Razzies for 2010 Announced - With a New Special Category
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Posted on: 2011-01-24 24:51 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
OK I officially dislike the Razzies now if they are tossing Irwin Allen into the same boat as Uwe Boll.
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The Worst Career Achievement Award has an eclectic list of recipients, also including Linda Blair and Bruce the mechanical shark from Jaws. Irwin "The Master of Disaster" Allen may have been among the best at what he did - in that respect the antithesis of Uwe Boll - but he was, inarguably, a schlockmeister.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
OK I officially dislike the Razzies now if they are tossing Irwin Allen into the same boat as Uwe Boll.
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Hmmm...interresting, I never really followed the Razzies, but looking over the list, it doesn't seem so much that the worst are actually nominated, but rather "We the internet have gripes about the film"
Seeing The Last Airbender get nominate for Worst Screen Ensemble seems to really bring that to the front imo.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
looking over the list, it doesn't seem so much that the worst are actually nominated, but rather "We the internet have gripes about the film"
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These the same people that griped about Repo: The Genetic Opera?
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Not exactly. Last year, Paris Hilton won the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actress of the Decade for her trifecta of awful performances in The Hottie and the Nottie, House of Wax and Repo! The Genetic Opera, which was Repo's only mention in the nominations that year. She didn't bother to pick it up in person, unlike Sandra Bullock (who won Worst Actress for All About Steve).|
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These the same people that griped about Repo: The Genetic Opera?
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It will be interesting to see who, if anyone, has the fortitude and/or sense of humor to collect their award in person this year.
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Yes I saw it. I think if it wasn't based on a cartoon inwhich people loved, it would have done well (it did in countries which havent seen Avatar). It's failure was in not living up to fan expectations/wants/desires. I'd watch TLA over any of the SyFy "what the hell is this movie...are they intentionally trying to be a off shoot of a crappy B movie from the 60's"|
Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Did you actually see The Last Airbender? It was one of the worst films I have ever subjected myself to. The performances of most of the main cast would have been shameful in a Made for the Sci Fi Channel presentation about giant lizards attacking spring break. Each actor earned, on average, 0.8 Meta-Worthingtons, the notorious Australian cardboard humanoid facsimile being the gold standard for bland lifeless performance. And that's only because Shaun Toub as Iroh brought the average for everybody else down from a full 1 Meta-Worthington (or more).
The Last Airbender deserves every word of criticism it's likely to receive, especially given how strong the source material it mangled was. The effects department did its job ok at least... |
And I really don't think the casting was bad at all, and I think the only reason they're giving the Worst Ensemble Nomination to TLA, is because people still think A:TLA has actual earth races, which it didn't, seeing as how it wasn't on earth
We all remember those little rants right?
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Uwe Boll is Irwin Allen raised on lead paint chips with a mercury chaser, evil, and an hourly regimen of blunt head trauma.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
OK I officially dislike the Razzies now if they are tossing Irwin Allen into the same boat as Uwe Boll.
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I always read the Razzies' "winners" list as a suggestion of movies to see. I absolutely love horrible movies, and always have. I look forward to seeing all of the movies on the list that I haven't seen yet...
...Also, my money's on Season of the Witch to sweep next year's Razzies... I really love that movie 
I am an Irwin Allen fan. I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without The Time Tunnel, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants. As much as I loved his work when I was young I have to admit, the man produced a lot of schlock and I think it's entirely appropriate that he be up for a Razzie. I do object to his being compared to Uwe Boll though. Boll is just bad. He comes nowhere close to Irwin Allen's magnificence.
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Here's the thing. I have never watched more than about 5 minutes of the cartoon, I went into the Last Airbender Movie because the previews made it look pretty epic. I knew next to nothing of the source material.|
Originally Posted by BrandX
Yes I saw it. I think if it wasn't based on a cartoon inwhich people loved, it would have done well (it did in countries which havent seen Avatar). It's failure was in not living up to fan expectations/wants/desires. I'd watch TLA over any of the SyFy "what the hell is this movie...are they intentionally trying to be a off shoot of a crappy B movie from the 60's"
And I really don't think the casting was bad at all, and I think the only reason they're giving the Worst Ensemble Nomination to TLA, is because people still think A:TLA has actual earth races, which it didn't, seeing as how it wasn't on earth We all remember those little rants right? |
And that movie was crap. It was just garbage. The writing, the pacing, the acting, just every part of it was garbage. If it's better than Syfy movies, it's not much better. It deserves several razzies.
