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Monday 23 January 2017

Awards Season 2017: Razzies Nominations


As is now traditional (the day before the Oscar nominations), this year's Golden Raspberry Awards nominations have been announced. Ever since 1981, the Razzies dishonour the very worst of film in the preceding 12 months and, by the old Gods and the new, there was a lot of subpar crap to hit the cinema screens in 2016. 

So much so, there's been a change to the Razzies' usual format. As the press release for the Razzies nominations states 'The crop of cinematic crap in 2016 was so extensive that this year's 37th Annual Razzie® Awards is expanding from 5 nominees to an unprecedented 6 contenders in each of its 9 Worst Achievement in Film categories.'

Yep, last year was that bad, they've had to expand the number of nominees. 

So here is the full list of nominations:

WORST PICTURE 
   Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  
   Dirty Grandpa 
   Gods of Egypt 
   Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 
   Independence Day: Resurgence  
   Zoolander No. 2 

WORST ACTOR  
   Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)   
   Gerard Butler (Gods of Egypt, London Has Fallen
   Henry Cavill (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)   
   Robert  de Niro (Dirty Grandpa)
   Dinesh D'Souza [as Himself] (Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
   Ben Stiller (Zoolander No. 2

WORST ACTRESS  
   Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
   Tyler Perry (BOO! A Medea Halloween)
   Julia Roberts (Mother's Day)  
   Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton]  (Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
   Naomi Watts (Divergent Series: Allegiant, Shut-In
   Shailene Woodley (Divergent Series: Allegiant)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS   
   Julianne Hough (Dirty Grandpa)  
   Kate Hudson (Mother's Day)  
   Aubrey Plaza (Dirty Grandpa)  
   Jane Seymour (Fifty Shades of Black
   Sela Ward (Independence Day: Resurgence)  
   Kristen Wiig (Zoolander No. 2

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
   Nicolas Cage (Snowden)  
   Johnny Depp (Alice Through the Looking Glass
   Will Ferrell (Zoolander No. 2)
   Jesse Eisenberg (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)   
   Jared Leto (Suicide Squad)  
   Owen Wilson (Zoolander No. 2

WORST SCREEN COMBO 
   Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)  
   Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals (Gods of Egypt
   Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume (Alice Through the Looking Glass
   The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors (Collateral Beauty)  
   Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig (BOO! A Medea Halloween)
   Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson (Zoolander No. 2)  

WORST DIRECTOR  
   Dinesh D'Souza & Bruce Schooley (Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
   Roland Emmerich (Independence Day: Resurgence
   Tyler Perry (BOO! A Medea Halloween)
   Alex Proyas (Gods of Egypt)  
   Zack Snyder (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)   
   Ben Stiller (Zoolander  No. 2

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF  or SEQUEL  
   Alice Through the Looking Glass 
   Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice   
   Fifty Shades of Black 
   Independence Day: Resurgence 
   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 
   Zoolander No. 2 

WORST SCREENPLAY  
   Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice    
   Dirty Grandpa  
   Gods of Egypt  
   Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 
   Independence Day: Resurgence  
   Suicide Squad

Zoolander No. 2 gets the most nods with 9, with Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice behind on 8. I was expecting to see Ghostbusters plastered all over this, but not a single nomination.   

There's no details as yet for the Razzie Redeemer Award- maybe 2016 was such a bad year there's nobody worth nominating? Who knows? If these details do come through, I'll update the post accordingly.

So that just leaves tomorrow's announcement of the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards. So it's time for me to get off the fence, decide on who I think will be nominated and share it with you fine people.

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