As is tradition, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation handed out its “best of the worst” Razzie Awards on Saturday, the night before the Oscars. You can read the press release followed by the “winners” below:
Voting members of The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation have sifted through the cinematic rubble of last years Berry Worst Achievements in Film, and come up with the winners for The 31st Annual RAZZIE® Awards. Results are announced in satirical ceremonies held at Hollywoods Barnsdall Gallery Theatre at 7:30pm PST on Saturday, February 26, 2011 the now traditional Night Before the Oscars®.
Not quite sweeping the ceremony, but still handily leading the pack among this years RAZZIE choices is RAZZIE Repeat Offender M. Night Shyamalans re-imagining of the faux-anime TV series THE LAST AIRBENDER into a jumbled, jump-cut mess of a movie that fans of the TV show hated even more than critics did (if thats even possible!). In addition to Worst Director and Worst Picture, AIRBENDER also won Worst Screenplay, a brand-new RAZZIE category for 2010, Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D, and Worst Supporting Actor Jackson Rathbone (who had the misfortune to appear in both AIRBENDER and 2010s other most-RAZZIE-nominated title, TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE).
The other big winner (if thats the right term when speaking of these awards) was the bling-obsessed superslick chick flick SEX & THE CITY #2, which took gold-spray-painted statuettes for Worst Sequel, Worst Screen Ensemble (for its entire cast) and Worst Actress (presented jointly to the films four principles, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis).
Rounding out the field of this years sorriest cinematic losers were King of the Twittering Twits Ashton Kutcher as Worst Actor for both KILLERS and VALENTINES DAY, and Jessica Alba, finally winning a RAZZIE with her fifth nomination. Alba was named Worst Supporting Actress for her performances in four films, THE KILLER INSIDE ME, LITTLE FOCKERS, MACHETE and VALENTINES DAY. Links to all of the winners are on right side of this page.
The RAZZIES® were created in 1980 as a logical antidote to Tinsel Towns annual glut of self-congratulatory awards by John Wilson, author of The Official Razzie Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies. Winners were determined by mailing ballots to 637 voters in 46 U.S. states and 17 foreign countries. Electronic voting and certification of this years Final RAZZIE® Ballot was handled by Vote-Now.com.
Worst Picture Winner 2010
The Last Airbender
Worst Actor Winner 2010
Ashton Kutcher (Killers and Valentine’s Day)
Worst Actress Winner 2010
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City 2)
Worst Supporting Actor Winner 2010
Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Worst Supporting Actress Winner 2010
Jessica Alba (The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine’s Day)
Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D (Special Category for 2010!) Winner 2010
The Last Airbender
Worst Screen Couple / Worst Screen Ensemble Winner 2010
Sex and the City 2 Cast
Worst Director Winner 2010
M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)
Worst Screenplay Winner 2010
The Last Airbender (Written by M. Night Shyamalan)
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel (Combined Category for 2010) Winner 2010
Sex and the City 2
