2009 Razzies nominations

[Ccook50]

The nominations for the Razzies, doled out by the Golden Raspberry committee the night before "that other awards show," are being announced. Here's what's up:

Worst Picture
The Love Guru
Disaster Movie
Meet The Spartans
The Happening
The Hottie And The Nottie
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Actress
Paris Hilton, The Hottie & The Nottie
Kate Hudson, Fool's Gold and My Best Friend's Girl
Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and Meg Ryan, The Women
Jessica Alba, The Love Guru and The Eye
Cameron Diaz, What Happens In Vegas

Worst Actor
Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave
Mike Myers, The Love Guru
Larry The Cable Guy, Witless Protection
Al Pacino, 88 Minues
Mark Wahlberg, The Happening and Max Payne

Worst Supporting Actor
Uwe Boll as himself, Uwe Boll's Postal
Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia!
Ben Kingsley, The Love Guru, War Inc. and The Wackness
Burt Reynolds, Deal and In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Supporting Actress
Carmen Electra, Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans
Paris Hilton, Repo: A Genetic Opera
Kim Kardashian, Disaster Movie
Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection
Leelee Sobieski, In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Screen Couples
Uwe Boll and any actor, camera or screenplay
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, What Happens In Vegas
Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore, The Hottie And The Nottie
Larry The Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection
Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave

Worst Prequel, Ripoff, Remake or Sequel
The Day The Earth Blowed Up Real Good
Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Speed Racer
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Worst Director
Uwe Boll, 1968: Tunnel Rats; In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and Uwe Boll's Postal
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans
Tom Putnam, The Hottie And The Nottie
Marco Schnabel, The Love Guru
M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening

Worst Screenplay
Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans
The Happening
The Hottie And The Nottie
In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Love Guru

Worst Career Achievement Award
Uwe Boll

[Cassini90125]

I really don't think that Paris Hilton should be on this list for any of the actress awards. I'm familiar with some of her work and she is no actress by any stretch of the imagination.

[frankie_fan]

You have no idea how happy it is for me to know that both Uwe Boll and Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have FINALLY been nominated this year! Congrats to Uwe Boll for Worst Career Achievement too!

But come on! Speed Racer for Worst Prequel, Ripoff, Remake or Sequel? I loved that film!

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Personally, I love hearing about the Razzies but every once in a while they end up putting a movie or two that I actually like and I felt it wasn't really deserving of a razzie nomination. Unfortunately this time I honestly felt this nomination was totally unfounded: Indiana Jones 4. I'm seriously sick of people knocking this movie, for crying out loud it was not THAT horrible or evil.

I really enjoyed the movie, I saw it twice in fact and I wasn't even a child born Indy fan and I still loved it. What annoys the hell out of me the most was the complaint about the (I'd spoiler tag this but the movie's been out for a while now) aliens being too far fetched........really.......this is the plausibility threshold.....aliens?

Magical coffins that turn Nazis into liquid pudding, magical mind control rocks and immortal knights protecting magical cups of healing waters are plausible but aliens are not, are you serious? I don't think its fair to movies like that to call them crap, just because it wasn't the picture perfect comeback for Indy doesn't mean it warrants a razzie. Uwe Bowell on the other hand, I agree with.

[jekylljuice]

Concerning the worst sequel, remake, etc catagory, I'm actually rather surprised that The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor managed to evade nomination. Admittedly, I probably got more bang for my entertainment fiver from that particular flick than I did from Crystal Skull, if only because TOTDE was so wretchedly bad that in the end it actually became kind of enjoyable (Crystal Skull, meanwhile, had John Hurt and a handful of entertaining set pieces, but otherwise left me feeling cold). I guess that, while everyone pretty much knew what to expect from TOTDE, Indie's long-awaited return had been subject to a lot more anticipation, hence the greater backlash.

Crystal Skull's biggest mind-fudge, for me, had less to do with the presence of extra-terrestrials than it did the greater mystery as to how Cate Blanchett ever thought that she could use the danged thing as a weapon in the first place! Seriously, did I miss something there?

[frankie_fan]

Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow

Uwe Bowell on the other hand, I agree with.

Absolutely. He's destroyed the video game industry without even trying. I also agree on Jason and Aaron. They destroyed the parody genre of comedy. It's going to be hard for anyone (including Mel Brooks and David Zucker) to bring it back onto its feet.

[Ridureyu]

Uwe Boll deserved it much more for House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. In the Name of the King is boring and cliche-filled, but not nearly as bad as his previous work.