15 Most Controversial Movies Of 2014

12. Wish I Was Here's Kickstarter Campaign Opens A Debate About Crowdfunding

Zach Braff courted plenty of controversy when he went to Kickstarter to get his latest film, Wish I Was Here, funded. His fans raised $3.1 million, an avenue Braff admitted taking after traditional financiers wanted to take final cut privilege away from him and also help decide the cast. Still, it soon enough caused many to ask: why does someone as successful and popular as Braff need to be asking his fans to pay him to make a movie? Could he not self-finance the movie? In fairness, Braff did contribute a small amount of his own money to funding the film, along with a third more traditional financial source, though to many that wasn't good enough: to use a crowd-funding platform that, in spirit, many saw as intended for up-and-coming talent, was a betrayal of the whole funding model. Someone who spent almost a decade on a hit show shouldn't be asking his fans to pay his way without at least offering some potential compensation in return if the movie makes bank. In the end, the movie received mixed reviews and just about broke even, so though nobody got rich off of it, it still seems a bit tacky to ask your own fans to stump up cash and then more money once the movie comes out. To many, this was the definition of exploiting your own fanbase.