I thought there was a post about this already, but the Razzie winners have been announced.
Worst Picture
Swept Away
Worst Actor
Roberto Benigni, Pinocchio
Worst Picture
Swept Away
Worst Actor
Roberto Benigni, Pinocchio
Worst Supporting Actor
Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Worst Supporting Actress
Madonna, Die Another Day
Most Flatulent Teen-targeted Movie
Jackass: The Movie
Worst Screen Couple
Adriano Giannini and Madonna, Swept Away
Worst Director
Guy Ritchie, Swept Away
Worst Remake or Sequel
Swept Away
Worst Screenplay
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathon Hales
Worst Original Song
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" from Crossroads, written by Max Martin, "Rami" and Dido Armstrong
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long live
Why wasn't 'American Psycho 2' cleaning up the noms and wins?
'Swept Away' is a masterpiece compared to it.
was swept away really that bad? Is it the kind of bad, like brain depalma when he fucks up, that kind of bad? like only a filmmaker that talented could make that much of a mess?
Is "Swept Away" really that terrible? A few friends of mine saw it recently and said they expected it to be so bad that it they were surprised not to hate it so much.
I've been considering renting it... I just can't imagine it to be *that* bad.
Although, for me personally, Guy Ritchie has been hit & miss so far : I love both Snatch and the BMW Film : Star, but Lock Stock was boring as hell..
FilmJerk has learned that Guy Ritchie's next film will be the previously unannounced Vegas-themed gangster film Revolver. They also have a review of the screenplay, which was completed on April 21:
Regardless of whether his remake of “Swept Away” was good or not, and the few who have seen it say it’s not good at all, the failure of Guy Ritchie’s most recent project has sent him back to the gangster milieu. Initially, Ritchie and his producing partner Matthew Vaughn were going to create an adaptation of JJ Connelly’s “Layer Cake” for shooting earlier this year. However, those plans never materialized. Just last week, Ritchie completed a rewrite of Ethan Gross and Paul Todisco’s original screenplay “Revolver,” which he plans to shoot this September.
You know you are in familiar Ritchie territory when you see character names in the script like The Caddy, French Paul, Fat Dan, Howard The Indian, Johnny Walker and a guy named Dorothy. However, unlike “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” or “Snatch,” the action is moved away from the downtrodden underworld of London and into “a hyper-stylized Vegas, boasting even more hedonism and kitsch.” So what’s it about? Like his other movies, this one can be described in a simple sentence. Several groups of individuals try to screw each other over for a lot of money. And like his other movies, it’s not so much what the movie is about as it is the exuberance in getting from beginning to end.
For the record, Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He’s rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can’t play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to lose to him. Jake isn’t afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
After a quick opening scene where two sets of characters talk about a job about to be pulled, the opening titles begin. And tell me if you heard this one before...
The camera TRACKS INTO the stone between Macha's feet, propelled at great speed into the atoms within, stopping once we have reached the contents of a quark. A sober, scientific voice guides us through the different stages of matter.
OPENING CREDITS BEGIN
We begin watching quarks (which look like tiny white stars on a black background) and we PULL OUT, exponentially, from the nucleus... Electrons... Atoms... Tangible matter...
PULLING OUT from the stone between Macha's feet... From pedestrians and cars... The streets at night... The city... The continents on the globe... The planet...
PULLING FURTHER OUT, past the other planets... Our sun... Our solar system... Others... Our galaxy... Others... The scattered cosmic dust that makes up the known universe...
The sober scientific voice finally concludes that matter doesn't exist, that matter is an illusion. The dust is a powder on a polished black surface. It's the same frame as the one we started on.
This screenplay reads with the same mix of playful colloquiums and ultra hyper violence wrapped in a layer of cool as his other gangster films. But the audience’s familiarity with his own work doesn’t seem to be enough, as Ritchie not only borrows his title sequence from both “Fight Club” and “Contact,” he also references or outright steals from “Heat,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Ocean’s 11” and the Vegas scenes from “Goodfellas.” The entire work is all so familiar that one could easily see Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham in this film, playing any of a dozen roles.
Another major problem with this script is the sheer number of scenes and situations Ritchie has thrown in to the story. While most screenplays might have approximately 130 scenes within its 100 pages, Ritchie has packed 253 scenes into his 127 pages. In one stretch that will transition us from the second to third act, there will be no less than twenty two scenes in the span of a minute, with (as the script notes) the cuts building “towards the end, speeding up until we have 1/4-second cuts.” Michael Bay doesn’t even have that kind of attention deficit. Actually, that’s a conservative number, as Ritchie notes at the end of this sequence “obviously there are more sequences to be installed but I don't wish to bore the reader.”
