Films their stars disliked

by jamesh5 | created - 04 Jan 2014 | updated - 26 Mar 2014 | Public

All of these films were disliked by the actors and actresses that starred in them, which of these is the most surprising? Discuss here

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1. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

24 Metascore

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Jason Lee

Votes: 39,496 | Gross: $133.11M

David Cross - He warned people not to waste their time and money seeing the film saying it was "the most miserable experience I've ever had in my professional life."

2. Australia (2008)

PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

53 Metascore

In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo

Votes: 129,698 | Gross: $49.55M

Nicole Kidman -She didn't much like the film saying "I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done...It's just impossible for me to connect to it emotionally at all."

3. Batman & Robin (1997)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi

29 Metascore

Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman

Votes: 267,956 | Gross: $107.33M

George Clooney - "The movie was s*it and I was really bad in it."

4. Better Off Dead (1985)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

51 Metascore

After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.

Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade

Votes: 49,323 | Gross: $10.30M

John Cusack - Said it was "the worst" movie he'd ever seen after walking out after 20 minutes of his first viewing.

5. Boogie Nights (1997)

R | 155 min | Drama

86 Metascore

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 281,834 | Gross: $26.40M

Burt Reynolds - He denounced it before it was even brought out calling it "awful" and he went on to fire his agent. (That's gratitude for an Oscar nom)

6. Clash of the Titans (2010)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

39 Metascore

Perseus, a demigod and the son of Zeus, battles the minions of Hades and the Underworld in order to stop them from conquering Olympus and Earth.

Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng

Votes: 292,606 | Gross: $163.21M

Sam Worthington - He thought both his performance and the movie was bad, saying ""We kind of let down some people. I think I can act *beep* better, to be honest."

7. Daredevil (2003)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime

42 Metascore

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 228,968 | Gross: $102.54M

Ben Affleck - When asked if Daredevil missed out on the golden generation of super hero movies, he replied "We missed a lot in that movie."

8. The Devil's Own (1997)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

52 Metascore

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades

Votes: 71,592 | Gross: $42.87M

Brad Pitt - He dismissed the film saying - "the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking – if you can even call it that – that I’ve ever seen…we had a great script, but it got tossed… so we had twenty pages of dogsh*t."

9. Dr. No (1962)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

78 Metascore

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman

Votes: 179,283 | Gross: $16.07M

And subsequent films. Sean Connery - ""I have always hated that damned James Bond. I'd like to kill him."

10. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

45 Metascore

The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis

Votes: 277,201 | Gross: $131.92M

Jessica Alba - When told by the director during a death scene that "it looks to real" and to "be prettier when you cry" she considered quitting acting all together.

11. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

97 Metascore

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 334,018 | Gross: $198.68M

Clark Gable - He disliked his part calling it a "woman's picture" and almost quit when he saw his character had to cry on camera.

12. The Happening (2008)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

34 Metascore

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez

Votes: 216,356 | Gross: $64.51M

Mark Wahlberg - He disliked the film and his role "It is what it is. *beep* trees, man. The plants. *beep* it. You can’t blame me for not wanting to try to play a science teacher. At least I wasn't playing a cop or a crook."

13. Iron Man 2 (2010)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Sci-Fi

57 Metascore

With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

Votes: 867,758 | Gross: $312.43M

Robert Downey Jr. - He thought Iron Man 2 didn't live up to the first - "The first one changed everything for me. And with the second Iron Man there were certain aspects that were dissatisfying and disappointing to me but at least they lit me right."

14. Knocked Up (2007)

R | 129 min | Comedy, Romance

85 Metascore

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann

Votes: 384,271 | Gross: $148.73M

Katherine Heigl - She said the movie "is a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days."

15. Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

41 Metascore

Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil super-villains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass, and destroy everything he stands for.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey

Votes: 288,161 | Gross: $28.80M

Jim Carrey - He tweeted “I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence... I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.”

16. Manhattan (1979)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 147,139 | Gross: $45.70M

Woody Allen - Even though he directed, wrote and starred in the film he hated it so much that he offered to create a new film for the studio, free of charge if it was destroyed.

17. Miami Vice (2006)

R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris

Votes: 123,648 | Gross: $63.45M

Colin Farrel - "Miami Vice? I didn't like it much" that's all he had to say about that.

18. Reindeer Games (2000)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

37 Metascore

After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, James Frain

Votes: 42,376 | Gross: $23.36M

Charlize Theron - She said it was "a bad, bad movie."

19. The Sound of Music (1965)

G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family

63 Metascore

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes: 260,543 | Gross: $163.21M

Christopher Plummer - He said of the film - "The Movie was awful, sentimental and gooey" He said of his character - "The part was bland and empty".

20. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

90 Metascore

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

Votes: 1,448,301 | Gross: $322.74M

And subsequent films. Alec Guiness - He thought that it was "Mumbo jumbo" And wanted Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off as he hated his character.

21. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

PG | 122 min | Drama

97 Metascore

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

Votes: 114,268 | Gross: $8.00M

Marlon Brando - Hated that his character became a sex symbol saying ""He had the kind of brutal aggressiveness that I hate."

22. Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)

Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertently cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, Walter Reed

Votes: 2,348

George Reeves - He considered the part to be "beneath his dignity".

23. Titanic (1997)

PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Votes: 1,278,850 | Gross: $659.33M

Kate Winslet - She dislikes the theme tune and her own performance saying "Every single scene, I’m like 'Really, really? You did it like that? Oh my God'"

24. Transformers (2007)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

61 Metascore

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 674,263 | Gross: $319.25M

Megan Fox - She said "I'm terrible in it. It's my first real movie and it's not honest and not realistic. The movie wasn't bad, I just wasn't proud about what I did." And "I don't want to blow smoke up people's ass. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting. And once you realize that, it becomes almost fun."

25. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

35 Metascore

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 428,120 | Gross: $402.11M

Shia LaBeouf - "I wasn't impressed with what we did... There were some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone... It's just a bunch of fighting robots."

26. Twilight (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

56 Metascore

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke

Votes: 487,190 | Gross: $192.77M

And subsequent films. Robert Pattinson - "The more I read the script the more I hated this guy" - referring to his character, Edward Cullen.

27. Your Highness (2011)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

31 Metascore

When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker

Votes: 104,389 | Gross: $21.60M

James Franco - "Your Highness? That movie sucks. You can't get around that." - His reply when asked about the film.

28. Leap Year (2010)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

33 Metascore

Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow

Votes: 110,618 | Gross: $25.92M

Matthew Goode - Called the film "turgid" and said "I just know there are a lot of people that will say that it is the worst film of 2010."

29. The Italian Job (2003)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

68 Metascore

After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron

Votes: 388,235 | Gross: $106.13M

Edward Norton - He only acted in it because he had a contract with with the studio and advised his "real fans" to avoid seeing the film all together.



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