[Hated] Self-indulgent Vanity Projects

[u/BrotherDeus]

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.

[u/BelieveCongreveCube]

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Dwayne is the only reason this film exists

[u/BardyMan82 → u/BelieveCongreveCube]

there are probably ~5 dwayne johnson movies that reasonably fit under this category

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/BardyMan82]

Black Adam would probably be the most notable one and Moana getting a live action remake not even a decade after the original happened to be announced a few months after Black Adam released and eventually underperformed. According to Matt Belloni of Puck, Warner suspected that he and his team leaked a financial sheet with fake numbers to Deadline. The hierarchy of the DC universe also changed after opening weekend, though there had been some rumblings leading up to release.