Twilight finale leads Razzies worst-of 2012 nominations

Summary

The Razzie Awards nominees for Worst Achievements in Film for 2012 were revealed on January 9th, 2013. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 leads the "race" with 10 nominations. Also competing for worst picture of the year are Battleship, Oogieloves, That's My Boy and A Thousand Words. Back to Article

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Dick Travis

Mick Travis

Let's see if Adam Scamdler sweeps the Razzies again!

Jan 9 - 12:40 PM

Andrew M.

Andrew Milito

I hope Twilight does

Jan 9 - 01:47 PM

Daniel Irwin

Daniel Irwin

And if it does, it's about time the worst franchise in history gets its doo.

Jan 9 - 02:56 PM

Michael Hirakida

Michael Hirakida

I kind of want Oogieloves or A Thousand Words to win

Jan 9 - 05:10 PM

David Talbert

David Talbert

What a spot on list! And just to think about all the horrible movies that didn't make the cut

Jan 9 - 12:49 PM

Dick Travis

Mick Travis

Yeah, like ACT OF VALOR and PLAYING THE FIELD.

Jan 9 - 02:05 PM

gammellm

Mike Gammell

Act of Valor has miserable acting, but overall, I thought it was pretty good.

Jan 10 - 05:47 AM

Dave J

Dave J

It hurts looking at it!

Jan 9 - 01:21 PM

Will Lasley

Will Lasley

Totally agree with most of it. My one beef is that Liam Neeson wasn't a BAD ACTOR in either of the 2 above movies he's linked to. They were just crappy movies; if anything, he was one of the only GOOD things about them (like "Phantom Menace").

Jan 9 - 01:27 PM

Dan Bills

Dan Bills

If he's not a bad actor and didn't act like one on that movies, then, why he decided to play a rol in them? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Jan 11 - 09:06 AM

Valmordas

Val Mordas

For these instead of presenting the award, they should shove it up your ass sideways....

Jan 9 - 01:27 PM

infernaldude

Infernal Dude

Taylor Lautner might actually look forward to that...

Jan 9 - 01:36 PM

Valmordas

Val Mordas

Pick me! Pick me!

Jan 9 - 02:14 PM

Gage Kent

Gage Kent

xD

Jan 9 - 07:01 PM

Brandon Quiroga

Brandon Quiroga

Ah twilight, no one likes you but wet 12 year olds.

Jan 9 - 01:42 PM

Jack Bayliss

Jack Bayliss

My 12 year old daughter hates Twilight, and is obsessed with the Lord of the Rings movies.

Jan 10 - 10:59 PM

John Magee

John Magee

Well that's a start, now just explain to her how the LOTR movies are crap too and you'll be on your way

Jan 11 - 10:06 AM

Sean James

Sean James

I think That's my boy should get it! Such a bad movie!

Jan 9 - 01:42 PM

gammellm

Mike Gammell

I was thrilled that a Sandler movie finally bombed, but then that Transylvania movie came out and I was sad again.

Jan 10 - 05:48 AM

Billy Rutledge

Billy Rutledge

Hey, I agree with you that "That's My Boy" is a terrible piece of cinema, but Hotel Transylvania was hilarious!

Jan 10 - 08:42 AM

BMS1234

brandon sideleau

Adam Sandler needs to either change it up or go away; his slapstick was never all that funny to begin with, but there were a few bright points (Happy Gilmore). But he hasn't been a part of anything good since Punch Drunk Love (Funny People wasn't bad...but it was rather bland). I can't believe people still pay to see garbage like "Jack & Jill" or "That's My Boy"...

Jan 9 - 01:44 PM

gammellm

Mike Gammell

Amen brother

Jan 10 - 05:49 AM

Gary Devenport

Gary Devenport

Wow. Taylor Kitsch dodged a bullet.

Jan 9 - 01:57 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

Bah! Beat me to it.

Jan 9 - 03:10 PM

E Russel Niedermayer

E Russel Niedermayer

Agreed. Three of them.

Jan 9 - 08:02 PM

Nelson Verdejo

Nelson Verdejo

taylor kitsch has already taken enough backlash and beat down in 2012 ... as bad as Battleship was, i think it would be unfair to throw him into the flames again. he already took a lot of heat when he was labeled as a leading man blockbuster misfire when he had not one, but 2 films in the same year with massive budgets (somewhere around $200 million) that both fell flat at the box office and lost the studios millions (John Carter and Battleship) ... i think he deserves another chance because he isnt a great actor, but he is nowhere near as bad as the entire cast of Twilight but seeing as how many studios would judge that he is just not bankable, they will think twice about offering him a lead role in any other film that has a budget north of $100 million ... it would be unfair to throw him into this awards program after all the heat he has already taken, because then he really will have no 2nd chance at any other major film that comes out. these twilight kids get unfair advantages because somehow such stupidness attracts so many people but if given the right films, i think taylor kitchs can make something good... the cast in twilight will never act well no matter what roles are thrown at them

Jan 10 - 01:14 AM

King  S.

King Simba

"the cast in twilight will never act well no matter what roles are thrown at them"

I don't think that's fair. The main trio, maybe (though I did like Stewart's performance in Panic Room and The Runaways), but some of the supporting cast, like Dakota Fanning and Anna Kendrick (the latter manages to portray the most likable character in the series despite her limited runtime) are pretty good.

