2014 was a great year for movies. It’s when we got Richard Linklater’s Oscar-headed Boyhood, such great indie fair as Only Lovers Left Alive and Whiplash, and powerful performances all around. But there were also a great deal of duds. The 2014 Razzie Nominations have been released, and with it comes a list of the worst movies from the past year. Can you guess which ones made the cut?
Nominated for Worst Picture are:
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Transformers 4: Age of Ex-STINK-Tion (No, that’s not a typo.)
This sounds pretty accurate. TMNT and Transformers were pretty much neck and neck in the blockbuster genre. One grossly warped a beloved childhood franchise into a nightmarish-looking creature feature that cracked uncomfortable sexual jokes about Megan Fox. The other…well, we can’t get the image of Mark Wahlberg confidently nodding his head at Optimus Prime riding a giant T-Rex out of our heads. But even those two, along with The Legend of Hercules and Nic Cage’s hard-to-watch (and not for the right reasons) rapture drama Left Behind had action as their selling point. Kirk Cameron’s latest debauchery seemed like it’s only purpose was to pander to Christmas-loving Christians. And it was also kind of offensive. Last year, Movie 43 swept the most awards, but I think Cameron is gonna have a field day this time around. It’s already been named the worst movie of all time by IMDb.
Now, you might be asking yourself, what about Blended or A Million Ways to Die in the West or Tammy? The Razzies have saved a special spot in hell for these titles: among their list of the worst actors and actresses.
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
Sandler seems to land himself on this list every year. If it’s not for Blended, then it’s That’s My Boy or Jack and Jill. He’s the Razzie’s golden child, and they’re not letting him go.
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
As for the actresses, Diaz seems like she has a real shot at taking home the prize. She’s in the Worst Actress category for two of her films, and she was borderline unbearable in both. Her career has been careening down a slope to C- and D-list rom-com country, but that’s better for her Razzie chances.
Take a look at the rest of the nominations.
THE RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD
Ben Affleck (From RAZZIE "Winner" for Gigli to Oscar Darling for Argo and Gone Girl)
Jennifer Aniston (From 4-Time RAZZIE Nominee to SAG Award Nominee for Cake)
Mike Myers (From RAZZIE "Winner" for Love Guru to Docu Director of Supermensch)
Keanu Reeves (From 6-Time RAZZIE Nominee to Critically Acclaimed John Wick)
Kristen Stewart (From RAZZIE "Winner" for Twilight to the Art House Hit Camp X-Ray)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz / Annie
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz / Transformers: Age of Extinction
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: Age of Extinction
Shaquille O’Neal / Blended
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland/ Pompeii
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay / Transformers: Age of Extinction
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 Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) Transformers: Age of Extinction
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: Age of Extinction, Written by Ehren Kruger, Based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Annie
Atlas Shrugged #3: Who Is John Galt?
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
