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[VulcanRaven]

Red Letter Media made a video about the bad movies Bruce Willis is making nowdays:



Before watching I thought it can't be that bad but I was wrong. I remember Stallone calling Willis is lazy some years ago but I didn't expect this. He doesn't put much effort and uses bad looking body doubles a lot. I'm a big fan of his old movies so its a bit sad seeing this.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Why destroy your legacy with this shit? I don't get it.

I understand if you fuck up and need some quick cash or something. But this is beyond that.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Is he having to pay off ex wives or something hence taking the shit gigs?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Why destroy your legacy with this shit? I don't get it.

I understand if you fuck up and need some quick cash or something. But this is beyond that.

Nic Cage same thing.

At least Cage has articles saying he blew his money so he's broke. Not sure about WIllis.

I dont see all these junky movies they do even paying well. Bad movies, bad pay, total desperation.

Kind of like athletes who start their career with 10 solid years, then stick around 10 lousy years where those final 3 years they are paid the minimum league salary and get little play time.

There comes a time to just retire.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

My guess it’s not caring + having a bad agent. Willis never struck me as an intellectual, he got famous for action flicks and he continued to make them. I do not think he ever though much ahead - this is when your agent is supposed to come in.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Nic Cage same thing.

At least Cage has articles saying he blew his money so he's broke. Not sure about WIllis.

I dont see all these junky movies they do even paying well. Bad movies, bad pay, total desperation.

Kind of like athletes who start their career with 10 solid years, then stick around 10 lousy years where those final 3 years they are paid the minimum league salary and get little play time.

There comes a time to just retire.

Willis actually gets a lot of money from these. They say in the video that most of the budget goes to him.

 

[IntentionalPun]

The dude got praised for Unbreakable and Sixth Sense... but try re-watching those films, and look real close at Willis and how he is acting.. he basically is a personality-less guy on xanax throughout both movies in 99% of the scenes.

The guy is not a good actor.. he had a touch of charisma for a brief period but got old lol

 

[Atrus]

You’re going to be able to crowdsource a star studded movie pretty soon just from pocket change.

Nicholas Cage, Bruce Willis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Wesley Snipes, Robert De Niro, Olga Kurylenko, Megan Fox, Noomi Rapace, etc.

Toss in a decent script and you’d be able to make a profit having convinced people that this was a bigger budget film.

Some actors will also pick up side work being produced in the same location as a bigger movie or show they’re starring in. Stanley Tucci does it all the time while stars like Maggie Q often like the Hawaii/Pacific Rim locations for less travel.

Sometimes work is just an extra paycheque.

 

[VulcanRaven]

You can see the bad body double here:

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The dude got praised for Uncharted and Sixth Sense... but try re-watching those films, and look real close at Willis and how he is acting.. he basically is a personality-less guy on xanax throughout both movies in 99% of the scenes.

The guy is not a good actor.. he had a touch of charisma for a brief period but got old lol

Agreed.

Looking at many of his most popular films (and his old Moonlighting tv show), he has a knack for his best content being action movies and/or combined with his witty personality.

I havent seen all his movies of course, but I've never been able to take him seriously in movies. To me, he's just too ingrained in my head with his Die Hard, Moonlighting, Hudson Hawk kind of character.

 

[*Nightwing]

Bruce Willis can phone in gay porn using a body double for all the sex scenes and only "acting" the lines and he still will not even tarnish his legacy.


It is the true meaningful existence of Die Hard

 

[The Cockatrice]

Might be a hot take but Bruce Willis was never a good actor, he just got lucky to star in great action flicks with great supporting actors. He does have a great charisma or at least he had so he's kinda like Keanu but at least Keanu has managed to mantain his charisma over these years and he does seem to try his best. Willis just gave up. I dont think his agent is to blame here.

 

[Ionian]

Is he having to pay off ex wives or something hence taking the shit gigs?

I think it's part that, maintaining the lifestyle plus each divorce (especially with kids) means maintenance that the ex-wife can maintain their previous quality of life.

They have 'fuck you' money from each gig, live in massive houses but can't retire due to the lean set on them by courts to still provide for the stupid marriages they get into.

And some do it again and again and again. All working to live (in multi-million dollar estates across the globe).

