The nominees for the 30th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, populary known as the Razzies, were announced today. The Razzies are “a logical antidote to Tinsel Town’s annual glut of self-congratulations [created] by John Wilson, author of Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies.” The awards ceremony—at which the organizers expect none of the nominees to appear (though they have been surprised in the past, most notably by Halle Berry accepting her Razzie for Catwoman)—ill be in the evening on Saturday 6 March at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood (as is traditional, the nominees were announced a day before the Academy Award nominees are to be announced, and the award ceremony will be the day before the Academy Awards).
This year, “in addition to 2009’s top under-achievers, The Gala 30th Annual Razzie Awards will dis-honor The Worst of the ‘Uh-Ohs’, with special awards for the Worst Picture, Actor, and Actress of the Decade.”
In announcing the nominees, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation said “Leading the pack among this year’s Razzie contenders are one of the year’s biggest money-makers and the year’s biggest money-loser, each with seven nods. Razzie Repeat Offender Michael Bay helped lead the over-loud, over-long, uber-stupid Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to a huge box office take, and to a huge haul of Razzie nominations as well.… Keeping up with Trannies, Too in the Razzie race (but decidedly not at the box office) is Last Summer’s Biggest B.O. bomb, Land of the Lost, also with 7 shots at taking home spray-painted gold.”
This year’s nominees are:
Worst Picture:
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (aka Trannies, Too)
Worst Actor:
Will Ferrell (in Land of the Lost)
All Three Jonas Brothers (in Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience)
Steve Martin (in Pink Panther 2)
Eddie Murphy (in Imagine That)
John Travolta (in Old Dogs)
Worst Actress:
Beyonce (in Obsessed)
Sandra Bullock (in All About Steve)
Mylie Cyrus (in Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Megan Fox (in both Jennifer’s Body and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Sarah Jessica Parker (in Did You Hear About the Morgans?)
Worst Supporting Actor:
Billy Ray Cyrus (in Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Hugh Hefner, as Himself (in Miss March)
Robert Pattinson (in Twilight: New Moon)
Jorma Taccone, as Cha-Ka (in Land of the Lost)
Marlon Wayans (in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Worst Supporting Actress:
Candice Bergen (in Bride Wars)
Ali Larter (in Obsessed)
Sienna Miller (in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Kelly Preston (in Old Dogs)
Julie White, as Mom (in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Worst Screen Couple:
Any Two (or More) Jonas Brothers (in The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience)
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper (in All About Steve)
Will Ferrell & Any Co-Star, Creature, or “Comic Riff” (in Land of the Lost)
Shia LaBeouf & either Megan Fox or Any Transformer (in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Kristen Stewart & either Robert Pattinson or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang (in Twilight: New Moon)
Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel:
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Pink Panther 2 (a rip-off of a sequel to a remake)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Twilight: New Moon
Worst Director:
Michael Bay (for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Walt Becker (for Old Dogs)
Brad Silberling (for Land of the Lost)
Stephen Sommers (for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Phil Traill (for All About Steve)
Worst Screenplay:
All About Steve (screenplay by Kim Barker)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (screenplay by Stuart Beattie and David Elliot & Paul Lovett)
Land of the Lost (written by Chris Henchy & Dennis McNicholas)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman)
Twilight: New Moon (screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg)
Worst Picture of the Decade:
Battlefield Earth (2000; nominated for 10 Razzies/winner of 8 [including Worst Drama of Our First 25 Years])
Freddy Got Fingered (2001; nominated for 9 Razzies/winner of 5)
Gigli (2003; nominated for 10 Razzies/winner of 7 [including Worst Comedy of Our First 25 Years])
I Know Who Killed Me (2007; nominated for 9 Razzies/winner of 8)
Swept Away (2002; nominated for 9 Razzies/winner of 5)
Worst Actor of the Decade:
Ben Affleck (9 nominations/2 wins)
Eddie Murphy (12 nominations, 3 wins)
Mike Myers (4 nominations, 2 wins)
Rob Schneider (6 nominations, 1 win)
John Travolta (6 nominations, 3 wins)
Worst Actress of the Decade:
Mariah Carey (the single biggest individual vote getter of the decade: 70+% of all votes for Worst Actress of 2001, for Glitter)
Paris Hilton (5 nominations, 4 wins)
Lindsay Lohan (5 nominations, 3 wins)
Jennifer Lopez (9 nominations, 2 wins)
Madonna (6 nominations, 4 wins)
While t might be nice to see Sandra Bullock win both an Oscar and a Razzie on the same weekend, my money is on (or would be if I were a voting member of the Razzies) Megan Fox.
Color me Not Surprised: three of the five nominees for Worst Picture are genre movies. Unlike the Oscars, the Razzies are not shy about presenting their “top” award to SF/Fantasy movies. It’s also worth noting that two of these turkeys are derived from other sources–a toy and a comic book. The three worst-movies nominees also show up in Worst Rip-Off. There’s a clue there. Too bad Hollywood can’t get past the idea that what works in one venue HAS to work in all others. As for the ten-year category, I think Battlefield Earth should retire the trophy…