It’s Razzie Time! The 2008 Razzies have released their list of nominees for this year’s awards. The Razzies are handed out each year on the day before the Oscars are announced. The awards “honor” the WORST films of the year. My favorite Razzie moment is still when Halle Berry showed up in person to accept her award for Worst Actress (Catwoman). She showed a lot of class and that she had a great sense of humor too.
Anyway, via our friends over at Cinematical, here are the 2008 Razzie Nominees (My picks have the “*” beside them)
Worst Picture
Bratz
* Daddy Day Camp
I Know Who Killed Me
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Norbit
Worst Actor
Nicholas Cage — Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Next
Jim Carrey — The Number 23
Cuba Gooding, Jr. — Daddy Day Camp and Norbit
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) — Norbit
* Adam Sandler — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Worst Actress
* Jessica Alba — Awake, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Good Luck Chuck
Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos, and Skyler Shaye — Bratz
Elisha Cuthbert — Captivity
Diane Keaton — Because I Said So
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey) — I Know Who Killed Me
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota) — I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Supporting Actor
* Orlando Bloom — Pirates of the Carob-bean: At Wit’s End — aka Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Kevin James — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) — Norbit
Rob Schneider — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jon Voight — Bratz, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, September Dawn, and Transformers
Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Biel — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Next
* Carmen Electra — Epic Movie
Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) — Norbit
Julia Ormond — I Know Who Killed Me
Nicolette Sheridan — Code Name: The Cleaner
Worst Screen Couple
* Jessica Alba & Either: Hayden Christiansen (Awake), Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck), or Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)
Any Combination of Two Totally Air-Headed Characters — Bratz
Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan — I Know Who Killed Me
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) & Either: Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) or Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) — Norbit
Adam Sandler & Either: Kevin James or Jessica Biel — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Worst Remake or Rip-Off
Are We Done Yet? — Remake/Rip-Off of Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House
Bratz — “A rip-off if ever there was one!”
Epic Movie — “Of every movie it rips off.”
* I Know Who Killed Me — Rip-Off of Hostel, Saw, and The Patty Duke Show
Who’s Your Caddy — Rip-Off of Caddyshack
Worst Prequel or Sequel
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Daddy Day Camp
Evan Almighty
Hannibal Rising
* Hostel: Part II
Worst Director
Dennis Dugan — I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Roland Joffe — Captivity
Brian Robbins — Norbit
* Fred Savage — Daddy Day Camp
Chris Siverston — I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Screenplay
* Daddy Day Camp — Geoff Rodkey, David J. Stem, and David N. Weiss
Epic Movie — Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
I Know Who Killed Me — Jeffrey Hammond
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
Norbit — Eddie Murphy, Charles Murphy, Jay Sherick, and David Ronn
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie — New Category
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Captivity
Hannibal Rising
* Hostel: Part II
I Know Who Killed Me
So there you have it. If you want to get a feel for The Movie Blog’s worst films of 2007 you can go here. But sticking with the Razzies, are there any there that really stand out to you?
I do not think that Jon Voight deserved a nomination for Transformers (not really for National Treasure 2 either)
Could Eddie Murphy the first person ever to be nominated for Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Supporting Actress AND as both halfs in Worst Onscreen Couple? And all for one movie as well?
If only he’d played the female lead as well, he could have sown up all the acting categories in one swoop.
Epic movie cannot be nominated because it came out in 2008. but yeah all of these movies suck so bad. does anyone know what time the Razzies come on? Eastern time?
come on eddie murphy is on that list give me a freaking break.
beneath kyle gass….ha! i say!
Where is WILD HOGS!
I just watched that movie on cable, and WOW! Did it ever suck. A film beneath everyone who was in it. Even Kyle Gass. Maybe not beneath Peter Fonda though.
I am glad to see the Jessica sisters up there. They might be today’s version of the Corey brothers. Neither Jessica has been in a good movie that I have seen. They are better to look at than the Corey’s, but man, the movies they end up in are just trash.
Well, Spider-Man 3 lucked out big time!