Charlie Sheen is a good example. John Cleese from Monty Python is another;

John Cleese plans 'alimony tour' to pay his ex-wife

John Cleese is to embark on his first-ever UK tour next year at the age of 71. The comedian, who recently agreed a divorce settlement believed to be in the region of £12m, has dubbed it the "Alimony Tour".

www.independent.co.uk

 

[ManaByte]

Is he having to pay off ex wives or something hence taking the shit gigs?

Robin Williams REALLY didn't want to make Mrs. Doubtfire 2 but signed on just to pay his ex-wives.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Unk Adams]

There's cases of washed up bands, rappers, etc. that no longer have the talent they once did and barely anyone listens to their music anymore yet they keep touring and putting out albums because they just enjoy doing it as a hobby or whatever even though they no longer need (or make) money off it. Could this be another case of that?

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

So when does this Youtube video get to the point?

 

[Unk Adams]

So when does this Youtube video get to the point?

Sadly that's common on YouTube these days. Videos are ruined and stretched out with meaningless filler to get over a certain length for ad-revenue purposes.

 

[Wheeljack539]

Why destroy your legacy with this shit? I don't get it.

'Cause most anyone will never hear of them.

I sure as hell never heard of them until now.

 

[Dural]

There's cases of washed up bands, rappers, etc. that no longer have the talent they once did and barely anyone listens to their music anymore yet they keep touring and putting out albums because they just enjoy doing it as a hobby or whatever even though they no longer need (or make) money off it. Could this be another case of that?

He's estimated to be worth $250 million, so I think this is exactly what it is.

 

[MilkLizard]

So when does this Youtube video get to the point?

Sadly that's common on YouTube these days. Videos are ruined and stretched out with meaningless filler to get over a certain length for ad-revenue purposes.

Yeah, fucking hack frauds

 

[VulcanRaven]

So when does this Youtube video get to the point?

Around 8:30.

 

[Javthusiast]

So when does this Youtube video get to the point?

You skipping RLM skits?

 

[synchronicity]

Why destroy your legacy with this shit? I don't get it.

Narcissism...addicted to any form of the spotlight.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

If he really gets 1mill for 1-2 days of super easy work, not needing to memorize words, no stunts, etc. these movies seem to be a better business proposition then to make a single movie for 20-30mil but being away for months on end, moths of world wide press tours and , in case of Bruce, loose hearing in one ear because a blank went off near it.

Would do the same, fuck the legacy.

 

[jason10mm]

I watched some Bruce Willis flick on Netflix (maybe amazon?) with Frank Grillo about some future alien war. It was REALLY incomprehensible, like 3 different films, one starring Bruce, one Frank, and another with some other folks, all edited together. Bruce has almost no physical contact with anyone, he is really just saying lines in different outfits and backdrops. I wonder if they only had him for like a week and just did all his stuff and used a double for EVERYTHING else. Or maybe that was Covid, which has generated some very oddly edited and blocked films to minimize actor proximity.

Personally if I were at Bruce's stage of the game, I'd pick roles based on where it would film for a paid vacation and how hot the starlets are in case I wanted a little fan service He has nothing left to prove and can always fall back on Die Hard 6: Simon Greuber is BACK!!! because both Jeremy Irons and Sam Jackson are about as easily bought as Willis.

 

[p_xavier]

I think it's part that, maintaining the lifestyle plus each divorce (especially with kids) means maintenance that the ex-wife can maintain their previous quality of life.

They have 'fuck you' money from each gig, live in massive houses but can't retire due to the lean set on them by courts to still provide for the stupid marriages they get into.

And some do it again and again and again. All working to live (in multi-million dollar estates across the globe).

Charlie Sheen is a good example. John Cleese from Monty Python is another;

John Cleese plans 'alimony tour' to pay his ex-wife

John Cleese is to embark on his first-ever UK tour next year at the age of 71. The comedian, who recently agreed a divorce settlement believed to be in the region of £12m, has dubbed it the "Alimony Tour".

www.independent.co.uk

I can't believe people don't do pre-nuptial contracts. It's such a basic thing to do.

 

[Pejo]

This was a great Half in the Bag. My favorite part was when they showed Willis eating from the snack bar, which they flimed and made a plot point in the movie.

 

[Ionian]

I can't believe people don't do pre-nuptial contracts. It's such a basic thing to do.

