Live Poll: Why on Earth Did I Make This Movie?

i would have to say oliver stone with 'alexander', simply because it seemed like a 'trendy' waste of time for him...

and he usually never follows trends except his own...

A famous director does not = a good or celebrated director. I recommend revising this: "Which movie with an IMDb rating less than 6 is most embarrassing for its otherwise famous director?"

Many of these directors have more than one film that qualifies for this list - Spy Kids 4, and the majority of Shyamalan's movies.

I also don't think it's fair to include films that are the first or second film the director ever made. Often they don't have any choice about what their first film will be (in terms of picking script, actors, etc.) and no one can be expected to make a great film on their first few times out...

I actually like a lot of these films. But, I would not call a 6.0 a sub-par effort or even a 5.0. They are just average movies and as good as most of the movies being released today. I personally liked and rated G.I. Jane, Alexander,1941, Planet of the Apes, The Fan, Survival of the Dead, The Keep all sixes and would be proud to call them my own.

The only two obvious choices seem to be The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D and Piranha Part Two: The Spawning. Both choices I think fit the spirit of the poll, rather than being a little bit below the quality of their normal high quality work. I would think both would solicit the response,"Why on Earth Did I Make This Movie? " and the directors would personally call the films embarrassment. In my humble opinion, I would lower the standard and search harder for titles that truly, fit the bill.

I would add Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire. It is far below the masterwork level of everything Kubrick has done. He was so embarrassed by it, once he found a little success, he tried to wipe its existence from the face of the planet, calling it "like a child's drawing on a fridge". He spent decades trying to locate and destroy every copy of it, nearly achieving the result; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045758/trivia.

Thanks a lot for the very useful inputs. I reshuffled the list based on the contributions received.

The threshold for "bad movie" has been lowered to 5.5 (previously 6).

Changes to the list:

- Removed: Michael Mann, James Cameron, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Steven Spielberg, Tony Scott
- Added: Wes Craven, Sydney Pollack, Robert Altman, Roland Emmerich, James Wong, John Landis

Any other suggestions?

James Wong 

Good idea Leavey, and a nice continuation from your previous "Why Did I Take This Role" poll:

Fyc:
Hook (1991) directed by Steven Spielberg

i hate to see robert altman on the list, even though i do admit 'pret-a-porter' wasn't exactly his best effort...

however...having said that, a 'not exactly best effort' from altman is still better than 90% of the movies out there...

The list is complete now.

'Good poll and I really like that it has a related poll, as well. The titles are great, too. 

I would change just one tiny little thing: You have two movies on the list that have ratings of 5.5 but the intro says "less than 5.5," so I'd change it to what I put in bold below:

Which movie with an IMDb rating of 5.5 or lower is most embarrassing for its otherwise celebrated director?

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Someone finally removed Francis Ford Coppolla's name from Supernova (2000) from the list of directors.  They're now saying he had an uncredited part of the editing team.   That's kind of cute.  I wonder how much of that is historical revisionism and how much is actual clarification of his actual role. [link=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134983/combined]