With all eyes on Hollywood as we prepared for the ninety fifth Academy Awards, one group stood proudly to poke a thumb in ‘em. Certainly, the ignoble Golden Raspberries (wouldn’t that be a cloudberry?) introduced their “winners” on Friday evening.
Andrew Dominik’s unorthodox Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde was voted Worst Image. As generally occurs, nonetheless, Blonde’s central efficiency by Ana De Armas is up for the Greatest Actress Oscar. (This is the reason Baskin-Robbins makes 32 flavors, as my mom would say; certainly, V.F.’s critic had conflicted emotions in regards to the image.)
Different candidates on this class included Pinocchio (that is the Robert Zemeckis one, not the Guillermo del Toro one), Good Mourning (from writer-director-star Machine Gun Kelly), The King’s Daughter (an adventure-fantasy movie that sat on a shelf since 2015), and Morbius.
That comedian ebook vampire movie (which is adjoining to Venom, which is, because of its connective tissue to Spider-Man, kinda-sorta a part of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, however this can be a bond not acknowledged in all 50 states!) was nonetheless a Razzie-“winner.” Jared Leto, the film’s lead, took house the prize for Worst Actor, beating out the aforementioned Machine Gun Kelly, Pete Davidson for his voice work in Marmaduke, Tom Hanks in Pinocchio, and Sylvester Stallone, who holds the document for many lifetime Golden Raspberry wins by a considerable margin at 10, and was beforehand named Worst Actor of the Century. Sly was nominated for the under-discussed direct-to-Amazon you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it Samaritan. Leto was a Golden Raspberry recipient final yr, too, for his supporting position in Home of Gucci.
The Razzies, which some individuals assume is usually a little merciless, took one on the chin this yr for the Greatest Actress award. Once they first introduced their nominees, they included Ryan Kiera Armstrong, star of the Firestarter remake. This was shortly slammed, as Armstrong is, certainly, only a child. Everybody yelled at them, even Drew Barrymore.
This degree of obnoxiousness, most agreed, took the enjoyable out of the proceedings. The Razzies’s web site boasts, “solely the perfect personal their dangerous!” and, over time, some with thick skins, like Paul Verhoeven and Sandra Bullock, proudly accepted their ignoble trophies in particular person. That is enjoyable. Choosing on a 12-year-old’s efficiency will not be.
In that spirit, the Razzies gave themselves the prize on this class, calling the nomination “a blunder that was put by means of the blender.” This saved Bryce Dallas Howard, Diane Keaton, Kaya Scodelario, or Alicia Silverstone from presumably being named.
One other second of reflection got here when Colin Farrell obtained this yr’s Razzie Redeemer Reward. He was a nominee in 2004 (for Alexander) however his efficiency in The Banshees of Inisherin (plus an Oscar nomination, and wins from teams just like the New York Movie Critics Circle) has eliminated the stain, so the group feels.
One other enjoyable award was for Worst Display screen Couple, given to Tom Hanks and his Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent) for Elvis. Har har har. (This beat out Andrew Dominik and His Points With Girls for Blonde.)
Hanks additionally received Worst Supporting Actor for Elvis (which is ridiculous, he’s nice in that—even when the actual Col. Tom Parker’s Dutch accent wasn’t fairly so intense.) The Worst Supporting Actress prize went to Adira Arjona for Morbius, Worst Director went to Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Solar for Good Mourning, Andrew Dominik obtained the Worst Screenplay award for Blonde, and Pinocchio obtained the Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel prize.