However I'm amazed that Clash of the Titans isn't getting more razzies. It was way worse than either of the Twilight movies, those movies were almost passable in some respects but Clash of the Titans was horrible writing, horrible directing, horrible script and dialog and half the time I felt like the actors weren't even trying.
It had decent special effects, for what ever that counts for with a horrible plot and badly executed action sequences, the mythological creatures were somewhat believable.
I think it deserved all the razzies.
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Come on, Friedberg and Seltzer have their (admitedly few) moments, and even though the majority of the internet dislikes them their movies can still be considered guilty pleasures for those of us who aren't as jaded and cynical. They're definitely not in the same boat as Uwe Boll
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I too was weened on Irwin Allen primetime SciFi series not to mention his version of Swiss Family Robinson (with a 13 year old Helen Hunt, I was 14 at the time |
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I am an Irwin Allen fan. I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without The Time Tunnel, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants. As much as I loved his work when I was young I have to admit, the man produced a lot of schlock and I think it's entirely appropriate that he be up for a Razzie. I do object to his being compared to Uwe Boll though. Boll is just bad. He comes nowhere close to Irwin Allen's magnificence.
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).And as much as people remember Towering Inferno and his other disaster films with the classic 70s cookie cutter casts and plots, I will always remember the man who gave us the Jupiter 2 and the Flying Sub. He's right up there with Gerry Anderson as icons of my childhood.
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The problem with TLA is that it is the first season of Avatar compressed into 2 hours. It amounts to having 7 hours of a season with no opening and ending credits compressed to just 2 hours. Of course, it is going to suck. The only reason why I would recommend the movie over the TV series is if a person wants to know what Avatar is about, but doesn't have the time to watch the series. I personally enjoyed the series.
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Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
Here's the thing. I have never watched more than about 5 minutes of the cartoon, I went into the Last Airbender Movie because the previews made it look pretty epic. I knew next to nothing of the source material.
And that movie was crap. It was just garbage. The writing, the pacing, the acting, just every part of it was garbage. If it's better than Syfy movies, it's not much better. It deserves several razzies. |
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I think it's less putting them into the same boat as Uwe Boll, and more, it's the worst boat they have and so they are stuck with Uwe Boll until the razzies come up with a special short yellow boat just for Uwe Boll.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
OK I officially dislike the Razzies now if they are tossing Irwin Allen into the same boat as Uwe Boll.
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Just further proves the point. It's internet geek rage on the voting of the Razzies |
Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
Here's the thing. I have never watched more than about 5 minutes of the cartoon, I went into the Last Airbender Movie because the previews made it look pretty epic. I knew next to nothing of the source material.
And that movie was crap. It was just garbage. The writing, the pacing, the acting, just every part of it was garbage. If it's better than Syfy movies, it's not much better. It deserves several razzies. However I'm amazed that Clash of the Titans isn't getting more razzies. It was way worse than either of the Twilight movies, those movies were almost passable in some respects but Clash of the Titans was horrible writing, horrible directing, horrible script and dialog and half the time I felt like the actors weren't even trying. It had decent special effects, for what ever that counts for with a horrible plot and badly executed action sequences, the mythological creatures were somewhat believable. I think it deserved all the razzies. |
It's popular to hate Twilight, so ya got to give it all the Razzies!
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With the Oscars looming in all their self-congratulatory bombast, the Razzie Awards for the worst of movie-making from last year have been announced, with Sex & the City 2 (six nominations), Avatar: The Last Airbender (nine), and Twilight Saga: Eclipse (nine) leading the pack for the uncoveted Golden Raspberry.
Additionally, with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer receiving their third career nomination for the execrable Vampires Suck (having been unfairly overlooked by the Razzie Foundation for their early work), will they be eligible this year to join such anti-luminaries as Irwin Allen and Uwe Boll for a Worst Career Achievement Award?This year, keeping better pace with the technological advances in the medium than the stodgy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Razzies have expanded their awards to include the "Worst Eye-gouging Mis-use of 3-D":