Tomorrow, The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces their nominations for this year’s Oscars. From there, we’ll speculate and passionately make the case for the best films and modern classics of 2016, add several new films to our watchlist, and more. Today, though, we have a look at the nominations for the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards, to give credit to the worst films this year.
2016 films were apparently so bad the Razzies decided to expand to six nominees per category, with Batman v Superman and Zoolander No. 2 receiving the most nominations. Also earning a number of nominations is the film we all kind of tried to forget about, AKA the colonial fantasy Gods of Egypt. While Batman v Superman is probably one of the most disappointing films in this list (was anyone expecting critical acclaim for Dirty Grandpa?) because of how much better we all thought it could be, it’s by no means the most offensive when you remember that was a thing.
There’s also a nomination for Jared Leto’s Suicide Squad performance, the “Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors” in Collateral Beauty, and Boo! A Madea Halloween. Putting Tyler Perry, whose Madea series is based on the idea that men in women’s clothing is funny in the “Worst Actress,” however, seems to be insensitive at best.
Here’s the full list of 2017 Razzies nominees:
Worst Picture
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Dirty Grandpa
- Gods of Egypt
- Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Zoolander No. 2
Worst Actor
- Ben Affleck / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Gerard Butler / Gods of Egypt & London Has Fallen
- Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Robert De Niro / Dirty Grandpa
- Dinesh D’Souza [as Himself] Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Actress
- Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
- Tyler Perry / Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Julia Roberts / Mother’s Day
- Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton] Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Naomi Watts / Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In
- Shailene Woodley / Divergent Series: Allegiant
Worst Supporting Actress
- Julianne Hough / Dirty Grandpa
- Kate Hudson / Mother’s Day
- Aubrey Plaza / Dirty Grandpa
- Jane Seymour / Fifty Shades of Black
- Sela Ward / Independence Day: Resurgence
- Kristen Wiig / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Supporting Actor
- Nicolas Cage / Snowden
- Johnny Depp / Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Will Ferrell / Zoolander No. 2
- Jesse Eisenberg / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Jared Leto / Suicide Squad
- Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Screen Combo
- Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals / Gods of Egypt
- Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume / Alice Through the Looking Glass
- The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors / Collateral Beauty
- Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig / Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Ben Stiller and His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Director
- Dinesh D’Souza and Bruce Schooley / Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Roland Emmerich / Independence Day: Resurgence
- Tyler Perry / Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Alex Proyas / Gods of Egypt
- Zack Snyder / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice
- Fifty Shades of Black
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
- Zoolander No. 2
Worst Screenplay
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Dirty Grandpa
- Gods of Egypt
- Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Suicide Squad
Winners will be revealed on February 25th, also the night before the Oscars. Which movies do you think deserve a Razzie?
(via Variety)
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