Jan 10 - 02:42 AM

Billy Rutledge

Billy Rutledge

Nothing about Twilight is "pretty good." The story is awful and pointless, everyone acts like an idiot, the cgi makes "Hoodwinked" look like it was made by Pixar, the main characters are all despicible people, and I don't care what you cusses think, but VAMPIRES DO NOT GLITTER IN THE SUN THEY BURN AND DIE!

-whew- I feel better now.

Jan 10 - 08:49 AM

King  S.

King Simba

I wasn't defending Twilight, I was defending some of the cast. And given that Kendrick already has an oscar nomination and Fanning has been getting praise for her performances even when she was a little girl I'm obviously not the only one who things that there are good actors in the cast.

Jan 10 - 12:20 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

Taylor Kitsch is just a shit actor. I don't want to throw him on the flames, I want to throw him in the trash. He's tomorrow's Sam Worthington. Tell him "Good Luck" for me.

Jan 10 - 10:49 AM

Peter Riario

Peter Riario

Adam Sandler: The Pauly Shore of the 2000's.

Jan 9 - 02:00 PM

Daniel Irwin

Daniel Irwin

One of the worst comedians of all time; never the slightest bit funny in any film he's in.

Jan 9 - 02:58 PM

Matthew R.

Matthew Reimer

Anything that includes That's My Boy, Battleship, or Twilight should win a Razzie.

Jan 9 - 02:24 PM

Daniel Irwin

Daniel Irwin

And hopefully end the careers of their directors.

Jan 9 - 02:57 PM

Matthew R.

Matthew Reimer

Indeed. The greatest day of my life will be when Adam Sandler is either fired or retired.

Jan 9 - 05:58 PM

Michael Dalton

Michael Dalton

Not Jessica Biel!! Couldn't they have put Kristen Stewart in there for On The Road?

Jan 9 - 03:00 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

Who saved Taylor Kitsch's sorry little ass? "Battlefield" speaks for itself, and he was consistently the weak link in "John Carter" and "Savages".

They should start a new category for Worst One Week Box Office Horror Success. By the time the audience figures out they've been duped (go to our website!), the money's already in the Caymans.

Jan 9 - 03:08 PM

Bigbrother

Big Brother

Unfortunately The Razzie's have become as predictable and pointless as anything they mock these days. Seriously, there are far worse movie's than Twilight this year, but because it's popular to hate that's what the Razzie's go with. This is like using the BO returns to determine what the best movie of the year is. Yeah in general they'll be pretty good films, but in the end it's just lazy.

Jan 9 - 03:09 PM

Frisby2007

Frisby 2007

Quite possibly the only comment with common sense in here.

Jan 9 - 08:33 PM

Travis W.

Travis W

I think twilight got it simply because all of the other in the franchise were awful, and the newest one certainly wasn't good so due to its history it ends up nominated again.

And hey the Oscars do things like that too.

Jan 9 - 09:05 PM

King  S.

King Simba

It's been the case with the Razzies for quite a while sadly. They're more about jumping the hate bandwagon than anything else. I mean TF3, Eclipse, the first two Star Wars prequels weren't great films, sure, but they were far from being in the bottom five worst films of their respective years. Also, how is it that not a single spoof movie won a worst picture or worst director razzie? I mean at least Michael Bay can shoot impressive action sequences, can anyone name anything reedeming about Disaster Movie or Epic Movie?

Even more questionable are their worst actors and worst actresses awards. Just because an actor is in a bad movie does not mean he gave a bad performance. I haven't seen Battleship, but I have a hard time believing that Liam Neeson put in one of the worst performances of year, given that even in awful movies I've yet to see him give a bad performance.

Unfortunately, even in the worst sequel award Twilight got nominated, despite that being an online voting poll. Shows you that you can never leave it up to internet nerds either (I keep getting images of Comic Book Guy typing furiously "worst movie ever!")

Jan 10 - 03:03 AM

Frisby2007

Frisby 2007

I wouldn't recommend Battleship, it sucked badly, but regardless of that, Liam did NOT give a bad performance in there, let alone in any other shitty movie he's come out in from that same year.

Jan 10 - 03:23 AM

Leonardo Resende

Leonardo Resende

Oh my, Adam Sandler never give up

Jan 9 - 03:44 PM

Jerald Beaver

Jerald Beaver

what no hotel Transylvania?!

Jan 9 - 04:01 PM

Matthew R.

Matthew Reimer

That's animated and its not the worst animated movie of the year.

Jan 9 - 05:59 PM

BobHarris

Rich Aurillia

no dark knight rises noms? Im shocked.

Jan 9 - 04:27 PM

Gary Devenport

Gary Devenport

Oh stop with that.

Jan 9 - 04:49 PM

Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly

Took a while for the inevitable edgy hate-it-because-its-popular snide blogger comment, I'm surprised.

Jan 9 - 05:38 PM

Liana Hemming

Liana Hemming

Meh, it's nowhere near being the worse film of the year. Worst of the series? Most likely, but not on par with the likes of such films as these.

Jan 9 - 11:22 PM

Mohamed Ismail

Mohamed Ismail

Adam sandler deserves 2 b the worst actor the last 5 years

Jan 9 - 04:29 PM

tyswade

Tyler Slocum

Let's hope Twilight eats it this time. A final f-u to one of the worst franchises in history. And sorry, but Murphy is more deserving of Worst Actor than Sandler this year. A Thousand Words is four-year-old crap that should've just stayed on the shelf. At least That's My Boy had a couple funny moments. Words had jack s#!+.

Jan 9 - 04:49 PM

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