Who Cares About the Oscars When You Have The RAZZIES®?

The RAZZIES® are the awards annually given out by The Golden Raspberry Foundation to honor the worst of the worst. "The RAZZIES® were created in 1980 as a logical antidote to Tinsel Town’s 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." They are awarded the night before the Oscars. & yes, they have their own award:



Truly iconic & all for only $4.97.

This year's awards were held Saturday 26 February 2011 at theBarnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood. & just like the Oscars, they do have a red carpet.



OK, so no nominees showed up this year. But occasionally 1 does. For instance, last year's "winner" for worst actress Sandra Bullock.



Another 1 who had the courage to show up was Halle Berry the year she was honored for her performance as Catwoman:



So enough about the past. I know you are asking "Who deserved to get a (golden) raspberry this year?" So, let's get to the "winners" of the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards (from the news release on their website):

"Not quite sweeping the ceremony, but still handily leading the pack among this year’s RAZZIE choices is RAZZIE Repeat Offender M. Night Shyamalan’s “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 that’s 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 2010’s other most-RAZZIE-nominated title, TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE).
The other big “winner” (if that’s 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 film’s four principles, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis).
Rounding out the field of this year’s sorriest cinematic losers were King of the Twittering Twits Ashton Kutcher as Worst Actor for both KILLERS and VALENTINE’S 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 VALENTINE’S DAY." (The page has links to all the "winners" on the right side of it.)

& while hope springs eternal that Hollywood may learn its lesson & just make good movies, something tells me that John J. B. Wilson will be back next year to reward those deserving a raspberry for what they did on the silver screen in 2011.