Random Directors Who Hated Their Own Movies (15 items)

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  (#3) David Fincher - Alien 3

  The turbulent story behind the making of Alien 3 could fill a book. From the multitude of scripts to huge lawsuits, expensive additional shooting and a rotating cast that left much of the film up in the air to the last minute, David Fincher's first feature film was a disaster before one frame of film had even been shot. Fincher ended up walking off the film before editing began, and completely disavowed the film, leaving it off his resume to this day. And even though a 2003 "reassembly" edit was released that was closer to Fincher's vision, he's still plenty unhappy with the outcome. 
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  (#5) Michael Bay - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

  Michael Bay is such a big director that he never has to explain any of his films. Even if they're awful (which most of them are), the movies still often rake in over a billion dollars apiece, so who cares? In 2011, Bay went on record to say that the second Tranformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen, "was crap." He places most of the blame on the writers strike that took place prior to the shooting of the film. 
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  (#9) Alfred Hitchcock - Rope

  Alfred Hitchcock's Rope is one of the experimental and groundbreaking films that the director ever made. Executed as one long, uninterrupted, impossibly complex take, the movie revolves around a murder that may or may not have happened. After its release, Hitchcock referred to the film as nothing more than a stunt. Even if Hitch didn't think too highly of it, Rope is an fascinating piece of cinematic history. 
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  (#15) Mathieu Kassovitz - Babylon A.D.

  Anyone who's had the distinct pleasure of seeing Babylon A.D. will know that the Vin Diesel-starring scifi stinker is a big mess. According to some, Mathieu Kassovitz (the film's director) was an egomaniac who was unprofessional for ducking out of promotional duties. But Kassovitz insists that the film that could have been was gummed up by Fox and their lawyers. If you're looking for an out, it's always safe to blame the lawyers. 
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  (#4) Tony Kaye - American History X

  The making of American History X has more twists and turns that your average Hollywood film. Although it began as Kaye's first directorial feature, after he began to cut the film down to a bare-bones 87 minutes, the film's producers suggested that he work with the film's star, Edward Norton, to beef the film back up. Kaye balked, then he brought in a priest, a rabbi, and a Tibetan monk in to the office of New Line’s president, elaborately asking for an extension on editing his cut of the film. The president said no, that they were going to release the version he and Norton put together. After the film was released, Kaye tried to get his name scratched from the film, but the Directors Guild said no dice. 
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  (#10) Dennis Hopper - Catchfire

  It's rare that production is able to put so many talented people in a room together and make something as terrible as Catchfire, or Backtrack as it would later come to be known on late night cable TV. Seriously, look at the cast list for the film. It's stupid how much A-List talent shows up in this movie (including Bob Dylan). During his lifetime, Hopper never said anything about the fact that he completely removed his name from Catchfire, but it's assumed that it has something to do with the final cut being taken away. 

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