In an amazing-to-believe turn of events, ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn—Part 2’ has been nominated for a few Razzies—actually, it was nominated in every single category.
The Razzies are the anti-Oscars. They award the weakest and most critically-panned films of the year in a ceremony that stars notoriously do not go to. It makes headlines when celebrities appear to accept their ‘awards’ (Halle Berry very famously accepted the Worst Actress Award for ‘Catwoman’ the same year she was the Oscar for ‘Monster’s Ball’).
To be fair, this final ‘Twilight’ film was called the ‘best’ (using that term loosely) entry in the series. And, as Bryan Enk puts it for MovieTalk on Yahoo!, ‘It is a bit of a lazy (and unfair) stunt to pull; at this point, it's become somewhat tiresome to trash on “Twilight,” especially after it's made its final bow.’
Other nominees include Milla Jovovich for Worst Actress in ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ (which even I would call a little odd, since she is a capable actress who happens to be stuck in a horrible video game movie series) and then the couple of nominations that ‘Atlas Shrugged: Part II’ managed to get. Remember ‘Part I’? Thought so.
And then ‘Battleship’ managed to get a few ‘honorable’ nods—which, as Enk says, ‘why hate on harmless dum-dum summer fare like “Battleship,” which earned six nominations (including a completely ridiculous Worst Supporting Actor nod for Liam Neeson)’. And then you get Tyler Perry—poor Tyler Perry, since he’s been nominated in three categories, including Worst Actress for ‘Madea’s Witness Protection’.
The full list of nominees appears below. Enjoy.
Worst Picture:
‘Battleship’
‘The Oogieloves in Big Balloon Adventure’
‘That's My Boy’
‘A Thousand Words’
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Worst Director:
Sean Anders, ‘That's My Boy’
Peter Berg, ‘Battleship’
Bill Condon, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Tyler Perry, ‘Good Deeds’ / ‘Madea's Witness Protection’
John Putch, ‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’
Worst Actress:
Katherine Heigl, ‘One For the Money’
Milla Jovovich, ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’
Tyler Perry, ‘Madea's Witness Protection’
Kristen Stewart, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’ / ‘Snow White and the Huntsmen’
Barbra Streisand, ‘The Guilt Trip’
Worst Actor:
Nicolas Cage, ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ / ‘Seeking Justice’
Eddie Murphy, ‘A Thousand Words’
Robert Pattinson, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Tyler Perry, ‘Alex Cross’ / ‘Good Deeds’
Adam Sandler, ‘That's My Boy’
Worst Supporting Actress:
Jessica Biel, ‘Playing For Keeps’ / ‘Total Recall’
Brooklyn Decker, ‘Battleship’ / ‘What to Expect When You're Expecting’
Ashley Greene, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Jennifer Lopez, ‘What to Expect When You're Expecting’
Rihanna, ‘Battleship’
Worst Supporting Actor:
David Hasselhoff, ‘Pirannha 3-DD’
Taylor Lautner, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Liam Neeson, ‘Battleship’ / ‘Wrath of the Titans’
Nick Swardson, ‘That's My Boy’
Vanilla Ice, ‘That's My Boy’
Worst Screen Ensemble:
‘Battleship’
‘The Oogieloves in Big Balloon Adventure’
‘That's My Boy’
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
‘Madea's Witness Protection’
Worst Screenplay:
‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’
‘Battleship’
‘That's My Boy’
‘A Thousand Words’
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel:
‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’
‘Piranha 3-DD’
‘Red Dawn’
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
‘Madea's Witness Protection’
Worst Screen Couple:
Any two cast members from ‘Jersey Shore’ in ‘The Three Stooges’
Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’
Tyler Perry and his drag in ‘Madea's Witness Protection’
Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, or Susan Sarandon in ‘That's My Boy’
For more, check out Bryan Ek’s article on Yahoo!.
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