FUCK YOU OUT OF 10: A SALUTE TO DIRECTORS GONE AWRY (Part 1)-
1. 'Caligula' (1979) Producer Bob Guccione, not satisfied with the Gore Vidal script or the Tinto Brass direction, proceeds to bring in some of his Penthouse pets to add some zing. Filming pornographic scenes with these girls, he takes over the editing process and proceeds to splice these scenes in. Tinto Brass leaves the production and Gore Vidal has his name taken off of the credits. Guccione becomes the 'director', finishing the film and editing it in such a way that it's a fully incoherent mess with story gaps, logic gaps, and continuity errors that only emphasize the horrible acting that the principles provided. The movie is a critical and box office flop, and all of the actors involved disown their work. Guccione initially loses millions in his investment into this movie, but he recovers his losses in video sales over time.
Malcolm's Primal Scream
2. 'The Godfather: Part III' (1990) Francis Ford Coppola, finally caving to pressure from various sources to produce a hit, decides to revisit his most successful movies. After getting the script ready, he gets into an argument with Robert Duvall over money...in retaliation, he writes him out of the script and replaces him with George Hamilton. As filming begins, Wynona Ryder is forced to drop out of the film...Francis famously recasts the role with his daughter, Sofia, over the objections and warnings of everyone on the production. Al Pacino, rather than playing the character of Michael Corleone, reverts into his 'hoo hah' mode of overacting, breaking character continuity with the previous two installments. The film is released to subpar reviews but is, out of nostalgia, nominated for Best Picture (it loses).
Al's Primal Scream
3. '1492: Conquest of Paradise' (1992) Ridley Scott came very close to winning an Oscar for 'Thelma and Louise'. For his next project, he decided to really go for it and produce an Oscar-bait picture. Trying to cast an epic leading man, he makes his first mistake by casting Frenchman Gerard Depardieu as Columbus. His French accent throughout the film is a terrible distraction, and many of his lines are flat-out unintelligible. Great actors are wasted in supporting roles, especially Armand Assante (who should have played Columbus). The script forces many themes into it at the expense of pacing and historical accuracy. Although gorgeously shot with lavish production design, the movie is a massive failure at the box office and sets the tone for a decade long slump for Sir Ridley Scott.
Gerard's Primal Scream
4. 'The Wicker Man' (2006) Director Neil LaBute took inspiration from the early 70s cult classic and updated it into the present day. Much of the original concept is retained, but the paganistic themes of the original are changed into a more feministic theme. The main change, which must be seen as being unintentional, is to alter the mysterious tone of the original into one of absurd hilarity. Adding to this shift in tone is an overacting Nicolas Cage as the protagonist. Cage brings a manic hysteria to the role that undermines many of the dramatic scenes and gives them an unintentional humerous overtone that severely undercuts the whole point of the movie. A critical and box office flop, the movie has since gone on to achieve a certain notoriety and cult status of its own.
Nic's Primal Scream
1. 'Caligula' (1979) Producer Bob Guccione, not satisfied with the Gore Vidal script or the Tinto Brass direction, proceeds to bring in some of his Penthouse pets to add some zing. Filming pornographic scenes with these girls, he takes over the editing process and proceeds to splice these scenes in. Tinto Brass leaves the production and Gore Vidal has his name taken off of the credits. Guccione becomes the 'director', finishing the film and editing it in such a way that it's a fully incoherent mess with story gaps, logic gaps, and continuity errors that only emphasize the horrible acting that the principles provided. The movie is a critical and box office flop, and all of the actors involved disown their work. Guccione initially loses millions in his investment into this movie, but he recovers his losses in video sales over time.
Malcolm's Primal Scream
2. 'The Godfather: Part III' (1990) Francis Ford Coppola, finally caving to pressure from various sources to produce a hit, decides to revisit his most successful movies. After getting the script ready, he gets into an argument with Robert Duvall over money...in retaliation, he writes him out of the script and replaces him with George Hamilton. As filming begins, Wynona Ryder is forced to drop out of the film...Francis famously recasts the role with his daughter, Sofia, over the objections and warnings of everyone on the production. Al Pacino, rather than playing the character of Michael Corleone, reverts into his 'hoo hah' mode of overacting, breaking character continuity with the previous two installments. The film is released to subpar reviews but is, out of nostalgia, nominated for Best Picture (it loses).
Al's Primal Scream
3. '1492: Conquest of Paradise' (1992) Ridley Scott came very close to winning an Oscar for 'Thelma and Louise'. For his next project, he decided to really go for it and produce an Oscar-bait picture. Trying to cast an epic leading man, he makes his first mistake by casting Frenchman Gerard Depardieu as Columbus. His French accent throughout the film is a terrible distraction, and many of his lines are flat-out unintelligible. Great actors are wasted in supporting roles, especially Armand Assante (who should have played Columbus). The script forces many themes into it at the expense of pacing and historical accuracy. Although gorgeously shot with lavish production design, the movie is a massive failure at the box office and sets the tone for a decade long slump for Sir Ridley Scott.
Gerard's Primal Scream
4. 'The Wicker Man' (2006) Director Neil LaBute took inspiration from the early 70s cult classic and updated it into the present day. Much of the original concept is retained, but the paganistic themes of the original are changed into a more feministic theme. The main change, which must be seen as being unintentional, is to alter the mysterious tone of the original into one of absurd hilarity. Adding to this shift in tone is an overacting Nicolas Cage as the protagonist. Cage brings a manic hysteria to the role that undermines many of the dramatic scenes and gives them an unintentional humerous overtone that severely undercuts the whole point of the movie. A critical and box office flop, the movie has since gone on to achieve a certain notoriety and cult status of its own.
Nic's Primal Scream
