THE RAZZIES: SOO, SOO MUCH MORE FUN THAN THE OSCARS

THE GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARD

February  -- my favorite time in the film year, when one movie cycle

  ends and another begins. And it all starts with the awards.

No, not that tumescent, self-aggrandizing masturbatory hard-on that has 

become The Academy Awards. Good grief, no. It's the other ceremony, 

on the Saturday before the Academy Awards. The one where jesters gibe and joke 

and farcically challenge the movie industry to stand up for that rare and 

almost unknown Hollywood commodity – reality.

It’s Tinsel Town’s “You Suck” award -- The Razzies --

where The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation hands out 

its moldy raspberry “dis-honor” for The Worst Achievement in Films. 

JENNIFER ANISTON PULLS A RAZZIE HAT TRICK WITH
THE BOUNTY HUNTER: NOMS FOR
WORST SCREEN COUPLE(WITH GERARD BUTLER);
WORST ACTRESS;AND WORST PICTURE

No big song and dance,prime-time TV telecast. No parade of stars striking an air of pretentious affectation on the red carpet. No celebrities posing in fifty-thousand dollar gowns, smiling with twenty-thousand dollar teeth, or glowing in five-thousand dollar fake tans, make-up and hair. The Razzies don't even have a red carpet. 

Besides, if it costs one person nearly a hundred thou to glam it up for a single showing on the red carpet, even I could look good for that kind of money.

THE LAST AIRBENDER. NOMINATED IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY:
WORST USE OF EYE-GOUGING 3D; WORST RIP-OFF; WORST SCREENPLAY AND
DIRECTOR; AND WORST PICTURE

What The Razzies focus on is us, the audience. They acknowledge what we think about what we're

seeing on the screen. They take the spotlight off those who make the movies and pay respect to those of us who actually fork over the dough to watch them.

ASHTON KUTCHER HAS A BANNER RAZZIE YEAR;
TWO NOMS FOR WORST ACTOR IN
VALENTINE'S DAY & KILLERS

That's a perfect sentiment for movie 
people like me. This award, 

handed out by J.B. Wilson since 1981, 
pays homage to what I spend too much 
time doing: seeing lousy movies. After 
years of unbearable stuff like THE CAT
 IN THE HAT, TRANSFORMER movies (TheTrannies),
TWILIGHT movies, VALENTINE'S DAY or anything with Adam Sandler or Madonna, The Razzies make it nice by reminding me how others share my pain. So when you see a "what the hell was that" big-buck, stinko movie, or feel ripped-off by paying double for another 3D scam; every time you leave a theater feeling you've wasted your time, remember,The Razzies are there for you.

THE SEX AND THE CITY 2 GALS ALL GOT WORST ACTRESS
NOMS ALONG WITH WORST PICTURE

Let's hope some stars will get 

with it this year and show up to receive
their award. Last year Sandra Bullock, ever 

the good sport, stood before a 

crowded auditorium to accept her 

worst actress award for All About Steve,
and was hilarious handing out a wagon 
full of free DVDs to the audience. She 
was so down to earth, so much fun, and 
so charming, the word spread,her 
acceptance speech went viral, and her likability 
quotient sky rocketed.


So check out the website, www.razzies.com, and join the fun.

By the way, to see a movie where Jennifer Aniston does a good job acting,

check out the blog post from last August which discusses her movie

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