Razzie Awards Honor The Worst of the Year
While Oscar was planning to hand out golden statues to the best films of the year, the 29th Annual Golden Rasberry (Razzie) Awards were being handed out to the year's worst. The big winner (or loser) this year was The Love Guru, which not only took home Worst Picture, but Worst Actor (for Mike Myers) and Worst Screenplay (Mike Myers and Graham Gordy). The Hottie and The Nottie nabbed two Razzies, with star Paris Hilton taking home honors in the Worst Actress category (for Hottie and the Nottie), as well as Worst Supporting Actress (in Repo: The Genetic Opera). Ms. Hilton also shared the spotlight with Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore for Worst Screen Couple.Indiana Jones' return to the big screen garnered a whole bunch of negative reactions, and the film did little to impress the Razzie voters since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull won the award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. Wow, there's a lot of room in that sucker ... and it went to Indy? Let's just say Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jessica Alba both got away with one there. Rounding things out, Uwe Boll won for Worst Director and Worst Career Achievement, with the tagline "Germany's Answer to Ed Wood".
Check out the entire list over here, then let us know what you think they got right or wrong. Was The Love Guru really the worst picture of the year? Did Indy deserve worst sequel/remake/prequel status?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-23-2009 @ 5:58PM
Kurt said...
I dunno, with all the build-up, I almost think The Spirit got a little cheated.
But Indy got what it deserved.
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2-23-2009 @ 8:07PM
dishesaredone said...
Totally.
2-24-2009 @ 10:08AM
Kevin said...
Agreed. That movie was utter crap.
2-23-2009 @ 10:59PM
kmh219 said...
About Repo-
I can't say if it's good or bad, because I haven't seen it.
...and given the fact that the release is so ridiculously limited, I doubt most of the people voting it for "worst" this and that can have seen it either, logically speaking. I went and read the site and it sounds like the screenings (few and far between) are packed with fans, not detractors, so I'm guessing most of the (ridiculously huge numbers of) people who voted Paris for worst actress on this and that site have never even seen the stupid thing. I'm far from a Paris fan- ew- but... seriously?
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2-23-2009 @ 9:17PM
billy said...
sarah michelle gellar? what are you talking about?
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2-24-2009 @ 10:18AM
Bill said...
Indy did not deserve a razzie.
But the Day the Earth Stood Still remake certainly did.
The razzies are just getting too political.
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2-24-2009 @ 1:04PM
Brandon said...
I rewatched Indy 4 this weekend. I didn't hate it when it came out & I don't hate it now. It doesn't deserve the trashing it has gotten. Once people get over their Shia & George hatred, maybe they will mellow out on it.
The real pleasure of the movie is watching Harrison Ford & knowing that he is at home in the role. You know he loves the character & is having a good time. That makes up for any flaws the film may have (the one major issue I had was Mutt swinging with the monkeys, but that's too small of a moment to ruin a movie). It's not a perfect movie (The only perfect Indy movie is "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"), but it does the job it is supposed to & it does it well and with respect.
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2-26-2009 @ 5:30PM
Erin said...
Indy definately doesn't deserve this. I saw it three times in the theatre, and I loved it, still do. (but I wasn't a fan that it was a Sci-Fi film, we have Mr. Lucas to thank for that!)
Anyway... It happens to be my favorite movie (but I also love 'Raiders') and I'm not really a movie person anymore. Haven't been for several years.
I was thrilled that they brought Karen Allen back as Marion Ravenwood! She's awesome!
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