Some countrys don't allow it.

 

[AJUMP23]

Everyone likes making more money.

 

[Javthusiast]

He shows up on set for 2 hours, lets his double do the rest and gets millions.

 

[TransTrender]

Also check out this Bruce Willis presents Cosmic Sin review by Angry Joe.
The harmonica scene killed me, lol

 

[jufonuk]

The dude got praised for Unbreakable and Sixth Sense... but try re-watching those films, and look real close at Willis and how he is acting.. he basically is a personality-less guy on xanax throughout both movies in 99% of the scenes.

The guy is not a good actor.. he had a touch of charisma for a brief period but got old lol

 

[Ionian]

Also check out this Bruce Willis presents Cosmic Sin review by Angry Joe.
The harmonica scene killed me, lol

Thanks for the immediate ad. Picking up the apparel right now.

 

[LaughingStock]

Isn't Bruce suffering from dementia?

I remember watching Die Hard and thinking "hey, it's the dude from moonlighting".

I'm old...

 

[Happosai]

Red Letter Media made a video about the bad movies Bruce Willis is making nowdays:



Before watching I thought it can't be that bad but I was wrong. I remember Stallone calling Willis is lazy some years ago but I didn't expect this. He doesn't put much effort and uses bad looking body doubles a lot. I'm a big fan of his old movies so its a bit sad seeing this.

I enjoyed RED (the first one) and Death Wish. However, the others that popped up around 2020-21...he's on the cover but playing cameo roles as an exhausted 'dad-type' figure. Just awful, I don't remember the names but one was about escaped cons going after his son who was a doctor (screen time felt like 5-minutes and just terrible). The other was about some goons attacking two women in a hospital (I'd estimate he was on screen no more than 3-minutes).

I've seen similar movies recently with Van Damme and Dolph Lundren. One was so bad it had me laughing in tears. It's on Prime and called "Hard Night Falling" with Dolph Lundgren. Bad writing, bad ADR work, amateur direction, strange editing and hilarious watching an outfit Dolph attempt to wrestle with Aussie terrorists...who are mostly of Asian decent...all set in Italy....

 

[Fbh]

Yeah dude had been releasing shit for a while now.

On the one hand it's a shame he is somewhat ruining his image and legacy.
On the other hand if it's really him showing up for a couple of hours and getting a decent paycheck....I can't really blame him.

Nic Cage same thing.

At least Cage has articles saying he blew his money so he's broke. Not sure about WIllis.

I dont see all these junky movies they do even paying well. Bad movies, bad pay, total desperation.

Kind of like athletes who start their career with 10 solid years, then stick around 10 lousy years where those final 3 years they are paid the minimum league salary and get little play time.

There comes a time to just retire.

And at least Cage is in good stuff from time to time, like Joe, Mandy, Pig (Color out of space was ok too).

When was the last time Bruce Willis was in a good movie? And more importantly, when was the last the he didn't just happen to be in a good movie but actually enhanced one with his performance?

 

[VulcanRaven]

Yeah dude had been releasing shit for a while now.

On the one hand it's a shame he is somewhat ruining his image and legacy.
On the other hand if it's really him showing up for a couple of hours and getting a decent paycheck....I can't really blame him.




And at least Cage is in good stuff from time to time, like Joe, Mandy, Pig (Color out of space was ok too).

When was the last time Bruce Willis was in a good movie? And more importantly, when was the last the he didn't just happen to be in a good movie but actually enhanced one with his performance?

Glass (2019) was ok. It just was disappointing as a sequel. I don't think Willis was bad in it.

 

[SJRB]

It always sucks to see personal heroes end up being jerks.

 

[ManaByte]

Sadly that's common on YouTube these days. Videos are ruined and stretched out with meaningless filler to get over a certain length for ad-revenue purposes.

It's not ad revenue, it's the algorithm. It favors videos 10 minutes or longer, so everyone pads their videos to help their discoverability.

 

[Revolutionary]

I've read that he has dementia and that's why he needs to be fed lines via earpiece. Apparently that's why he always has a hoody on in Glass

 

[JayK47]

Loved him in Fifth Element. You are not forced to watch all of his movies or anything. I did watch one recently and it was garbage, but I do not hold that against him. He is free to do what he wants. There are a lot of petty politics in Hollywood. He may have done something to piss someone off and can no longer get the premium roles.

