Oscar nominations were handed out and, as expected, the blogosphere went nuts with reaction. I get it. It's only what many of us have been waiting for since the second the Oscars ended last year? Of course, this week also saw the announcement of the nominees for The Golden Raspberry Awards, aka, The Razzies. If you're somehow unfamiliar with these, they are for the exact opposite of what the Oscars are for. Here is a rundown of the nominees. In February, I'll congratulate all the "winners" by listing them all in a post on this site.
Worst Picture Nominee:
Saving Christmas
Worst Director
Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jonathan Liebesman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Renny Harlin, The Legend of Hercules
Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Darren Doane, Saving Christmas
Worst Picture Nominee:
The Legend of Hercules
Worst Actor
Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Nicolas Cage, Left Behind
Adam Sandler, Blended
Kirk Cameron, Saving Christmas
Worst Actress
Gaia Weiss, The Legend of Hercules
Drew Barrymore, Blended
Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Charlize Theron, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Worst Picture Nominee:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Worst Supporting Actor
Mel Gibson, The Expendables 3
Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Expendables 3
Keifer Sutherland, Pompeii
Kelsey Grammer, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Expendables 3, and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Shaquille O'Neal, Blended
Worst Supporting Actress
Susan Sarandon, Tammy
Megan Fox, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bridgette Cameron, Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz, Annie
Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Worst Picture Nominee:
Left Behind
Worst Screenplay
Saving Christmas (Darren Doane, Cheston Hervey)
Sex Tape (Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, Kate Angelo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Andre Nemec)
Left Behind (Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Paul LaLonde)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Ehren Kruger)
Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble
Saving Christmas (Kirk Cameron, etc.)
Sex Tape (Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel)
The Legend of Hercules (Kellan Lutz, etc.)
A Million Ways to Die (Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Mark Wahlberg, etc.)
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Annie
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Worst Picture Nominee:
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Razzie Redeemer Award*
Keanu Reeves
Mike Myers
Ben Affleck
Kristen Stewart
Jennifer Aniston
*This is actually a new category for the Razzies and it's not for the worst of anything. These are past Razzie nominees who received critical praise for a 2014 performance.
I think the Redeemer award should go to Ben Affleck. He's the one that really found redemption and I hope he shows up and create a hilarious speech.
ReplyDeleteAs for the others, give it to Saving Christmas just so that God can have a laugh and give Kirk Cameron the finger when Cameron takes a fall towards Hell.... *cackles*
I'd definitely go with Affleck for the Redeemer. Your comments about Saving Christmas are truly hilarious. Thanks for the laugh!
DeleteThat's actually kind of nice of them to have a Redeemer award. I hope Saving Christmas wins them all too. Kirk Cameron is such a douche canoe.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice of them . Strangely nice. . Had no idea people hated Kirk Cameron so much, lol.
DeleteI don't know anything about Cameron except that, apparently, he is a serious conservative Christian. Granted, that doesn't predispose me to like someone, but without more info., I reserve judgment. ;-)
DeleteI knew he was serious about his faith, but not that he apparently rubs folks the wrong way.
DeleteThey really should just end these. The fact that they had The Interview on the short list and nominate Gibson, who I hear was great, is ridiculous. They are not even deserved, mostly, they are just spiteful.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely an element of spite to them. Each year they pick out 6 ot 7 easy targets and give those movies almost all of the noms. I obviously don't mind these existing, bit I wish they would be more varied and honest with their noms.
DeleteBtw, whether or not Gibson was great kinda depends on what you think of The Expendables movies. I thought he gave a fun performance.
I saw the first two for Statham but i heard even from people who didn't like that new one that Gibson was really good. I think the guy is awful but yeah nominating him if apparently he was good is not right. These awards are such a joke, I'm sure they are in tears over the fact they can't nominate poor Kristen Stewart again.
DeleteSeeing how they have such a thing against her and Aniston (seem to nominate both every year), I'm actually proud of them for nominating both for the Redeemer award.
DeleteThe Razzies are kind of a guilty pleasure for me. :-) I haven't seen any of these movies, but skimming over the list of names and film titles, there are no real surprises here. I love the Razzies redeemer category! I'm guessing Affleck was redeemed by Gone Girl and Jennifer Aniston by Cake? I don't know anything about the others -- I should look it up. Kristen Stewart has gotten a lot of hate for her part in the Twilight franchise, but I thought she was good, as a child, in The Panic Room, so she must have some talent and dedication. It would be nice to see her career go into a positive direction. I wasn't a fan of Keanu Reeves until I saw him in The Gift, and WOW, he does have talent.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great category. I've heard positive things about Stewart in Still Alice. Haven't seen it though. I thought she was pretty good in The Runaways a couple years ago. I've got a love-hate relationship with Keanu Reeves. I generally hate his acting, but he's made a few of movies I love.
DeleteI rarely pay attention to these, but I was kind of hoping to see Aniston nominated here after getting snubbed by Oscar...just for the irony.
ReplyDeleteHer nomination this year is actually a pat on the back, though.
DeleteWay to go Kristen Stewart, she was actually pretty good in Camp X-Ray (2014), which I just saw. I haven't seen her work in Still Alice.
ReplyDeleteSaving Christmas is ranked #1 on IMDb's bottom 100. Ouch... The director later responded to the low rating, claiming that it was due to "haters and atheists" who started a campaign on Reddit to purposely lower the film's ratings. Maybe there is some truth to that.
Haven't seen either of Stewart's 2014 performances, but I've heard good things. So yeah, good for her. Hopefully, I'll get to see them soon.
DeleteAs for Saving Christmas, you know about such things. I would hope that's not the case, but I wouldn't put it past the imdb crowd. After all, this is the same group that purposely knocked The Godfather out of the top spot and voted The Dark Knight into it (it's since fallen a bit).