I thought jessica alba was fine in f42. Personally i liked it a lot.
i don’t care about John’s opinion on f42.
COME ON! Orlando Bloom does NOT deserve a Razzie nomination for POTC: At World’s End. He may not have been amazing, but he does not deserve to ranked with Norbit and Daddy Day Camp. Grow up!
WEll, Nic Cage (or Jessica Biel) should not be singled out for ‘Next’. That wasn’t a bad film. Cage was alright in ‘Ghost Rider’ as well…but that pic sucked thanks to Wes Bentley trying to look scary.
As far as ‘Captivity’ goes- Roland Joffe was re-edited to lure the “Saw” and “Hostel” like crowd. I would give him the Razzie though…if nothing else, just to give him a kick in the pants to remind him of his films from the 80’s, specifically The Killing Fields,
Worst film sequel/horror for me is AvP2.
Worst film overall is I Know Who Killed Me, but Epic Movie should have been one of the choices.
Where is “Rise The Hunter?”
Ice Cube in Daddy Cay Camp?
Jessica Alba w/ The Silver Surfer?
HAHA Fred Savage directed Daddy Day Camp! That’s Gold!
I’m just glad to see Nicolas Cage on this list. He surprised me in Lord Of War because the last time he channelled his acting skills was Leaving Las Vegas ten years prior. He’s buy far the most overrated actor of our generation. Good job Razzle.
The list doesn’t have any nods for Southland Tales, therefore it’s NULL AND VOID:)
epic movie should win every category its nominated for…..by far the worst movie of 2007…..
spiderman 3 was actually pretty good, not as good as the last 2 but it wasnt bad……it still boogles my mind how im seeing spiderman 3 on worse of 07 lists but not epic movie….just because some of u comic geeks were a lil disappointed doesnt mean it was the worst of 07…..epic movie was by far 10 times worse
Where the hell is spiderman 3? I could fart on a blank DVD and it could make a better movie. It ruined my childhood.
Just looking at this list makes me weep. Did all these terrible movies really come out in just 2007?
Worst Picture
Norbit
Worst Actor
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) — Norbit
Worst Actress
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey) — I Know Who Killed Me
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota) — I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Supporting Actor
Orlando Bloom — Pirates of the Carob-bean: At Wit’s End — aka Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Worst Supporting Actress
Carmen Electra — Epic Movie
Worst Screen Couple
Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan — I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Remake or Rip-Off
Epic Movie — “Of every movie it rips off.”
Worst Prequel or Sequel
Hostel: Part II
Worst Director
Fred Savage — Daddy Day Camp
Worst Screenplay
Norbit — Eddie Murphy, Charles Murphy, Jay Sherick, and David Ronn
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie — New Category
Hostel: Part II
Ya, Epic Movie should just get a Razzie in every category. But the only movie on that list I’ve seen is AvPR. Which probably deserves the worst sequel award because…wow…I couldn’t believe how much it sucked. It was far worse than the first one and that is an accomplishment in suck if I’ve ever seen one.
Why wasn’t Epic Movie nominated for worst picture?
Worst movie of the year by far in my opinion.
i really liked avp: requiem.
i saw way worse horror films this year.
The worst film of last year has to be Good Luck Chuck. Good luck watching that film it. Was a wast of 90 mins of your life.
Something tells me Lindsay Lohan is going to take the most Razzie awards…..lol
They nominated her twice for worst actress in I know who killed me and the nomination for worst couple made me chuckle….BRUTAL!
I love the spirit of the Razzies. So many worst of lists will include a critical darling that the critic involved in the list hated becasue they were in a bad mood that day just to prove their independent critic cred or how cool they are (like some lists including films like “Lars and the Real Girl”). You guys got it right with your list and the Razzies really hit a home run here – these are all movies so bad that any reasonable film goer could see going in that they would suck balls. They were all clearly films to be avoided in 2007. The only two I sat through were Pirates 3 (can someone please replace the 3+ hours they stole from my life) and National Treasure (the things you do to please your family when you go home for xmas…)
some of those choices are really lame and stupid. Just put lindsey lohan on every list.