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The Razzies: And the losers are ...Well, the Oscar nominations came out today; congratulations to all the nominees. Lord only knows what the ceremony will look like if the writers' strike continues, but bask in your glory for the day and worry about seeming like a scab tomorrow. Since it’s often more fun to read a bad review than a good one, let’s talk about this year’s worst performances instead. That’s right, the 2007 Razzie Award nominations are out. It appears to have a bad year for students and/or strippers who could be amnesiacs and/or long-lost twins and who are being chased by a serial killers. But then, I’d imagine any year would be hard for someone with that mix of attributes.
Seeing the list makes me feel pretty good about my own taste in movies, since I haven’t seen I Know Who Killed Me or any of the other Worst Picture nominees: Bratz, Daddy Day Camp, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Norbit.
In fact, of all the nominees, I’ve seen only one of the performances, that of Worst Supporting Actor stinker Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. And mostly I saw that out of my long-standing affinity for Johnny Depp, who might as well be a woman because he’s so damn pretty. What? Don’t judge.
Leading off the dis-honor list was the Lindsay Lohan pole dancing flop I Know Who Killed Me, with nine nominations. The Razzie board scolded the flick for its “oddball cross-breeding of the Hostel/Saw genre of ‘teen torture porn’ with elements of the old Patty Duke Show.” And poor Linds got the distinction of pulling off the anti-awards show’s first-ever double nomination for best actress, since she portrayed two identical characters. Something tells me 2007 will be a year La Lohan would just as soon forget, if she hasn’t already.
Not to be outdone in the you-suck department was Eddie Murphy, who set his own record with five nominations in acting categories (one each for actor, actress, supporting actor and two for couple) in the fat-suit comedy — using that term loosely — Norbit. Thus completes the funny man’s spectacular fall from grace as Oscar nominee one year to leading Razzie nominee the next, an honor previously held by Halle Berry (seriously, Catwoman, why?).
Joining Lindsay in the Worst Actress category were Jessica Alba for Awake, Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck, Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos and Skyler Shaye collectively for Bratz, Elisha Cuthbert for Captivity and Diane Keaton for Because I Said So. The Diane nod (or should we say shake) hurts because I love her no matter how many bland women-of-a-certain-age comedies she churns out.
Joining Eddie over in the Worst Supporting Actress gallery of losers were Jessica Biel for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Next, Carmen Electra for Epic Movie, Julia Ormond for I Know Who Killed Me and Nicolette Sheridan for Code Name: The Cleaner. Wait, Julia was in I Know Who Killed Me? That just makes me sad.
The winners, or should I say
losers, will be announced Feb. 23, a day before the Oscars. So, any
true turkeys they left off the list? Or were they too harsh on anyone?
And can someone please tell me who Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos
and Skyler Shaye even are in the first place? Submitted by on January 22, 2008 - 6:00pm. |
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I Know Who Killed Me struck
I agree
That may have backfired -
lost?!
much needed plot-building was lost to sex scenes and Lohan gyrating on a pole
am i the only one happy they made that sacrifice? :P heehee
~i'ma pull ya closer, keep ya nikes on...u know how we do!~
because i said what?
Because she said so...
They should call this
They should call this the "We are a bunch of Jealous losers who couldn't get an acting role in a Campbell’s Soup Commercial let alone a starring role in a big screen movie' Awards.
In otherwords FU Razzie's bunch of sorry haters.
-Nathiest
live for lust die for love
Bratz
I took the 9 year old girl that I used to tutor to see Bratz and I have never been so angry at a "children's" movie. I admit the movie wasn't aimed at my age group, but it singlehandedly managed to offend me in about 20 different ways. The Bratz brand is supposed to celebrate girls being awesome and their friendships with one another, when all the movie did was fall back on the same stereotypical flaws that they always put on groups of girls (and usually by men)... catty, jealous, back stabbing, social climbers that dress a bit slutty for 14 year olds! The lack of female celebration was not the end of my complaints, but it's all I can mention here without officially entering into a rant. To make a long story short (... too late!), I completely agree with the Razzie nomination of this movie and of the four girls, if for no other reason than for being in this movie!
Norbit and such and such
Ok, umm I didn't mind Chuck and Larry. I got through it just fine. It was cute. Should it make the list of worst of 07 I don't know. I'm sure there's worse out there. Epic Movie comes to mind, and perhaps Scary Movie 4, which I only saw because I'd seen the others. Epic
Piece of Sh1tMovie was by far the worst movie ever made. I got suckered into see it. Royally disappointing, not like I was expecting a cinematic masterpiece or anything, but Really? Why someone would make that movie is beyond me!Pirates: AWE, not all that bad, actually. I sat though it w/o out squirming LOL. That's all I can really say about it. The second one was definitely better though.
I thought Norbit was funny. Eddie Murphy is a funny guy. It had a few good lines. Let's just say I appreciated this movie. I didn't pay 10 bucks at the theaters to see it so maybe that has something to do with it. It's whatever. I don't think The Nutty Professor II: Meet the Clumps made a dent in the box office, but you know what? it was funny to me so I'm not surprised Norbit didn't either. Didn't seem like it that the intention of this film.
Wouldn't see Bratz, or a Lindsey Lohan flick (though I did like her pre-drama in The Parent Trap).
That is all.
Will blog for food!
Worst Picture Nomination
D-WAR
I don't know if it's on the list, but if it's not it should be. I think they spent the entire budget on the CGI effects and had nothing left over for actors or even a decent script. The story was so convaluted and the acting so choppy that I couldn't even watch the whole thing. I had to fast forward about half-way through. I usually love the action/fantasy genre, but this movie was absolutely horrible!
Good luck Chuck
Saw epic movie on my
Saw epic movie on my brother's birthday as a last resort - can't say I thought much of it, it pretty much sucked. It was all run-of-the-mill take the piss but without actually being particularly funny and trying to stick lots of bits of films together. Waste of five pounds...
To be honest I didn't even go to see many films last year because not very many good ones seemed to come out. Even the ones with the big lead ups (Spiderman/Pirates 3) were a bit dissapointing. They seemed to spend to much on CGI and not enough on a coherant plot.
Halle Berry will always have my respect for how she collected her Razzie though, so very funny :)
"Hatred is blind, as well as love." - Oscar Wilde
I agree with Lustt about I
I agree with Lustt about I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry. I went to see it with a group of hot girls I barely know, so I was a bit distracted, but I didn't think it was that bad. Just what I expected - a silly comedy you shouldn't take too seriously.
Haven't seen the third Pirates yet, but I will. I love Johnny Depp and I actually think Orlando is hot too - he can't act to save his life, though. But I've had a boycrush on him ever since LOTR. He looked so much like a pretty girl in that I actually thought he was one. And now I have a Legolas poster in my room.
I'm proud to admit I haven't seen any of those other nominees. And I don't plan on doing so anytime soon.
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