2008 Razzie Awards

Darth Geek · January 21, 2009, 09:02:50 PM

Quote from: eegah on January 21, 2009, 08:27:36 PM
What, no Zooey?

Gotta agree on that one. Holy crap was she was bad in that movie!

Nope, sorry, I don't see your dignity. Mine either, although that isn't surprising.

Trumpysgirl · January 22, 2009, 06:41:46 AM

Quote from: Darth Geek on January 21, 2009, 09:02:50 PM
Quote from: eegah on January 21, 2009, 08:27:36 PM
What, no Zooey?
Gotta agree on that one. Holy crap was she was bad in that movie!

Nope, sorry, I don't see your dignity. Mine either, although that isn't surprising.

Which is the biggest tragedy since she's usually really good. Thank God this didn't kill her career.

mrbasehart · January 22, 2009, 06:45:20 AM

I think it might keep her from being a box office star, though.

She's better in the little movies anyway.

Petey Wheatstraw · January 22, 2009, 07:59:58 AM

Quote from: Darth Geek on January 21, 2009, 05:57:05 PM
So Meet Dave didn't even get included? I would have imagined that the guys would have a lot of fun with the idead that one of their own was involved with a Razzie winner.

Eddie Murphy was nominated for 'Worst Actor' and 'Worst Screen Couple'.

I think that the Razzies have the same sort of popularity-contest mentality as the Oscars/etc. There were far worse films than Meet Dave and The Love Guru released this year, but I doubt the nominators had even heard of them. I can definitely say, without any hesitation at all, that An American Carol is far worse than either of these movies, and I've only seen the trailers and a few clips.

As for Uwe Boll being "Germany's answer to Ed Wood": Ed Wood made entertaining bad movies, and actually enjoyed making them. He is far above Uwe Boll in every way possible.

esoobaC .T bocaJ · January 22, 2009, 10:24:55 AM

Just felt like posting the full list

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

Worst Actor:
* Larry the Cable Guy (Witless Protection)
* Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)
* Mike Myers (The Love Guru)
* Al Pacino (88 Minutes, Righteous Kill)
* Mark Wahlberg (The Happening, Max Payne)

Worst Actress:
* Jessica Alba (The Eye, The Love Guru)
* The Cast of The Women (Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Meg Ryan)
* Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas)
* Paris Hilton (The Hottie and the Nottie)
* Kate Hudson (Fool's Gold, My Best Friend's Girl)

Worst Supporting Actor:
* Uwe Boll (as Himself) (Postal)
* Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!)
* Ben Kingsley (The Love Guru, War Inc, The Wackness)
* Burt Reynolds (Deal, In the Name of the King)
* Verne Troyer (The Love Guru, Postal)

Worst Supporting Actress:
* Carmen Electra (Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans)
* Paris Hilton (Repo: The Genetic Opera)
* Kim Kardashian (Disaster Movie)
* Jenny McCarthy (Witless Protection)
* Leelee Sobieski (88 Minutes, In the Name of the King)

Worst Screen Couple:
* Uwe Boll & Any Actor, Camera or Screenplay
* Cameron Diaz & Ashton Kutcher (What Happens in Vegas)
* Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore (Hottie & The Nottie)
* Larry the Cable Guy & Jenny McCarthy (Witless Protection)
* Eddie Murphy IN Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off 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, Postal)
* Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer (Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans)
* Tom Putnam (The Hottie & The Nottie)
* Marco Schnabel (The Love Guru)
* M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening)

Worst Screenplay:
* Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans (Both Written By Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer)
* The Happening (Written By M. Night Shyamalan)
* The Hottie And The Nottie (Written By Heidi Ferrer)
* In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Screenplay By Doug Taylor)
* The Love Guru (Written By Mike Myers & Graham Gordy)

Worst Career Achievement:
* Uwe Boll

Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck · January 22, 2009, 10:28:05 AM

QuoteWorst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel:
* The Day The Earth Blowed Up Real Good

We have a winner!

Compound · January 22, 2009, 04:04:15 PM

Quote from: Isaac on January 22, 2009, 07:59:58 AM

I think that the Razzies have the same sort of popularity-contest mentality as the Oscars/etc. There were far worse films than Meet Dave and The Love Guru released this year, but I doubt the nominators had even heard of them. I can definitely say, without any hesitation at all, that An American Carol is far worse than either of these movies, and I've only seen the trailers and a few clips.

