revolutionary or jaw-dropping, then someone could say, Yeah, sure.
At least the movie looks good.
Its bleach in the eyes.
If this is the slop they think were happy eating, it would be best for everyone.
Audiences appear to be more forgiving ofThe Electric State, with the general consensus being, Its okay.
Joe Russo toldThe Sunday Timesthat its disgraced and jailed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinsteins fault that mainstream movies are vilified.
Russo stated that Weinstein did this to champion the art films he pushed for Oscar campaigns.
