If there’s one honour Hollywood egos detest to obtain, it’s a Golden Raspberry Award.
The Razzies are “awarded” to the worst films of the yr, and this season, the main contender is Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe not-quite-biopic Blonde.
Blonde, which starred Ana de Armas because the doomed star, nabbed eight nominations together with Worst Picture, Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay.
Cuban actor de Armas managed to flee the indignity and wasn’t nominated. She is definitely within the working for an Oscar nomination tomorrow, a unprecedented feat given how reviled the movie is.
In condemning Blonde, the Razzies mentioned it was main the “pack of cinematic mongrels” because it “‘explores’ the exploitation of Marilyn Monroe by continuing to exploit her posthumously”.
Dominik was personally nominated thrice, for director, screenplay and in Worst Couple underneath the entry, “Andrew Dominik and his issues with women”.
Blonde was tailored by Dominik (Chopper) from a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, a fictionalised biography of Monroe.
Dominik’s movie is visually arty however has attracted strident criticism for its depiction of Monroe as a victimised determine who was repeatedly abused by a string of males in her life, moderately than as an influential pop cultural icon who made empowering choices and constructed a profession. It was a complete stinker.
Blonde at present has a 42 per cent ranking on Rotten Tomatoes with an excellent decrease viewers rating of 32 per cent.
Machine Gun Kelly’s film Good Mourning was an in depth second with seven Razzie nominations, adopted by Disney’s live-action Pinocchio remake with six.
Tom Hanks was nominated twice for 2 completely different roles – Pinocchio and Elvis – whereas vampire comedian ebook film Morbius notched up 5 nods.
The Razzies have been working since 1981 and is historically awarded the day earlier than the Oscars. Sylvester Stallone has the honour of essentially the most wins with 10.
Some winners have taken the awards with good humour, even displaying up on the ceremony to gather the gong, together with Halle Berry for Catwoman, Paul Verhoeven for Showgirls and Sandra Bullock for All About Steve.
Full checklist of Razzie nominees:
Worst Picture
Blonde
Disney’s Pinocchio
Good Mourning
The King’s Daughter
Morbius
Worst Actor
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) – Good Mourning
Pete Davidson – Marmaduke
Tom Hanks – Disney’s Pinocchio
Jared Leto – Morbius
Sylvester Stallone – Samaritan
Worst Actress
Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Firestarter
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic Park: Dominion
Diane Keaton – Mack & Rita
Kaya Scodelario – The King’s Daughter
Alicia Silverstone – The Requin
Worst Remake/Rip-Off/Sequel
Blonde
365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days
Disney’s Pinocchio
Firestarter
Jurassic World: Dominion
Worst Supporting Actor
Pete Davidson – Good Mourning
Tom Hanks – Elvis
Xavier Samuel – Blonde
Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Evan Williams – Blonde
Worst Supporting Actress
Adria Arjona – Morbius
Lorraine Bracco – Disney’s Pinocchio
Penelope Cruz – The 355
Bingbing Fan – The 355 & The King’s Daughter
Mira Sorvino – Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Worst Screen Couple
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Both Real Life Characters within the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene – Blonde
Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent) – Elvis
Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women – Blonde
The Two 365 Days Sequels
Worst Director
Judd Apatow – The Bubble
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Mourning
Andrew Dominik – Blonde
Daniel Espinosa – Morbius
Robert Zemeckis – Disney’s Pinocchio
Worst Screenplay
Blonde – Andrew Dominik
Disney’s Pinocchio – Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz
Good Mourning – Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun
Jurassic World: Dominion – Screenplay by Emily Carmichael, Colin Treverrow and Derek Connolly
Morbius – Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless
Originally printed as Blonde leads Razzies with eight nominations