And you'd be wrong.

I've seen all six films nominated as well as An American Carol and all of the nominees deserve to be there. (Well, maybe not The Happening. It's bad, but it seems to be on there because of M Night's name being on it. If Joe Smith had directed it, I doubt that it would have been nominated.) Frankly, even if you removed all six current nominees, Carol still wouldn't be on the list. Hell, off the top of my head, you could nominate Postal, One Missed Call, Max Payne, Prom Night, Witless Protection and Made of Honor. And you still wouldn't be near nominating Carol.

Look, American Carol is in the same ballpark as Superhero Movie: A film with some decent jokes and a lot of scenes where you can see the missed opportunities. But I at least chuckled at some jokes. I didn't even do that in the four "comedies" nominated by the Razzies. It's not a good film by any means, but it's not the humorless bottom of the barrel that was nominated. Hell, it wasn't even as bad as Fool's Gold.

And watching An American Carol was more entertaining than watching either Religulous or Expelled.

Petey Wheatstraw · January 22, 2009, 07:23:35 PM

Quote from: Compound on January 22, 2009, 04:04:15 PM
Quote from: Isaac on January 22, 2009, 07:59:58 AM

I think that the Razzies have the same sort of popularity-contest mentality as the Oscars/etc. There were far worse films than Meet Dave and The Love Guru released this year, but I doubt the nominators had even heard of them. I can definitely say, without any hesitation at all, that An American Carol is far worse than either of these movies, and I've only seen the trailers and a few clips.

And you'd be wrong.

I've seen all six films nominated as well as An American Carol and all of the nominees deserve to be there. (Well, maybe not The Happening. It's bad, but it seems to be on there because of M Night's name being on it. If Joe Smith had directed it, I doubt that it would have been nominated.) Frankly, even if you removed all six current nominees, Carol still wouldn't be on the list. Hell, off the top of my head, you could nominate Postal, One Missed Call, Max Payne, Prom Night, Witless Protection and Made of Honor. And you still wouldn't be near nominating Carol.

Look, American Carol is in the same ballpark as Superhero Movie: A film with some decent jokes and a lot of scenes where you can see the missed opportunities. But I at least chuckled at some jokes. I didn't even do that in the four "comedies" nominated by the Razzies. It's not a good film by any means, but it's not the humorless bottom of the barrel that was nominated. Hell, it wasn't even as bad as Fool's Gold.

And watching An American Carol was more entertaining than watching either Religulous or Expelled.

You can have any opinion you want, but I found what I've seen from An American Carol to be on the same level as any of the Friedberg/Seltzer spoofs...and of all of those, the most I've seen of any of them, was about 30 minutes of Date Movie. And I'd definitely say that what I've seen from An American Carol is equal to what I've seen of Larry the Cable Guy's stand-up. It can't be better than Witless Protection.

And I've actually seen more of Postal than any of these - I can say without hesitation that what I've seen from An American Carol is equal to Postal. Again, I haven't watched the movie from start to finish, but I've seen enough of it to know that it deserved to be nominated.

Trumpysgirl · January 23, 2009, 07:58:43 AM

Never heard of An American Carol, am I right in assuming it has something to do with charles dickens?

Tripe · January 23, 2009, 07:59:54 AM

Structurally yes.

Trumpysgirl · January 23, 2009, 08:02:14 AM

Poor Charlie, he didn't ask for his art to be copied into a crappy film.

Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck · January 23, 2009, 08:09:02 AM

Quote from: TripeHoundRedux on January 23, 2009, 07:59:54 AM
Structurally yes.

Unless you count that the Ghost of America Past (or whatever it was called) in the visage of General Patton and played by Kelsey Grammer appears all through the movie instead of just saying his piece and going.

Guess Zucker couldn't let go of the biggest name (

) in the film.

(didn't actually see it - read that in a review. it also says that Zucker and Co. say all through the commentary that they were rewriting constantly and that all the jokes suck)

Compound · January 23, 2009, 10:30:55 AM

Quote from: Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck on January 23, 2009, 08:09:02 AM
Quote from: TripeHoundRedux on January 23, 2009, 07:59:54 AM
Structurally yes.

