Razzies restore balance to the world of cinema
Thank the gods for creating whatever force brought normalcy and balance back to Hollywood by nominating Sandra Bullock for the worst actress category at the 30th annual Razzie Awards, because her whole Oscar nod was really starting to make me feel like I was in some sort of bizarro world.
Although I hear she’s pretty good in The Blind Side, which I haven’t seen but I believe she plays an annoying, tom boyish awkward gal who gets a crazy makeover and wins a beauty contest, makes out with Keanu Reeves, inspires a homeless boy to become a first overall NFL draft pick by showing him her mother’s scrapbook of pictures documenting the crazy antics of the “ya ya” sisterhood, all while not traveling below 80 MPH on a city bus full of people. Then she does it all again on a cruise ship. It sounds like a whirlwind of a ride, and the role definitely plays to all of Bullock’s strengths (mostly just that knee slapping trip scene in Miss Congeniality), so she actually has a chance of winning it.
Plus, Hollywood loves a good comeback story when it doesn’t involve Mickey Rourke, and if your two previous movies were All about Steve and The Proposal, then an Oscar contending movie is definitely considered a comeback.
Speaking of All about Steve, this fine piece of work is what garnered Bullock the Razzie nod, not only restoring the crucial spiritual balance that keeps the tectonic plates from shifting and swallowing up Hollywood in a pit of fire and melted collagen, but also gives her the chance, as the Razzie press release reads, of “pull[ing] off the unprecedented feat of “winning” a Razzie one day before winning an Oscar.”
Oh ya, there were some other nominations as well. Vote for Bullock!
Worst Picture
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of The Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Worst Actor
All Three Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
Will Ferrell, Land of the Lost
Steve Martin, Pink Panther 2
Eddie Murphy, Imagine That
John Travolta, Old Dogs
Worst Actress
Beyonce, Obsessed
Sandra Bullock, All About Steve
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Megan Fox, Jennifers Body and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sarah Jessica Parker, Did You Hear About The Morgans?
Worst Supporting Actor
Billy Ray Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hugh Hefner (as Himself), Miss March
Robert Pattinson, Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jorma Taccone (as Cha-Ka), Land of the Lost
Marlon Wayans, G.I. Joe
Worst Screen Couple of 2009
Any Two (or More) Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper, All About Steve
Will Ferrell & Any Co-Star, Creature or Comic Riff, Land of the Lost
Shia LaBeouf & EITHER Megan Fox OR Any Transformer, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Kristen Stewart & EITHER Robert Pattinson OR Taylor Whatz-His-Fang, Twilight Saga: New Moon
Worst Supporting Actress
Candice Bergen, Bride Wars
Ali Larter, Obsessed
Sienna Miller, G.I. Joe
Kelly Preston, Old Dogs
Julie White (as Mom), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of The Lost
Pink Panther 2
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon
Worst Director
Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Walt Becker, Old Dogs
Brad Silberling, Land of the Lost
Stephen Sommers, G.I. Joe
Phil Traill, All About Steve
Thoughts on the list, who’s missing, who deserves to win? Leave your answers in the comment section.
Chris Klein, in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
I’m pretty sure that was one of the top-5 worst performances in the history of colour movies. It’s so awful it’s a 10 on the unintentional comedy scale, which on second thought might be why it wasn’t nominated.
Do the Razzies normally avoid the obvious picks?
Haha yes, I totally love off Klein in Street Fighter. That’s a bravura-awful performance. And I think I disagree with you — I think Klein’s performance was totally intentional, and that’s maybe why the Razzies left him off. The movie itself should totally be nominated though. I’m also surprised Post Grad didn’t get any love/hate, because I watched half of it on a plane recently and thought a plane crash would have been more pleasant. BTW, I wrote in my Aughts post that Michael Keaton was ripe for a comeback. Little did I know, he had one, in Post Grad, the poor guy.
I might be on my own here, but i actually thought Megan Fox was good (as in, funny) in Jennifer’s Body. It’s like they forgot that it was a B movie in the first place.
It’s like saying Kurt Russell didn’t invoke enough emotion from the audience in Death Proof