Golden Raspberry Awards 2011

You thought I would write about the Oscars? Everyone who reads this blog already watched them. Here are the nominees for the worst movies of last year (winners to be announced April Fools Day). Adam Sandler is the big, er, loser here with 11 nominations, a record. The two that I saw are linked.

Worst Picture
Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star
Jack & Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

Worst Director (ditto, except Dugan has a second credit)
Michael Bay, Transformers
Tom Brady, Bucky Larson
Bill Condon, Twilight
Dennis Dugan, (2) Jack & Jill and Just Go with It
Garry Marshall, New Year's Eve

Worst Actor
Russell Brand, Arthur
Nicolas Cage, (3 movies) Drive Angry 3D, Season of the Witch, and Trespass
Taylor Lautner, (2) Abduction and Twilight
Adam Sandler, (2) Jack & Jill and Just Go with It
Nick Swardson, Bucky Larson

Worst Actress:
Martin Lawrence, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin: The Undefeated
Sarah Jessica Parker, (2) I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year's Eve
Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart, Twilight

Worst Supporting Actor
Patrick Dempsey, Transformers
James Franco, Your Highness
Ken Jeong, (4) Big Mommas, Hangover II, Transformers, Zookeeper
Al Pacino, Jack & Jill
Swardson, (2) Jack & Jill and Just Go with It

Worst Supporting Actress
Katie Holmes, Jack & Jill
Brandon T. Jackson, Big Mommas
Nicole Kidman, Just Go with It
David Spade, Jack & Jill
The Underwear Model (aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Transformers (I'm guessing you had to be there to get it)

Worst Screen Ensemble (exactly the same as Worst Picture)
Bucky Larson
Jack & Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers
Twilight

Worst Screenplay (exactly the same as Worst Picture)
Bucky Larson
Jack & Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers
Twilight

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel
Arthur (remake)
Bucky Larson (rip-off of Boogie Nights and A Star is Born)
The Hangover II (both a sequel and a remake)
Jack & Jill (remake/rip-off of Ed Woods' Glen or Glenda)
Twilight (sequel)

Worst Screen Couple
Nicolas Cage & anyone sharing the screen with him in any of his three 2011 movies
Shia LeBoeuf & the Underwear Model, Transformers
Sandler & either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker, Just Go with It
Sandler & either Holmes, Pacino, or Sandler, Jack & Jill
Stewart & either Lautner or Robert Pattinson, Twilight

You, too, can vote for the worst movies of the year by joining up at the Razzies website. For those hiding under rocks, look at Oscar.com for the list of winners and other fun stuff and then check out this video of Sacha Baron Cohen in character on the red carpet promoting his next movie The Dictator.

Razzies nominations 2011

The Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst achievements in movies have been going on for over 30 years. I'll do you a favor and not link to the website, which has annoying popups every time I navigate to a new page. Go to http://razzies.com at your own risk. I can't vouch for these choices, as I've seen only four of them (Burlesque, Little Fockers, The Switch, and Valentine's Day).

WORST PICTURE 
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex & the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck

WORST ACTOR
Jack Black, Gulliver's Travels
Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher, Killers and Valentine's Day
Taylor Lautner, Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Robert Pattinson, Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston, The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Miley Cyrus, The Last Song
The Four "Gal Pals" (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis, Cynthia Nixon), Sex & the City 2
Megan Fox, Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart, Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Lopez, Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel, The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone, The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider, Grown Ups

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Alba, The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, and Valentine’s Day
Cher, Burlesque
Liza Minnelli, Sex & The City 2
Nicola Peltz, The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand, Little Fockers

WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE OF 3-D (Special category for 2010!)
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D (aka Saw VII)

WORST SCREEN COUPLE / WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent, Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex & The City 2
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST DIRECTOR
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King, Sex & The City 2
M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender
David Slade, Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables

WORST SCREENPLAY
The Last Airbender, Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante Dimartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on characters created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex & The City 2, Written by Michael Patrick King, based on the TV series created by Darren Star
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Clash of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck