The Razzies Nominations 2011

As Awards season really kicks into gear, even the worst cinematic disasters cannot escape reluctant recognition, with the announcement of the infamous Razzie nominations. Since 1981 the Golden Raspberries Awards have been stealing the Oscars thunder by naming and shaming the most awful films and performances of the year, the day before the Oscars praise the best.

Much like their proud Academy Award cousins, this year’s Razzie nominations are dominated by a few “special” films.  The Last Airbender leads the embarrassed pack this year, with eight nominations in every category of shame possibly available to it. M. Night Shyamalan’s impressive efforts to destroy a vastly popular cartoon series on the big screen will not go unrewarded. As if killing off a lucrative franchise with a dire first offering “Golden Compass Style” isn’t its own reward.

Sex and The City 2’s regrettable Middle Eastern shenanigans earned it five nominations.  Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s rom-com The Bounty Hunter is also punished with four nominations. Finally, Twilight Eclipse finds itself awkwardly sitting alongside its own abysmal parody Vampire’s Suck in number of categories.

Full list of the nominations below:

WORST PICTURE

The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires SuckThe Bounty Hunter

WORST ACTOR

Jack Black, Gulliver’s Travels
Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher, Killers and Valentine’s Day
Taylor Lautner, Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine’s Day
Robert Pattinson, Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST ACTRESS

Jennifer Aniston, The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Miley Cyrus, The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City 2
Megan Fox, Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart, Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Billy Ray Cyrus, The Spy Next Door
George Lopez, Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door, and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel, The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone, The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider, Grown Ups

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jessica Alba, The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, and Valentine’s Day
Cher, Burlesque
Liza Minnelli, Sex and the City 2
Nicola Peltz, The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand, Little Fockers

WORST EYE-GOUGING USE OF 3-D

Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D

WORST SCREEN COUPLE/ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent, Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast, The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast, Sex and the City 2
The Entire Cast, Twilight Saga: Eclipse

WORST DIRECTOR

Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City 2
M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender
David Slade, Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables

WORST SCREENPLAY

The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan
Little Fockers, John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey
Sex and the City 2, Michael Patrick King
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Melissa Rosenberg
Vampires Suck, Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF, OR SEQUEL

Clash of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck

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