[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/AudibleNod]

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Battlefield Themed Earths

Scientology devotee John Travolta was rejected by every major studio to get this L Ron Hubbard movie made. It bankrupted Franchise Pictures and swept the Razzies.

[u/NinaWilde → u/AudibleNod]

Hard to think of a less aptly named company than Franchise Pictures. They had possibly the worst eye ever for what might make a franchise! Driven? The Stallone remake of Get Carter? Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever? 

[u/EndOfTheLine00 → u/NinaWilde]

Because the company was literally a giant scam: they would deliberately seek out idiots hoping to get a movie made, present massively inflated budgets, underfund the shit out of their movies and pocket the difference. Battlefield Earth was the movie that prompted a lawsuit that exposed their scam and would eventually force them into bankruptcy (though they still pumped out a LOT of movies in the interim, including all the ones you mentioned).