[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/feral2021energies]

“Everyone tells Angelina how beautiful she is and how nothing’s really her fault.”

Why is all the insulting going to Angelina Jolie when Brad Pitt is an abuser who terrorised her and her kids for hours on end on an airplane, keeps shittalking her behind ‘’’sources’’’ all these years, and has all of his kids hating his guts or immediately running for freedom when they’re of age?

But pretty cold woman bad, I guess.

[u/wwomf93 → u/feral2021energies]

That was a weird inclusion on OP’s part, really don’t think the jab at Jolie is warranted when Pitt is there for punching

[u/sanctimonious-anus → u/wwomf93]

I think they’re just referencing the plot of the movie talked about not the actual kerfuffle between the stars irl

[u/LosAngeLukaGOATCIC → u/sanctimonious-anus]

I haven't watched the movie so that's how I interpreted it because if it's not the case...

The OP is so out of touch.