Unless you count that the Ghost of America Past (or whatever it was called) in the visage of General Patton and played by Kelsey Grammer appears all through the movie instead of just saying his piece and going.

Guess Zucker couldn't let go of the biggest name () in the film.

Yeah, that was one of the issues that I had with the film, breaking too much away from the Dickens model. Part of the problem may have been the casting.
Jon Voight plays George Washington, who's the Ghost of Christmas Present. Frankly, he's great. I'd cheerfully watch 2 hours of Voight playing Washington. And that's a problem with the film. In the commentary track, they mention that they had to cut back Voight's scenes drastically because, well, he had too good of a performance. After his scene, it took the audience too long to get back into the "Oh, yeah. We're watching a comedy" mindset. Frankly, it they had cast Dennis Hopper as Washington, the movie might have had a better comedic flow. But as it stands, the Christmas present stuff goes about 2-3 mintues. Some of it gets rolled into Grammer's part, but they really needed a more sustantial Present to make the Dickens framework work.

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(didn't actually see it - read that in a review. it also says that Zucker and Co. say all through the commentary that they were rewriting constantly and that all the jokes suck)

Having heard the commentary track, they don't quite say that the jokes all sucked, but they were clearly unhappy with the finished script. As an outside observer, it really needed another draft, but apparently the writer's strike made that a no-go.

Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck · January 23, 2009, 10:37:59 AM

Quote from: Compound on January 23, 2009, 10:30:55 AM
As an outside observer, it really needed another draft, but apparently the writer's strike made that a no-go.

From what I've read, this whole thing should have been a no-go.

Liberals aren't above lampooning - Team America? - but this just sounded pathetic.

esoobaC .T bocaJ · February 22, 2009, 06:05:35 AM

The Winners

QuoteThe winners of the 2008 Razzie Awards have been announced, with Mike Myers' "The Love Guru" and Paris Hilton's "The Hottie and the Nottie" both taking home three wins. "The Love Guru" was picked as the worst film of the year.

Check out the full list of winners below and let us know if you would change something.

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 Actor:
* Mike Myers (The Love Guru)
* Larry the Cable Guy (Witless Protection)
* Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)
* Al Pacino (88 Minutes, Righteous Kill)
* Mark Wahlberg (The Happening, Max Payne)

Worst Actress:
* Paris Hilton (The Hottie and the Nottie)
* Jessica Alba (The Eye, The Love Guru)
* The Cast of The Women (Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Meg Ryan)
* Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas)
* Kate Hudson (Fool's Gold, My Best Friend's Girl)

Worst Supporting Actor:
* Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!)
* Uwe Boll (as Himself) (Postal)
* Ben Kingsley (The Love Guru, War Inc, The Wackness)
* Burt Reynolds (Deal, In the Name of the King)
* Verne Troyer (The Love Guru, Postal)

Worst Supporting Actress:
* Paris Hilton (Repo: The Genetic Opera)
* Carmen Electra (Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans)
* Kim Kardashian (Disaster Movie)
* Jenny McCarthy (Witless Protection)
* Leelee Sobieski (88 Minutes, In the Name of the King)

Worst Screen Couple:
* Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore (Hottie & The Nottie)
* Uwe Boll & Any Actor, Camera or Screenplay
* Cameron Diaz & Ashton Kutcher (What Happens in Vegas)
* Larry the Cable Guy & Jenny McCarthy (Witless Protection)
* Eddie Murphy IN Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel:
* Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
* The Day The Earth Blowed Up Real Good
* Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans
* Speed Racer
* Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Worst Director:
* Uwe Boll (1968: Tunnel Rats, In The Name Of The King, Postal)
* Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer (Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans)
* Tom Putnam (The Hottie & The Nottie)
* Marco Schnabel (The Love Guru)
* M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening)

Worst Screenplay:
* The Love Guru (Written By Mike Myers & Graham Gordy)
* Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans (Both Written By Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer)
* The Happening (Written By M. Night Shyamalan)
* The Hottie And The Nottie (Written By Heidi Ferrer)
* In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Screenplay By Doug Taylor)

Worst Career Achievement:
* Uwe Boll

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2008 Razzie Awards