Quite a few Oscar winners on this year’s list.
While never the most unpredictable of the annual film awards, the Golden Raspberries/Razzies can still throw out a few surprises every now and then.
The announcement of the 2018 Razzie nominees has done just that, as a number of otherwise acclaimed and beloved names have made an appearance on the lists.
And largely, it is down to one word: mother!
Yes, the movie that Requiem for a Dream/Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky wrote after coming up with the title first, mother! has scooped nominations for Aronofsky’s directing, alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem’s individual performances.
It’s a collective fall from grace for three of Hollywood’s most revered names.
Even Anthony Hopkins received a nomination for not just one but two of his roles this year (Collide and Transformers: The Last Knight).
In their noble effort to create a horror film that really makes you think, the trio have ended up on the list of undesirables next to a glorified phone commercial (The Emoji Movie), another Michael Bay flick and Tom Cruise’s version of The Mummy, AKA that movie with the actual line, “Thanks for bringing me back from the dead, dude.” It was muck.
The Golden Raspberry Awards were first staged in 1981 to commemorate the very worst in films.
Here is the list of nominees for the 38th annual Razzies:
WORST PICTURE
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
WORST ACTRESS
Katherine Heigl, Unforgettable
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades Darker
Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
Tyler Perry, BOO! 2: A Medea Halloween
Emma Watson, The Circle
WORST ACTOR
Tom Cruise, The Mummy
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades Darker
Zac Efron, Baywatch
Mark Wahlberg, Daddy’s Home 2/ Transformers: The Last Knight
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, mother!/ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Russell Crowe, The Mummy
Josh Duhamel, Transformers: Last Knight
Mel Gibson, Daddy’s Home 2
Anthony Hopkins, Collide/ Transformers: The Last Knight
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kim Basinger, Fifty Shades Darker
Sofia Boutella, The Mummy
Laura Haddock, Transformers: The Last Knight
Goldie Hawn, Snatched
Susan Sarandon, A Bad Moms Christmas
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Combination of Two Characters, Two Sex Toys or Two Sexual Positions, Fifty Shades Darker
Any Combination of Two Humans, Two Robots or Two Explosions, Transformers: The Last Knight
Any Two Obnoxious Emojis, The Emoji Movie
Johnny Depp and His Worn Out Drunk Routine, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Careers Tell No Tales
Tyler Perry and Either the Ratty Old Dress or Worn Out Wig, BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Baywatch
BOO 2: A Medea Halloween
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
WORST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, mother!
Michael Bay, Transformers: The Last Knight
James Foley, Fifty Shades Darker
Alex Kurtzman, The Mummy
Anthony (Tony) Leondis, The Emoji Movie
WORST SCREENPLAY
Baywatch
The Emoji Movie
Fifty Shades Darker
The Mummy
Transformers: The Last Knight
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