The Golden Raspberry Awards – or Razzies – were founded in 1981 by the American publicist, John J.B. Wilson, as a joke on the night of the Academy Awards. Friends were invited to give random film awards and tales of the “bad nominations” were picked up by the Los Angeles Daily News with the headline: “Take These Envelopes, Please”. Wilson formalized the events, holding ballots, and issuing trophies – shaped like a golden raspberry – and they are now announced on the eve of the Oscars, with a lot of noise. Below, is a presentation of this year’s Razzies, by John Wilson himself. His channel hosts are very tasteless, but the film is interesting. Not that I agree, but there are a few good points and it’s obvious that when official lines are trespassed, when one is really ironic and makes good quality comedy, is sanctioned by the establishment’s machine. Everything is mixed, what is somehow strange is mixed with what is genuinely worthless, for the confusion to be greater, and the mud threw at alternative quality, to stuck in the public opinion.
Worst Picture
“Movie 43” (Relativity Media) — Winner
“After Earth” (Columbia)
“Grown Ups 2” (Columbia)
“The Lone Ranger” (Disney)
“A Madea Christmas” (Lionsgate)
Worst Actor
Jaden Smith in “After Earth” as Kitai Raige — Winner
Johnny Depp in “The Lone Ranger” as Tonto
Ashton Kutcher in “Jobs” as Steve Jobs
Adam Sandler in “Grown Ups 2” as Lenny Feder
Sylvester Stallone in “Bullet to the Head”, “Escape Plan”, and “Grudge Match” as James “Bobo” Bonomo, Ray Breslin and Henry “Razor” Sharp (respectively)
Worst Actress
Tyler Perry in “A Madea Christmas” as Madea (in drag)– Winner
Halle Berry in “The Call” and “Movie 43” as Jordan Turner and Emily (respectively)
Selena Gomez in “Getaway” as The Kid
Lindsay Lohan in “The Canyons” as Tara
Naomi Watts in “Diana” and “Movie 43” as Princess Diana and Samantha Miller (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actor
Will Smith in “After Earth” as Cypher Raige — Winner
Chris Brown in “Battle of the Year” as Rooster
Larry the Cable Guy in “A Madea Christmas” as Buddy
Taylor Lautner in “Grown Ups 2” as Frat Boy Andy
Nick Swardson in “Grown Ups” 2 and “A Haunted House” as Nick Hilliard and Chip the Psychic (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actress
Kim Kardashian in “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” as Ava — Winner
Salma Hayek in “Grown Ups 2” as Roxanne Chase-Feder
Katherine Heigl in “The Big Wedding” as Lyla Griffin
Lady Gaga in “Machete Kills” as Third Face of El Chameleon
Lindsay Lohan in “InAPPropriate Comedy” and “Scary Movie 5” as Herself and Herself (respectively)
Will & Jaden Smith in “After Earth”
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Worst Screen Combo
Jaden Smith and Will Smith on planet nepotism in “After Earth” — Winner
The entire cast of “Grown Ups 2”
The entire cast of “Movie 43”
Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen in “Scary Movie 5”
Tyler Perry and either Larry the Cable Guy or that worn out wig and dress in “A Madea Christmas”
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
“The Lone Ranger” — Winner
“Grown Ups 2”
“The Hangover Part III” (Warner Bros.)
“Scary Movie 5” (The Weinstein Company)
“The Smurfs 2” (Columbia/Sony Animation)
Worst Director
The 13 People (Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, and Jonathan van Tulleken) who directed “Movie 43” — Winner
Dennis Dugan for “Grown Ups 2”
Tyler Perry for “A Madea Christmas” and “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor”
M. Night Shyamalan for “After Earth”
Gore Verbinski for “The Lone Ranger”
Here is a video from Movie 43. It is what “they” don’t like at Steve Jobs, it is what made them to nominate Ashton Kutcher Worst Actor for impersonating Jobs less than perfect. Everyone mocking Jobs has to be punished. It’s crazy, because the movie is utterly funny in a crazy way. If not, all that cast wouldn’t have contributed.
I wonder how can anyone compare Tyler Perry or M. Night Shyamalan with the brilliant stuff which worked at “Movie 43”?
Worst Screenplay
“Movie 43” (written by Steve Baker, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bob Odenkirk, Bill O’Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Olle Sarri, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jeremy Sosenko, Jonathan van Tulleken and Jonas Wittenmark) — Winner
“After Earth” (screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Gary Whitta, story by Will Smith)
“Grown Ups 2” (screenplay by Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy and Fred Wolf)
“The Lone Ranger” (screenplay by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, story by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, based on Lone Ranger by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle)
“A Madea Christmas” (written by Tyler Perry)
Winners generally fail to show up, but Leos are terrible, they collect everything, so Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have collected their gold spray-painted prizes in person, when they have won. Here you have a video of Halle Berry accepting her razzie for “Cat Woman”.
And I couldn’t keep myself to not show you here Sandra Bullock’s show up, because it is really brilliant. She won the Razzie for “All About Steve”, and she won the Oscar for “The Blind Side”.
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