I’m sorry, Mr. Ritchie, but you already have.
It’s painfully obvious this is a script that has been written knowing full well it already has its funding and will be made. If an un-produced screenwriter wrote this exact same script and sent it to various producers and agents, they would get back a stack of rejection letters, if anyone even wanted to bother with losing the cost of a stamp and the time it takes to stick a form letter into an envelope. Chock full of scene specific camera angles, appalling grammar and spelling errors, and uncompleted character name changes (there are several instances where Jake is referred to as Jack), “Revolver” is the type of screenplay that would give Syd Field nightmares and make Robert McKee commit unspeakable crimes against humanity.
This is not to say Ritchie won’t make a visually arresting work of cinema. At the script level, it’s a busy, jumbled mess. With too many characters trying to screw each other over, too many scenes of characters doing little to advance the plot, too many lucky breaks for the lead and an especially unsatisfying ending, “Revolver” is shooting all blanks. I give this screenplay a D.
Star Wars Episode II should not have been nominated for anything
Quote from: MacGuffinThe camera TRACKS INTO the stone between Macha's feet, propelled at great speed into the atoms within, stopping once we have reached the contents of a quark. A sober, scientific voice guides us through the different stages of matter.
OPENING CREDITS BEGIN
We begin watching quarks (which look like tiny white stars on a black background) and we PULL OUT, exponentially, from the nucleus... Electrons... Atoms... Tangible matter...
PULLING OUT from the stone between Macha's feet... From pedestrians and cars... The streets at night... The city... The continents on the globe... The planet...
PULLING FURTHER OUT, past the other planets... Our sun... Our solar system... Others... Our galaxy... Others... The scattered cosmic dust that makes up the known universe...
The sober scientific voice finally concludes that matter doesn't exist, that matter is an illusion. The dust is a powder on a polished black surface. It's the same frame as the one we started on.
Ritchie has packed 253 scenes into his 127 pages. In one stretch that will transition us from the second to third act, there will be no less than twenty two scenes in the span of a minute,
*sigh*
i'll probably like it.
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that may be the ugliest picture i have ver seen.
Here here, Mr. Marlowe....I do believe you're on the money with that one :?
im not shure mr tarantino really enjoys his guinness. judging his hold on the glass, id say hes too used to tea.
Tarantino looks like he's about to say "I don't need you to tell me how good my guiness is!"
BTW...Damn, I think it's a cool picture....But what's mr. Tarantino doing with Ritchie and Madonna?
reminds me of the way josh becker describes tarantino in his interview with him: "a rather goofy-looking guy with a sunken mouth that looked like he wore dentures that weren't in (he has a full set of teeth, this is just my impression)."
tarantino looks a bit like a gremlin
all i can think of when i see that pic is norm mcdonald saying "i have a HUGE head"
:lol:
24th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award "Winners"
WORST PICTURE
GIGLI (Sony-Columbia/Revolution) Produced by Casey Silver & Martin Brest
WORST ACTOR
Ben Affleck / DAREDEVIL, GIGLI and PAYCHECK
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Lopez / GIGLI
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sylvester Stallone (Playing 5 Roles, All Badly!) SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Demi Moore / CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez / GIGLI
WORST EXCUSE for an ACTUAL MOVIE (All Concept/No Content!) (New Category)
THE CAT-IN-THE-HAT
WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
WORST DIRECTOR
Martin Brest / GIGLI
WORST SCREENPLAY
GIGLI, Written by Martin Brest
GOVERNOR'S AWARD for DISTINGUISHED UNDER- ACHIEVEMENT in CHOREOGRAPHY
Travis Payne for His Work on FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
AWARDS PER PICTURE:
GIGLI – 6 (Picture, Actor, Actress, Screen Couple, Director & Screenplay)
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE – 2 (Worst Remake or Sequel, Worst Supporting Actress)
CAT-IN-THE-HAT & FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY – 1 EACH
Sylvester Stallone has now "won" 10 RAZZIES® and has a career record of 30 nominations.
Demi Moore has now "won" 4 RAZZIES® and has a career total of 9 nominations.
i know it was gigli, but martin brest shouldn't be winnin any razzies
Quote from: ewardi know it was gigli, but martin brest shouldn't be winnin any razzies
Yea, the Razzies don't show any respect for past careers when its due. Martin Brest's direction wasn't the worst of the year. It wasn't even in the bottom five. The Razzies like to give the movies they deem bad a ton of awards, so naturally Gigli sweeped the awards, oft gaining some it didn't really deserved.
