Discuss: For Your Razzie Consideration
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As the season marches on, 'for your consideration' ads litter the trades and various awards analysis websites. However, there aren't nearly enough campaigns for the year's worst performances.You have your obnoxious kids (Jaden Smith in The Day The Earth Stood Still, Logan Lerman in Meet Bill). You have your touched individuals who straddle the line between functional and, ahem, 'full retard' (Sophie Okonedo in The Secret Life of Bees, Omar Benson Miller in Miracle at St. Anna, David Morse in Hounddog). You've got your guys that give 'insane' a bad name (Jason Butler Harner in Changeling, Donny Osmond in College Road Trip), and you've got your girls that give English a bad name (Ahney Her in Gran Torino, Natalya Rudakova in Transporter 3).
Oh, and then there's just about the entire cast of The Happening. (If I had to pick just one person, though, I'd go with the gardener who babbles on about hot dogs. The man's priceless.)
So, unless we're about to let Witless Protection sweep the Razzies, what were some of your least favorite performances of the year?
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12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
Remy Scott said...
The entire cast of Gran Torino not named Clint Eastwood.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
Josh said...
Amanda Peet is an awful actress, and watching her condescend to her Southie character in What Doesn't Kill You effectively destroyed whatever slim chance that movie might have had of being something special.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:12PM
MCW said...
See Martian Child and instantly take back everything you just said.
12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
willowdiamond said...
ok this article is really offensive, particularly the 'full retard' bit. come on now, be a little more sensitive.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
LordPaul said...
#thud#
12-16-2008 @ 5:15PM
William Goss said...
Thank you, LordPaul.
12-16-2008 @ 6:00PM
willowdiamond said...
a movie blog should be able to report without name calling. I mean seriously, how old are you, twelve? real professional.
12-16-2008 @ 6:00PM
William Goss said...
If you clicked on that link or saw Tropic Thunder, you'd see that it was a quote referring to that film and appropriate in context. Given your knee-jerk shame streak, though, I'd say you haven't seen it and don't plan to, and that's fine by me.
Don't try to ignore the context of a phrase and cherry-pick a cause for a fit.
12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
ML said...
Jaden Smith's got nothing on Dakota Fanning in WotW, but I'm blaming that on the script.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:12PM
Gary said...
Worst performance of the year?
Has to be the trees in M Night to remember Shalamars' The Happening.
Wooden, limp, emotionless.... I could go on all day about Marky Mark but I am hear to talk about the trees *cymbal crash*. I have seen much scarier antagonists in episodes of Doctor Who from the 60's. oooooooh the winds blowing, I'm scared.
In fact the whole movie should hopefully sweep up at the Razzies and M night to remember Shalamar can then begin a new chapter in his career, directing episodes of Mythbusters.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:12PM
chango said...
"strattle", WTF is strattle? Where, sir, di you learn to write. No sense in you making fun of the "girls that give English a bad name" when you yourself do..
The word I *think* you mean to use is straddle...it is an *actual* word.
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12-16-2008 @ 5:11PM
chango said...
Of course, in my rush to be funny and impatient, I forgot to check my post and typed "di you learn to write". Obviously I meant to type "did", instead of "di".
(Chango slowly backs down into his hole to avoid anymore embarassment)
12-16-2008 @ 5:13PM
chango said...
Of course, in my rush to be funny and impatient, I forgot to check my post and typed "di you learn to write". Obviously I meant to type "did", instead of "di".
(Chango slowly backs down into his hole to avoid anymore embarassment)
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12-16-2008 @ 5:13PM
Erik Davis said...
Thanks, we've made corrections.
12-16-2008 @ 5:49PM
James said...
88 MINUTES!!!!!!!!! the movie i mean. At least if its still eligable. honestly, it was one of the worst movies i've seen in years. Cheezy, predictable, and the acting talents that are usually reserved for that of elementery school performances by the students about friendship. Casting was just dumb. College girls really dont chase their professers if they're the age that Al Pacino is right now.
And for Comedy (and i hate to say this but), semi-pro. As much as i love Will Ferrell's movies, this was rather disappointing. not once did i break out in laughter as i did many times during movies like anchorman, Talledega nights, and more recently, Step Brothers. It seemed to me Will wanted to make a more serious movie, which is fine, but if he were to do that he shouldn't advertise it as if it is to be hilarious. Also, the ending was disappointing. Every character stays in the awful life they lived in except for a more minor character. Sorry Will, ur hilarious, but this just kinda sucked
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12-16-2008 @ 5:50PM
William Goss said...
Goodness, how did I forget the howler that was 88 Minutes? Nice call.
12-16-2008 @ 5:53PM
Pooja said...
How can you even say that Jason Butler Harner was bad?? His was one of the most compelling performances of the year! I think you need to go back and watch the movie again, this time ACTUALLY using your brain. The majority definitely cannot be wrong... he was great.
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12-16-2008 @ 9:57PM
Moo said...
As bad as The Day the Earth Stood Still was....Twilight is still the worst film of the year.
BRING IT, TWILIGHT-OPHILES!!!!!!!
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12-17-2008 @ 11:21PM
Tehua said...
I'll give the RAZZIE to the DIRECTOR (in fact, LACK OF DIRECTION) and to the MAKE-UP/Characterization people, I felt like I was watching KABUKI theater or BUSTER kEATON performing. Robert Pattinson's RED LIPS and POWDERED face were awful!.
12-17-2008 @ 12:23AM
flip said...
okay i saw all those movies and hands down the wost performance of the year has got to go to Dominic West this retarded ham as shit idiot single handedly destroyed this movie okay his script sucked his costume looked like lionsgate went shopping at out of the closet but good lord this morons performance could have been done a thousand times better by our even more retarded president Bush. I really hope Marvel sues you. oh by the way i think Sin City is a thousand times worse then twilight! hahahahahahah i hope Lionsgate goes broke!
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