Adam Sandler racks up 11 nominations for the Razzie Awards
Leading the pack for Worst Picture is Sandler's cross-dressing comedy Jack and Jill, which received 12 nods in all (becoming only the 4th film in the Tacky Trophy's history ever to get more dings than the awards have categories). Besides having the inside track to "win" the top award, Jack and Jill is also contending for Sandler as Worst Actor (as male twin Jack) Katie Holmes as Worst Supporting Actress (playing Jack's wife) and former Oscar regular Al Pacino, nabbing his third Razzie nod for playing "himself" as being madly in love with Sandler's female twin. Sandler is also nominated for Worst Actress for playing the role of Jill and, should he "win," and choose to follow in the footsteps of previous "winners" Halle Berry (Catwoman) and Sandra Bullock (All About Steve) Sandler could potentially become the first "winner" who literally has the balls to accept a Worst Actress Razzie.
Also selected as Worst Picture nominees for 2011 are: Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (in which a Midwestern dolt comes to Hollywood to pursue a career in porno films); New Year's Eve (which wastes some than 20 major stars on a "plot" almost as sophisticated as an episode of The Love Boat); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (an even louder, even longer 3-D follow up to Michael Bay's 2009 Worst Picture "winner" Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen); and the 4th installment in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (in which Sparkly Vampire Edward finally marries - and impregnates - Whiny Goth Girl Bella).
For the first time in Razzie history, all five nominated Worst Pictures are also vying for Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Ensemble. Other well-known potential Razzie recipients include: Former Oscar winners Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, British comedian Russell Brand (a Worst Actor choice for the massively disappointing remake of Arthur) and The Victoria's Secret Underwear Model who replaced Megan Fox as the girlfriend of Shia LaBeouf in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
The Razzies were created in 1980 as a logical antidote to Tinsel Town's annual glut of self-congratulatory awards by John Wilson, author of The Official Razzie's Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned At The Movies. Nominees were determined by mailing ballots to 657 voters in 46 U.S. states and 17 foreign countries. "Winners" will be announced, appropriately, on Sunday, April 1 - April Fools' Day.
In addition to allowing the Razzies' more than 600 voting members additional time to see the drek they will eventually dishonor, this new schedule will also allow for more input from the movie-going public before the "winners" are determined. One of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation's three branches consists of average movie-goers, who pay annual dues for the privilege of casting their ballots. Among the upsides of this new timetable is that more of them will have time to visit the Razzies' join-up page (Razzies.com/Join.asp) and take part in the fun. The other two branches consist of film professionals (screenwriters, publicists, directors and cetera) and entertainment journalists (film critics, film bloggers, correspondents, and the like).
For more info on the awards' history, visit The Official Razzie Website, follow the Razzies on , or tune in to The Razzie channel on YouTube.
to check out the full list of Razzie nominees.
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MovieWiz001
When you nominate something for Worst Film of the Year, it clearly means "One of the worst films of the year." Right? @Stansfield
I ain't suckin anyone's dingies, it's just a term used to determine peeps who hate Mike. If you hate the dude's films, then there you go. But if you don't, then I'm sorry. And I ain't the one to mention for an argument.
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MovieWiz001
@Stansfield Geez, no need to get all pissy on me. -_-
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Stansfield
@moviewiz001 Listen *ssholes....I f*cking said it wasn't the worst f*cking film of the year. Don't group me in with everyone who hates Michael Bay. I'm not a huge fan, I can appreciate what he has done and I can call him on his sh*t. Case closed.
" They just hate Michael for whatever he does. " Sounds an awful lot like your sucking Bay's c*ck to me. Sorry if I don't join that bandwagon.
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XxNickTheFilmCriticXx
@moviewiz001 -- Maybe. No clue, maybe they overlooked it, having a biased opinion towards it - or, they actually liked it. I'd like to bet it's one of the above.
3 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
MovieManiac
Transformers 3 was bad but not the worst movie of the year.
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MovieWiz001
@XxNickTheFilmCriticXx Perfect point. They just hate Michael for whatever he does. Spy Kids 4 deserves the spot. And when it comes to the Razzies: Why on earth didn't they include The Green Lantern?
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XxNickTheFilmCriticXx
@Stansfield @moviewiz001 @photoman @coast2coast -- I didn't like Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but why in the hell is it being nominated for worst picture of the year? It was average, nothing more, nothing less. "Average" doesn't qualify for "worst", if you ask me.
"The Green Hornet", "Green Lantern", and "Spy Kids: All the time in the world" and besides "The Green Hornet", they were by far worst movies, and where are they?
3 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
Stansfield
Transformers 3 isn't the worst movie of the year, but it was pretty bad. I mean it was a Transformers movie and I was sleeping through the last half. I don't fall asleep during movies unless I am bored as hell. I won't start a movie if I think I may fall asleep because I am tired. So for a movie to bore me to sleep...yeah it was bad. All you Bay lovers need to get over it. It's being hated on because it should have been great...I woulda settled for good, but what we got was crap. I used to think Adam Sandler was funny until I realized how quickly the shine wears off. The first time I heard about Jack and Jill I knew it was going to be beyond horse sh*t and he really hasn't done anything half way decent since Click. As far as Bucky Larson is concerned....don't people have to see it for it to be called worst?
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ejk1
C'mon, Bucky Larson is clearly the worst film since Battlefield Earth, perhaps beyond.
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Mutant
ha... Green Lantern isn't bad at all, nor is Transformers 3. I loved both of them.
You want a bad film try In the Name of the King part 1,2.
Still you got to laugh at them.
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Space101
@CelluloidDreams I gotta agree that those movies should of been added....
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Bane. Ferguson
yeyeyeyeyeeyeyeyey
3 months agoby @Zak-FFlag
SpaceCowboy
If "Faces in the Crowd" was more than a straight-to-DVD movie it would for sure be on this list.
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SpaceCowboy
It's always exciting to the same movie up for an Oscar also up for a Razzie (Trannies 3)
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The First Avenger: JohnnyBlaze
@dan1 EXACTLY!
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Dan
Adam Sandler sucks. Thank God that's being recognized now.
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Photoman
Transformers 3 ??? Gotta be a mistake .
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CelluloidDreams
"Green Lantern" should have been on the list too!.....
3 months agoby @2movieguysFlag
CelluloidDreams
Nothing for "The Thing"!
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Avian
Razzies only choose movie that are more well known, not the actual worst movies of the year, although they're right with Breaking Dawn: Part 1. That's why I don't like them. Transformers 3 isn't good, yeah, but it's FAR from being one of the worst movies of the year.
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Corey
I love Adam..
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coast2coast
Ok Tranformers 3 was no masterpiece but it's f*cking annoying that keeps getting so much sh*t. It wasn't a terrible movie at all.
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moviegeek
Razzies annoy me, but I'm glad they're trashing Jack and Jill.
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ROFLitschristian
Click @ghostman's link to get everyone's opinion on the Razzie's!
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felipe-11
lol glad to see Adam Sandler getting all that hate
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MovieWiz001
Geez, TF3 is underrated.
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Space101
Adam Sandler earns all the Razzies he can get....It's sad how his comedy turned out...Go back to your roots Sandler!
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Lord McLovin of MovieWeb
OR you can discuss the nominees in the forum down below:
movieweb/forums/FT4w2XuqtIAH84
3 months agoby @ghostmanFlag