I'm going to keep this short and sweet. The official Razzie nominations were announced this morning, and it's time to see just how close I came with my predictions from last time around.
What should be immediately obvious from this list is that I totally suck at this. After much handwringing over the past couple of months, here's the summary of just how well I did.
Total predictions made: 65
Total correct predictions made: 24
So, all totaled, I only guessed correctly slightly more than one-third of the time. I suppose it could have been worse, but I got tripped up by a lot of that "outside the box" Razzie thinking. How was I supposed to know you could nominate four girls as a group to win Worst Actress? How could I have known that Eddie Murphy, by playing a female character, was eligible for Worst Actress? (I was frankly taking the whole Linda Hunt thing to heart in my decision-making process.) And "any two actors from Bratz" for Worst Screen Couple? How is that even allowed?
And now, the big letdown. Joel Schumacher has never won a Razzie, and this year will not change that fact, because he's not even nominated.
As I've already said, I plan to watch every Razzie-nominated movie over the course of one weekend. I surely have my work cut out for me. Anyway, I'll have more to say about these movies very soon, when it's not 2AM, and I'm better able to string together a coherent thought.
Here are my original picks, along with whether or not it was a hit or a miss. Anything that's not crossed out is an official Razzie nominee.
WORST PICTURE
WORST ACTOR
- Eddie Murphy, Norbit — HIT!
- Cuba Gooding, Jr., Daddy Day Camp and What Love Is — HIT! (but Cuba was nominated for Norbit and not What Love Is)
- Robin Williams, License to Wed — MISS!
- Adam Sandler, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — HIT!
- Larry the Cable Guy, Delta Farce — MISS!
- Nicolas Cage, Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Next — MISS!
- Jim Carrey, The Number 23 — MISS!
WORST ACTRESS
- Lindsay Lohan, Georgia Rule, I Know Who Killed Me — HIT! (but Lindsay was not nominated for Georgia Rule)
- Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man 3 — MISS!
- Jessica Alba, Awake, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Good Luck Chuck — HIT!
- Halle Berry, Perfect Stranger — MISS!
- Sandra Bullock, Premonition — MISS!
- Elisha Cuthbert, Captivity — MISS!
- Diane Keaton, Because I Said So — MISS!
- Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos & Skyler Shaye, Bratz — MISS!
- Lindsay Lohan, nominated for her other role in I Know Who Killed Me — MISS!
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Jon Voight, Bratz, Transformers, September Dawn, National Treasure: Book of Secrets — HIT!
- Julian McMahon, Premonition, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — MISS!
- John Travolta, Hairspray, Wild Hogs — MISS!
- Martin Lawrence, Wild Hogs — MISS!
- Tim Allen, Wild Hogs — MISS!
- Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — MISS!
- Kevin James, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — MISS!
- Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong), Norbit — MISS!
- Rob Schneider, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — MISS!
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Keira Knightley, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — MISS!
- Mandy Moore, Because I Said So, License to Wed — MISS!
- Jessica Biel, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Next — HIT!
- Lauren Graham, Because I Said So, Evan Almighty — MISS!
- Julianne Moore, Next
— MISS!
- Carmen Electra, Epic Movie — MISS!
- Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia), Norbit — MISS!
- Julia Ormond, I Know Who Killed Me — MISS!
- Nicolette Sheridan, Code Name: The Cleaner — MISS!
WORST DIRECTOR
- Joel Schumacher, The Number 23 — MISS!
- Fred Savage, Daddy Day Camp — HIT!
- Oliver Hirschbiegel, with an unasked-for assist from the Wachowski Brothers, The Invasion — MISS!
- Michael Lehmann, Because I Said So — MISS!
- Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, Epic Movie — MISS!
- Dennis Dugan, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — MISS!
- Roland Joffé, Captivity — MISS!
- Brian Robbins, Norbit — MISS!
- Chris Siverston, I Know Who Killed Me — MISS!
WORST SCREENPLAY
- Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, Epic Movie — HIT!
- Jeff Hammond, I Know Who Killed Me — HIT!
- Eddie Murphy & Charles Murphy and Jay Sherick & David Ronn, Norbit — HIT!
- Todd Komarnicki & Jon Bokenkamp, Perfect Stranger — MISS!
- Fernley Phillips, The Number 23 — MISS!
- Barry Fanaro and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry —MISS!
- Geoff Rodkey and David J. Stem & David N. Weiss, Daddy Day Camp —MISS!
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
- Eddie Murphy and EITHER Eddie Murphy OR Eddie Murphy, Norbit — HIT!
- Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan, I Know Who Killed Me — HIT!
- Adam Sandler and Kevin James, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — HIT! (Sandler is also nominated for acting opposite Jessica Biel)
- Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, Good Luck Chuck — HIT! (Alba is also nominated for acting opposite Hayden Christensen and Ioan Gruffudd)
- Cedric the Entertainer and Nicollette Sheridan, Code Name: The Cleaner — MISS!
- Any Combination of Two Totally Air-Headed Characters, Bratz — MISS!
WORST REMAKE OR RIP-OFF
WORST PREQUEL OR SEQUEL
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — MISS!
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — MISS!
- Hannibal Rising — HIT!
- Daddy Day Camp — HIT!
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age — MISS!
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem — MISS!
- Evan Almighty — MISS!
- Hostel: Part II — MISS!
WORST EXCUSE FOR A HORROR MOVIE
So, for those playing along at home, here are all the films that you'll have to see to make an informed opinion about who should take home the Razzies this year:
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
- Are We Done Yet?
- Awake
- Because I Said So
- Bratz
- Captivity
- Code Name: The Cleaner
- Daddy Day Camp
- Epic Movie
- Evan Almighty
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Ghost Rider
- Good Luck Chuck
- Hannibal Rising
- Hostel: Part II
- I Know Who Killed Me
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets
- Next
- Norbit
- The Number 23
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- September Dawn
- Transformers
- Who's Your Caddy?
Wow... 25 films. Perhaps the whole idea of a "Razzie Weekend" this year is a little too ambitious. But the good news is, that means there will probably be multiple Razzie Weekends leading up to the big ceremony. Stay tuned!
