All of us film fans have our favorite directors. Those who love cinema also understand very well the importance of certain directors to the industry as a whole, even if their style is not particularly our favorite. When we are a fan of a certain artist, our tendency is to overlook their professional mistakes as much as possible, always managing to see something positive even in that work that the majority, and even ourselves, consider their weakest effort.
We have to understand that even the most successful Hollywood director is human and susceptible to making mistakes. These mistakes were not just up to him. This is especially the case when great film directors decide to give that strength to a colleague by producing his film. So, in this new article, we will take a look at ten great directors who decided to lend their names to produce films by other filmmakers, and the result was not the best, with these films resulting in critical failures. Check it out below.
01) Transcendence: The Revolution / Christopher Nolan
“In Nolan We Trust.” What Christopher Nolan He is one of the greatest directors today, no doubt. He manages like no one else to merge authorial cinema with a highly salable product, always delivering resounding box office successes. Just take a look at his latest asset,’Oppenheimer‘. Success, however, was far from ‘Transcendence‘, with Johnny Depp and great cast – when Nolan decided to produce the directorial debut of Wally Pfisterdirector of photography for some of his films.
02) The Family / Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese He is a legendary director, considered by many to be the greatest director still working today. The veteran filmmaker has collected hits praised by critics, but in his collection he was also a producer, and some of these films were far from being acclaimed. This is the case with pseudo comedy’The family‘, in Luc Bessonwhich brings Robert De Niro It is Michelle Pfeiffer as heads of a mafia family. The film only scores 27% approval.
03) Cowboys & Aliens / Steven Spielberg
Like this Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest of all time. Unlike my colleague, Spielberg became known as the king of blockbusters, collecting hits such as ‘Indiana Jones‘, ‘Shark‘, ‘ET‘ It is ‘Jurassic Park‘. He also opened doors for other established directors. But when I wanted to boost the talented project Jon Favreau as a producer, it didn’t work out very well. With Daniel Craig It is Harrison Ford in the cast,’Cowboys & Aliens‘ was a promising work, but the result received 44% critical approval.
04) Mortal Engines / Peter Jackson
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With a kind of styleMad Max‘on steroids,’Mortal Machines‘ is perhaps an underrated production, and time will tell if it will reemerge as a cult film. What is undeniable is that it was not successful upon its release in 2018 in theaters, and put an end to a potential franchise. Not even the production of Peter Jackson (‘Lord of the Rings‘) managed to boost the work, which received 26% critical approval.
05) Hell Ride / Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino He is the favorite director of many cinephiles. The combination of ultraviolence and sharp dialogue, full of acidic humor, is the right mix for its fans. Oh yes, we can’t forget that Tarantino He is a huge film buff and fills his films with many references. But even he is not foolproof. The strength he tried to give by pushing ‘Hell Ride‘ didn’t do much good and the action thriller that many hadn’t even heard of got a 10% approval rating from critics.
06) Witches’ Convention / Guillermo del Toro
Calm down, don’t confuse it with the childhood classic for many, which was a staple in SBT reruns. Here we are talking about the reimagining of 2020, with Anne Hathawaydirected by none other than Robert Zemeckisthe person responsible for ‘Back to the future‘. Zemeckis lately there has been a lot of failure, and not even the production of a giant like Guillermo del Toro it was enough to elevate the remake, which received 49% approval from critics.
07) Maximum Penalty / Guy Ritchie
Have you ever heard of ‘Maximum Penalty‘? It’s okay, don’t blame yourself, many didn’t listen. This is a British production from 2001, starring the usual collaborators of Guy Ritchie, vinnie jones It is Jason Statham. Despite having all the feel of a Guy Ritchie film, it is not directed by the filmmaker, just produced. Ritchie At the time he was still beginning his career, but he was already a celebrated director, considered the “English Tarantino”. Despite all this, this film received a 34% approval rating from critics.
08) Space Jam: A New Legacy / Ryan Coogler
Perhaps we now have one of the biggest injustices on the list. And I hope I don’t get canceled by stating that I didn’t see this whole insult when watching ‘Space Jam – A New Legacy‘. It’s true that it repeats everything that had been done in the original, just adding better technology. But in an age of legacy sequels, what did you expect? In any case, the critics didn’t like it at all and the film received 25% approval, even with the production of “Midas”. Ryan Cooglerin ‘black Panther‘.
09) Red Tails Squad / George Lucas
George Lucas will always be the king for an entire generation, as the guy was simply responsible for creating the greatest space saga in cinema, ‘Star Wars‘. Furthermore, he was also responsible for the production and creation of ‘Indiana Jones‘. Despite having his heart in his right place when he decided to produce as wellRed Tails Squad‘, about a squadron of black pilots during the Second World War, the film did not do well and received a 40% approval rating from critics.
10) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter / Tim Burton
Finishing the matter we have Tim Burtonan extremely revered director, who promises to return with everything this year at the helm of the sequel ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Ghosts Still Have Fun‘, sequel to one of his most beloved films. Burton collects successes as a director, but as a producer, he gave his name to the release of ‘Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter‘ – based on the cult comic, which reimagines the iconic American president amidst a vampire infestation in America. The film only received a 34% approval rating from critics.
