Incvasion - a film that ended up much different to the film he has signed for - not his fault
Golden Compass - a film that made over 300 mill worldwide and is still considered a failure - only because the US was keen on making a point here.
He was in it for 10 minutes and loved the books. You are a book person - wouldn´t you be intersted in making a film out of a book, you actually love?
Tomb Raider - how often has he explained, that he wanted to be in a major film to see how this works, that he disliked the film and the experience, he has had there and he didn´t make the next one (even though they asked him to) - no, Gerry Butler did
There you go... DC was smart enough to not make a mistake twice - not even for good money. That´s what I call character.
Occasional strong - God, a puppy film of him - to put this couple of minutes film on your list
Love and Rage - I like it for some of the very funny scene it has and consider it overall as a good enough film, but I cannot say anything against you not liking it.
The Jacket - what´s wrong with that? A friend asked him to do it and isn´t it an interesting part well played.
Africa - again, do you really want to put films, where he is is hardly in as an example of bad choice?
QOS - no argument here - you no likie...a lot of people don´t , many do.
Its a bold choice to make the film like this and it might have been the right choice after all - as we don´t know, what a CR like film would have done. Maybe people would have complained that it was the same film all over again.
All in all - no sign of silliness to see here IMO. Only of guts, if nothing else...taking risks is what life is all about and we should respect people, who do it on such a constant level as he does.