Oscar nominations are in tomorrow morning, but before that let’s take a moment to remember all the movies that won’t be mentioned anywhere in or around the Academy Awards. That’s right, it’s time for this year’s batch of Razzie nominations, awarding the worst in film for the 27th year in a row.
The 27th Annual Razzie nominees are here. Usually they render themselves irrelevant by trying to throw in a few nominations just to piss people off. For instance Star Wars Episode III got some wost movie nominations, even though, whether you like it or not, there’s certainly no way it could by any stretch of the imagination be considered one of the worst movies of the year. Not when Uwe Boll is still out there working. This year, they’ve mostly avoided their practice of using nominations as a way of publicity whoring. The one exception to that being their nomination of Superman Returns Kate Bosworth for Worst Supporting Actress. Come on, that’s obviously idiotic. But otherwise they pointed their finger at movies that deserved it for a change. Little Man and Basic Instinct for instance, garnered the most Razzie nominations with 7 each.
The most high profile film to receive a serious savaging was Lady in the Water, with four nominations, two just for Shyamalan who gets mentioned for Worst Actor and Worst Director. If any of you were still in denial about where Night’s career is headed, maybe this will be enough to wake you up.
Below are all of the 27th Annual Golden Raspberry Nominees, minus all the not-as-clever-as-they-think-they-are gags that the Razzie committee usually plastered all over their official site:
Worst Picture
Basic Instinct 2
BloodRayne
Lady in the Water
Little Man
Wicker Man
Worst Actor
Tim Allen - Santa Clause 3 and The Shaggy Dog and Zoom
Larry The Cable Guy - Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Rob Schneider - The Benchwarmers and Little Man
Marlon & Shawn Wayans - Little Man
Worst Actress
Hilary & Haylie Duff - Material Girls
Lindsay Lohan - Just My Luck
Kristanna Loken - BloodRayne
Jessica Simpson - Employee of the Month
Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct 2
Worst Supporting Actor
Danny DeVito - Deck the Halls
Ben Kingsley - BloodRayne
M. Night Shyamalan - Lady in the Water
Martin Short - Santa Clause 3
David Thewlis - Basic Instinct 2 and The Omen
Worst Supporting Actress
Kate Bosworth - Superman Returns
Kristin Chenoweth - Deck the Halls and The Pink Panther and RV
Carmen Electra - Date Movie and Scary Movie 4
Jenny McCarthy - John Tucker Must Die
Michelle Rodriguez - BloodRayne
Worst Screen Couple
Tim Allen & Martin Short - Santa Clause 3
Nicolas Cage & His Bear Suit - Wicker Man
Hilary & Haylie Duff - Material Girls
Sharon Stone’s Lop-Sided Breasts - Basic Instinct 2
Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans - Little Man
Worst Remake or Rip-Off
Little Man
Pink Panther
Poseidon
The Shaggy Dog
Wicker Man
Worst Prequel or Sequel
Basic Instinct 2
Big Momma’s House 2
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
Santa Clause 3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Worst Director
Uwe Boll - BloodRayne
Michael Caton-Jones - Basic Instinct 2
Ron Howard - The Da Vinci Code
M. Night Shyamalan - Lady in the Water
Keenan Ivory Wayans - Little Man
Worst Screenplay
Basic Instinct 2
BloodRayne
Lady in the Water
Little Man
Wicker Man
Worst Excuse For Family Entertainment
Deck the Halls
Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties
RV
Santa Clause 3
The Shaggy Dog
