The Golden Globes officially kicked off awards season which is kind of like the Hollywood equivalent of football season, which culminates with the Academy Awards in March, basically the Hollywood Super Bowl… but with crappier musical numbers. (Isn’t that ironic?) 34 years ago, The Golden Raspberry Awards began a tradition of taking place one day before the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars), “honoring” the WORST movies of the year. (A “Raspberry” is the official name of when you stick your tongue out and blow through your lips.)
This year the Will and Jaden Smith nepotism-fest ‘After Earth’ is one of the most nominated movies for the ‘Razzies’. The Razzies started off as a small event, but in recent years has garnered more and more attention, with actual Hollywood stars like Ben Affleck, Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock actually showing up to accept their “awards.” The Smiths face some heavy competition, however from Johnny Depp and his box office turkey ‘The Lone Ranger’.
Here is a complete list of nominations:
WORST PICTURE
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43
WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp: The Lone Ranger
Ashton Kutcher: Jobs
Adam Sandler: Grown Ups 2
Jaden Smith: After Earth
Sylvester Stallone: Bullet To The Head, Escape Plan, Grudge Match
WORST ACTRESS
Halle Berry: Movie 43, The Call
Selena Gomez: Getaway
Lindsay Lohan: The Canyons
Tyler Perry: A Madea Christmas
Naomi Watts: Diana, Movie 43
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lady Gaga: Machete Kills
Salma Hayek: Grown Ups 2
Katherine Heigl: The Big Wedding
Kim Kardashian: Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Lindsay Lohan: In-App-Propriate Comedy, Scary Movie 5
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chris Brown: Battle Of The Year
Larry the Cable Guy: A Madea Christmas
Taylor Lautner: Grown Ups 2
Will Smith: After Earth
Nick Swardson: A Haunted House, Grown Ups 2
WORST DIRECTOR
The 13 People Who Directed Movie 43
Dennis Dugan: Grown Ups 2
Tyler Perry: A Madea Christmas, Temptation
M. Night Shyamalan: After Earth
Gore Verbinski: The Lone Ranger
WORST SCREEN COMBO
The Entire Cast of Groan-Ups, Too
The Entire Cast of Movie 43
Lindsay Lohan & Charlie Sheen: Scary Movie 5
Tyler Perry & EITHER Larry the Cable Guy OR That Worn-Out Wig & Dress: A Madea Christmas
Jaden Smith & Will Smith on Planet Nepotism: After Earth
WORST SCREENPLAY
After Earth: Screenplay by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan, Story by Will Smith
Grown Ups 2: Written by Fred Wolfe & Adam Sandler & Tim Herlihy
The Lone Ranger: Screen Story & Screenplay by Ted Elliott, Justin Haythe & Terry Rosso
A Madea Christmas: Written by Tyler Perry
Movie 43: Written by 19 “Screenwriters”
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Grown Ups 2
Hangover III
The Lone Ranger
Scary Movie 5
Smurfs 2
The most obscure of these is ‘Movie 43’ which is on Netflix but if you haven’t seen it, DON’T!!! I made it through maybe ten minutes, it’s THAT BAD! And it stars like everyone in Hollywood, so you’d think someone somewhere would have noticed how horrible this was before it got made. So the Smiths and Depp may be spared the dishonor just because of this one movie.
Do you agree? Are there other movies/actors that you think were even worse?
