Its that time of the year again when the Academy Awards race starts to heat up, with Hollywood getting ready to celebrate all the great films of the year. But what about the not so great films? That’s where the Razzies come into it, a celebration of the worst films of the year. Set to take place the night before the Academy Awards, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has poked fun at all the terrible films to grace the big screen. This year, the awards are celebrating its 35 anniversary, honouring (or shaming) the worst films since 1980.
Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film; Age of Extinction, is up for seven nominations, including worst film and screenplay. Bay himself has been nominated for a Razzie, for Worst Director of Transformers 4. Despite the film bringing in over $1billion in the worldwide box office, the year was not a great one for Hollywood, as it was the worst-grossing year in recent history. Maybe there is a lesson in there for studios to not rely so heavily on uninspired remakes and sequels.
One award that is making its debut this year is the “Redeemer Award”, previous winners or nominees of a Razzie that have gone on to bigger and better things. The stars who have done well to turn their past mistakes around include Ben Affleck, who last won a Razzie for Gigli, and has now received critical acclaim for both Argo and Gone Girl. Keanu Reeves, who holds a record 6 Razzie nominations, has truly redeemed himself in John Wick.
The awards themselves are decided by a panel of 757 G.R.A.F (Golden Raspberry Award Foundation) members, and the 11th award, the “Redeemer”, is chosen by a public vote held on popular film rating site Rotten Tomatoes. The “winners’ will be announced on 21st of February at 8pm, held live at the Montalban Theatre in Hollywod. The Razzies were started back in 1980 by John Wilson, author of The Official Razzie Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies.
And now for the nominees…
Worst Picture
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
Worst Actor
Nicolas Cage / Left Behind
Kirk Cameron / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Kellan Lutz / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
Adam Sandler / Blended
Worst Actress
Drew Barrymore – Blended
Cameron Diaz – The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Melissa McCarthy – Tammy
Charlize Theron – A Million Ways to Die in the West
Gaia Weiss – The Legend of Hercules
The Razzie Redeemer Award
Ben Affleck (From RAZZIE “Winner” for GIGLI to ARGO and GONE GIRL)
Jennifer Aniston (From 4-Time RAZZIE Nominee to CAKE)
Mike Myers (From RAZZIE “Winner” for LOVE GURU to SUPERMENSCH)
Keanu Reeves (From 6-Time RAZZIE Nominee to JOHN WICK)
Kristen Stewart (From RAZZIE “Winner” for TWILIGHT to CAMP X-RAY)
Worst Supporting Actress
Cameron Diaz – Annie
Megan Fox – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz – Transformers 4
Brigitte Ridenour (Kirk’s Sister) – Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Susan Sarandon – Tammy
Worst Supporting Actor
Mel Gibson – Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer – Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too and Transformers 4
Shaquille O’Neal – Blended
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland – Pompeii
Worst Director
Michael Bay – Transformers 4
Darren Doane – Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Renny Harlin – The Legend of Hercules
Jonathan Liebesman – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Seth MacFarlane – A Million Ways To Die in the West
Worst Screen Combo
Any Two Robot ‘Actors’ – Transformers 4
Kirk Cameron & His Ego – Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel – Sex Tape
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes – The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron – A Million Ways To Die in the West
Worst Screenplay
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, Written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey
Left Behind, Screenplay by Paul LaLonde and John Patus,
Based on the Novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Sex Tape, Screenplay by Kate Angelo and Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Written by Evan Daugherty and Andre Nemec & Josh Applebaum,
Based on Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Transformers 4, Written by Ehren Kruger, Based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
Annie
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The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4
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