 

[Cattlyst]

Glad they made this video. I had been noticing a glut of ‘made for TV’ quality Bruce Willis movies on the iTunes movie trailers website for some time and wondered what was going on

 

[Kreen101]

In previous decades, over-the-hill movie stars often starred in low-budget, low-quality pictures near the end of their careers, but they usually still gave it their all, often to the point of overacting, thinking that maybe producers would watch the wretched movie and think, « oh yeah, that old guy/girl can still act, I should cast them ». So at least those performances were enjoyable, even if the films themselves were crap. A good example of that is Bela Lugosi trying his best in Glen or Glenda. But Bruce Willis doesn’t even make an effort, he really just cashes in the cheques.

 

[Scotty W]

Why destroy your legacy with this shit? I don't get it.

I understand if you fuck up and need some quick cash or something. But this is beyond that.

Actor’s legacies are worthless. Someone is paying him to work, good for him for doing so, even though I’m not going to watch.

 

[clarky]

He did Die Hard, Unbreakable, Sixth Sense and Twelve Monkeys.

Fucker gets a lifetime pass from me for Die Hard alone.

 

[Stuart360]

I read that he's worth around 250mil, and even if that is wrong and he only has like half that, he's still a very rich man who doesnt need to do this kind of shit.

I always get the sense from watching him and seeing interviews over the last 10 years or so that he seems a very lonely man, maybe even a troubled man. I wonder if he does this shit just so he has something to do, something to get out of bed for.

 

[SiteSeer]

who gives a shit about ‘legacy’ when you just have to whisper ‘die hard’.

go get that easy money master willis.

 

[jufonuk]

who gives a shit about ‘legacy’ when you just have to whisper ‘die hard’.

go get that easy money master willis.

Die hard and last man standing are great films of his career oh and pulp fiction fifth element. I am sure he has more. But I am too tired to list them.

 

[Revolutionary]

The LA Times ran an expose on the producer of these movies, who is being accused of various things by his ex-wife whom he foolishly confided in and then cheated on. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...
https://www.latimes.com/entertainme.../randall-emmett-bruce-willis-pacino-lala-kent (paygate)

Inside Hollywood’s shameful exploitation of Bruce Willis: ‘It’s just so sad’

Among the shocking allegations against Randall Emmett are his suspect treatment of the “Die Hard” icon.

nypost.com

Randall Emmett was fuming.

It was the producer’s first time in the director’s chair, and things weren’t going well. For the last half-hour on the set of “Midnight in the Switchgrass,” the filmmaker and his colleagues had been trying to persuade Bruce Willis to kick open a door.

A voice coming through the actor’s earpiece coached him through his lines. A stunt coordinator gently attempted to guide him. Yet, take after take, Willis did not seem to understand, according to seven crew members who were present for the late-night shoot. Emmett rose from behind the video monitor and mimed the actions, urging Willis to emulate him. When the effort failed, the director left the set in frustration, three of the crew members said.

“Did I do something wrong?” Willis asked, searching the concerned faces of the below-the-line team.

That night, Emmett’s then-fiancee, Lala Kent, said Emmett called her crying.

“I can’t do this anymore,” Kent recalled him saying in a call overheard by two other people. “It’s just so sad. Bruce can’t remember any of his lines. He doesn’t know where he is.”

But in the 15 months after filming “Midnight in the Switchgrass,” Emmett made five more movies with Willis.

Emmett, in a statement to The Times, denied the conversation with Kent occurred or that he was aware “of any decline in Mr. Willis’ health.”

When finances were tight, Szymanska said she often heard Emmett and Furla discussing making “another bull— Bruce Willis movie.” Emmett denies that he made such remarks, Hofmeister said.

One of the last films the company made with the actor was “Wrong Place,” for which Willis spent two days on set in Alabama. His two associates — his producing partner, Stephen J. Eads, and Adam Huel Potter, who fed lines to Willis through an earpiece — guided him.

“He was never alone,” said Szymanska, who spent time on location. “When nobody from Bruce’s team was around, the crew would say how sad we were to see him in this state.”

Five months later, the actor’s family would disclose his aphasia diagnosis.