2009 Razzie nominations

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Now I know everyone (well, the film lovers anyway) is consumed right now with talk about the 82nd Academy Awards and their nominations, which were announced on Tuesday. Personally though, I always find myself sparing a thought for the anti-Oscars, the annual Golden Raspberry Awards, which seek to "honour" the worst movies Hollywood produced during the previous year. Then again I have a perverse fascination with laughable bad, curiously awful movies. Yup, I've even seen Catwoman twice!


Anyway, the Razzie nominations are announced the day before those for the Academy Awards, and the "winners" are unveiled 24 hours before the Oscar ceremony. This year things are slightly different in that not only are awards being dished out for the worst films of 2009 (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Land of the Lost lead the Razzie race with 7 nominations each), but also the biggest train wrecks of the past decade. There really were some massive turkeys in the Noughties.

Looking at this year's nominations, I can understand the dominance of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's the obvious, high profile choice. The film was garbage, but in a way it was so bad it was actually entertaining. Critics seemed to treat it more as a joke than anything else. The same however cannot be said for Old Dogs, which received some of the most vicious reviews I read the whole of last year. Although I haven't seen Old Dogs, frankly I'm surprised that it's not the film leading the Worst Movie nominations.

Anyway, the nominees for this year's Razzie Awards are as follows:

WORST PICTURE
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (a.k.a. Trannies, Too)


WORST ACTOR
All Three Jonas Brothers (Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience)
Will Ferrell (Land of the Lost)
Steve Martin (Pink Panther 2)
Eddie Murphy (Imagine That)
John Travolta (Old Dogs)

WORST ACTRESS Of 2009
Beyonce (Obsessed)
Sandra Bullock (All About Steve)
Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Megan Fox (Jennifer’s Body AND Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Sarah Jessica Parker (Did You Hear About the Morgans?)


WORST SCREEN COUPLE OF 2009
Any Two (or More) Jonas Brothers (The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience)
Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper (All About Steve)
Will Ferrell and any co-star, creature or comic riff (Land of the Lost)
Shia LeBouf & either Megan Fox or any Transformer (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Kristin Stewart and either Robert Pattinson or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang (Twilight Saga: New Moon)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF 2009
Candice Bergen (Bride Wars)
Ali Larter (Obsessed)
Sienna Miller (G.I. Joe)
Kelly Preston (Old Dogs)
Julie White, as Sam's mom (Trannies, Too)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF 2009
Billy Ray Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Hugh Hefner, as himself (Miss March)
Robert Pattinson (Twilight Saga: New Moon)
Jorma Taccone, as Cha-Ka (Land of the Lost)
Marlon Wayans (G.I. Joe)

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL (COMBINED CATEGORY FOR 2009)
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 Saga: New Moon

WORST DIRECTOR OF 2009
Michael Bay (Trannies, Too)
Walt Becker (Old Dogs)
Brad Silberling (Land of the Lost)
Stephen Sommers (G.I. Joe)
Phil Traill (All About Steve)


WORST SCREENPLAY OF 2009
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon

WORST PICTURE OF THE DECADE (3 SPECIAL 30TH RAZZIE-VERSARY AWARDZ)
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 (Nominated for 9 Razzies, winner of 2) -- Daredevil, Gigli, Jersey Girl, Paycheck, Pearl Harbor, Surviving Christmas
Eddie Murphy (Nominated for 12 Razzies, winner of 3) -- Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy, Imagine That, Meet Dave, Norbit, Showtime
Mike Myers (Nominated for 4 Razzies, winner of 2) -- Cat in the Hat, The Love Guru
Rob Schneider (Nominated for 6 Razzies, winner of 1) -- The Animal, Benchwarmers, Deuce Bigalo: European Gigolo, Grandma's Boy, The Hot Chick, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Little Man, Little Nicky
John Travolta (Nominated for 6 Razzies, winner of 3) -- Battlefield Earth, Domestic Disturbance, Lucky Numbers, Old Dogs, Swordfish


WORST ACTRESS OF THE DECADE
Mariah Carey (Single Biggest Individual Vote Getter of the Decade: 70+% Of ALL Votes For Worst Actress Of 2001) -- Glitter
Paris Hilton (Nominated for 5 Razzies, Winner of 4) -- The Hottie & The Nottie, House of Wax, Repo: The Genetic Opera
Lindsay Lohan (Nominated for 5 Razzies, winner of 3) -- Herbie Fully Loaded, I Know Who Killed Me, Just My Luck
Jennifer Lopez (Nominated for 9 Razzies, winner of 2) -- Angel Eyes, Enough, Gigli, Jersey Girl, Maid in Manhattan, Monster-in-Law, The Wedding Planner
Madonna (Nominated for 6 Razzies, winner of 4) -- Die Another Day, The Next Best Thing, Swept Away

Comments

MJenks said…
I don't think Sarah Jessica Parker got nearly enough love in the categories...
9:01 PM
Pfangirl said…
You know, I really used to like SJP - especially in Sex and the City.

Then I saw Failure to Launch and a deep, inexplicable irritation and hatred was triggered, and I doubt I'll ever be able to recover from it.
11:40 AM
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