Is the fly 2 really that dark a movie. Meaning just lacking lighting. The gif and pix are pretty dark.

I doubt it was filmed too dark or anything. The source video I used was very dark though. When you make gifs and you need to brighten due to dark source material, as was the case with THE FLY II, sometimes it’s hard to be able to tell where to stop if you’re not comparing it to other sources. If you go too bright, the image gets chippy, even if you have hd video. So with this particular source, there’s a very small margin for a satisfactory image. I basically have to blast the brightness and then even out the chippy image by boosting up the contrast pretty high. Kinda screwed either way because then the colors and values get too intense. I was able to adjust the caps though, and they look a bit better now.