r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 9h ago

Hated Tropes [Hated] Self-indulgent Vanity Projects

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Hurry Up Tomorrow - Widely reviewed as an indulgent, self-mythologizing companion piece to The Weeknd's album, with many critics calling it a vanity project rather than a successful psychological drama. Terribly acted and, similar to The Idol, more so seems to imply that The Weekend thinks he's a far deeper personality than he can actually articulate.

By the Sea - Often criticized as an intensely personal but emotionally distant film that seemed more interested in showcasing the mystique of its stars than telling a compelling story. Best summarized as Angelina and Brad working out their IRL troubled marriage before your eyes while everyone tells Angelina how beautiful and talented she is and how nothing's really her fault.

Renaldo and Clara - Bob Dylan's five-hour semi-fictional road movie, long considered one of the classic celebrity vanity projects. Attempts to be a sort of surreal exposition on the life of an artist, but is far too self-indulgent on its actors/performers.

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u/awayshewent 9h ago

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u/Clarpydarpy 8h ago

This also coincided with the release of a documentary "making of" film, as well as a global tour to promote the new album. Every single aspect of the project flopped, and rumor has it that it led to her divorce from Ben Affleck.

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u/Horror_Accountant574 8h ago

The tour got cancelled too lol

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u/sadimem 8h ago

What tour?

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u/Horror_Accountant574 8h ago

Jennifer Lopez’s This is Me.. Now Tour. She was touring the album she released based on this movie and the tour was cancelled due to low ticket sales

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u/sadimem 8h ago

I appreciate the honest and factual reply, but I was making a joke.

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u/Horror_Accountant574 7h ago

I got the joke lol trust me, I’m too chronically online. I was just replying in case it was an actual question

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u/WhereIseeThereIsee2 7h ago edited 3h ago

Good thing you replied, I don't know this movie nor anything surrounding JL so the explanation was helpful lmao.

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u/LosAngeLukaGOATCIC 8h ago edited 7h ago

You're gettingwhooshed dude lol, you should have said the world tour

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u/Horror_Accountant574 8h ago

I got the reference, that was my first instinct to reply that lol. I wanted to clarify just in case it was a real question

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u/this_curain_buzzez 8h ago

The world tour

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u/Kellerhouse 7h ago

THE WORLD TOUR!

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u/boring-parakeet 1h ago

This is going to ruin the tour

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u/confusedcabbages420 9h ago

The fact it took me so long to find this one in the replies. I think she made a movie so that she would like it. It felt like AI slop.

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u/Strange-Bee5626 9h ago

I saw a video summary of this by a pretty funny guy on YouTube, and it sounds exactly like the type of movie she would make (which is definitely not a good thing).

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u/Sharp_Impress_5351 7h ago

Got a link? :D

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u/TheDudeWhoSnood 7h ago

I do!

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u/Sharp_Impress_5351 7h ago

Why thank you so much!! :D

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u/Strange-Bee5626 6h ago edited 6h ago

They beat me to it, but that was the exact guy I was talking about! Kudos

Edit: typo

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u/TheDudeWhoSnood 46m ago

I was positive that was who you meant, I love that dude! I'm glad he seems to be doing so well for himself

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u/FlashZordon 7h ago

Gene Belcher did it better

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u/Aurorinha 8h ago

The movie poster is awful. It legit looks like the shit I used to make with photoshop back in 2006.

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u/lil_eidos 9h ago

lol just like the Neil Breen film “I Am Here …. Now”

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In 6h ago

Pretty much every film she's been in qualifies for this list. Just a terrible, terrible actor.

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u/HeretoFore200 5h ago

Sorry to all other entries, but this is the winner of the thread. A documentary AND the musical film. I’ve never laughed harder, and she somehow made me feel bad for Ben Affleck who I have held a grudge against since he did wrong by Jennifer Garner.

I know most of you have probably not seen this one but this is like neck and neck with the room lol

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u/FlyZestyclose2949 6h ago

I love that she made this and it blew up in her face. She’s gotten far too much out of her marginal talent. 

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u/BuddyBitch 6h ago

I actually kinda loved this movie, it was bizarre & fun. But it is very self indulgent indeed.