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Tarantino is thinking,
"I wonder what Madonnas next album will sound like."
I don't get it.
it's a new segment we're calling: "Myxomatosis Joke That's Not Really A Joke"
RAZZIE AWARDS 2005
WORST PICTURE
Catwoman
WORST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George W. Bush / Fahrenheit 9/11
WORST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Halle Berry / Catwoman
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Donald Rumsfeld / Fahrenheit 9/11
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Britney Spears / Fahrenheit 9/11
WORST SCREEN COUPLE
George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / Fahrenheit 9/11
WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
WORST DIRECTOR
Pitof / Catwoman
WORST SCREENPLAY
Catwoman / Written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers
WORST 'MUSICAL' of Our First 25 YEARS
From Justin to Kelly (2003 / Nominated for 8 Awards, "winner" of 1)
WORST 'COMEDY' of Our First 25 YEARS
Gigli (2003 / Nominated for 9 Awards, "winner" of 6)
WORST 'DRAMA' of Our First 25 YEARS
Battlefield Earth (2000 / Nominated for 9 Awards, "winner" of 7)
WORST RAZZIE LOSER of Our First 25 YEARS
Dis-Honoring The Performer Who's Amassed the MOST Nominations w/out "Winning" a RAZZIE
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger (With 8 Nominations, including one for 2004)
i get it, bush is evil but wasting razzies on a documentary is going too far. there are no 'actors' in a documentary, and there were so many worse performances to honor this year. :(
Berry gets worst actress Razzie
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Halle Berry thanked the makers of Catwoman for "putting me in a God-awful movie" when she turned up to collect her worst actress Razzie award. The actress, whose surprise appearance got her a standing ovation from a packed house, made a lengthy speech, parodying her 2002 Oscar win. "It was just what my career needed - I was at the top and now I'm at the bottom," she said. US President George W Bush won two Razzies for Fahrenheit 9/11. Oliver Stone's historic epic Alexander had been up for six Razzies but did not win any. The ceremony, which also celebrated the Razzies' 25th anniversary, is not usually graced by its winners. Mr Bush won for worst actor and worst screen couple, paired with either Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or his pet goat. Footage of him reacting to the first news of the 11 September terror attacks on the US was used in Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Razzies were also awarded to singer Britney Spears and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for their appearances in the film.
Good loser
Berry made a lengthy speech and parodied her sobbing during her 2002 Oscar win while brandishing her Oscar and Razzie - a small gold raspberry. She said she turned up in person because she had been told as a child by her mother: "If you aren't able to be a good loser you're not able to be a good winner." Catwoman also won worst film, director and screenplay, and screenwriter John Rogers was there to collect his prize. The announcer joked that "the Academy would like its Oscar back" before Berry collected her Razzie. She said: "It's not like I ever aspired to be here but thank you. I've got my Oscar and I don't want to give it back - it's got my name on it." Berry, who got her agent and fellow Catwoman actress Alex Borstein on stage with her, added: "I'd like to thank the rest of the cast - to give a really bad performance like mine you need to have really bad actors." The show opened with a song and dance routine based on the film Fame, which was renamed "Lame", and another number was sung called Wind Between My Cheeks, parodying Bette Midler's Wind Beneath My Wings. The awards' founder, John Wilson, said: "We do not pick on the little guys who don't have the budget", adding they drew attention instead to big-budget flops. Veteran actress Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman in the US TV series, was chosen to collect the prize for worst film, but was told she was the "best Catwoman". Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez' film flop Gigli won worst "comedy" of the last 25 years while John Travolta's sci-fi film Battlefield Earth won worst "drama" since 1980. Actor and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been up for eight Razzies, won one for having the most nominations without having won an award. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed was given the prize for worst remake or sequel.
she still sucks.
Quote from: mogwaiBerry gets worst actress Razzie
In this article (http://tinyurl.com/6lgjl) they give Berry's exact quote:
"I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of shit," she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him "next time read the script first." :bravo:
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I admire that she said that and she went to recieve the award... but she got paid 14 million for that role and it was her biggest pay up to date... so she shouldnt complain... its normal that after they win an Oscar they get some shitty role with a lot of money, and of course the agent will say yes... thats the fucking point for them
yes, i hate her less now for making that. it took real guts and a sense of humor to show up to get it. thats very cool of her.
verhoeven did it first.
Stefen will do it last.
Quote from: themodernage02yes, i hate her less now for making that. it took real guts and a sense of humor to show up to get it. thats very cool of her.
Agreed. Anytime a glossy Hollywood type has the guts to laugh at themselves, I think it's a good thing. :yabbse-thumbup:
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