Initial Reaction to the Razzie Nominations

Well, since I'm going to be praising and complaining about the Oscar nominations tomorrow, I might as well be fair and do the same for the Razzies:


The Lone Ranger really shouldn't have been been selected for anything except for Johnny Depp's performance. It's a lost masterpiece compared to the other nominated films, all of whom I have seen except for A Madea Christmas. The movie was certainly one of the biggest fiascoes of the year, but that doesn't mean that it should be given a rich thrashing in multiple categories; Gore Verbinski may have a problem with story pacing but his train finale was one of the most amazing sights to behold in a blockbuster last year.


I'm very glad that my pick for Worst Actor of the Year got rewarded, especially since many other critics try to be nice and soften their stances solely because he's still a kid.


The Worst Actress category this year really grinds my gears. Though her character becomes a walking dullard in the last third, Halle Berry really did a genuinely good job in The Call, plus she was game in her unfunny skit in Movie 43. The same could be said for Naomi Watts: She did well with the most challenging segment of Movie 43, alongside her co-star/husband Liev Schreiber. Watts is chiefly here for Diana; I still haven't seen it but most who had said that her sole problem was the fact that she doesn't look anything like the late Princess Di (the director and screenwriter have been getting most of the ire for the bad movie). I'm fine with Gomez and Perry but Lindsay Lohan? Really? The Canyons was a dog of a movie, extremely mean-spirited when it wasn't a sour bore. But Lohan did a fine job working with what she could from the dreadful material spun by Bret Easton Ellis. Also, she hardly did much in both Scary Movie 5 and InAPPropriate Comedy, except for the marketing campaigns, to warrant a Supporting nom.


Chris Brown was selected only because of bad boy notoriety; I loathe the guy thoroughly, but at least he could dance and act, unlike the shockingly bored style of actor Josh Peck. Larry the Cable Guy was actually considered by many to be the sole redeeming element of Madea and Taylor Lautner was picked because of the still residing Twilight hate (there are much worst YA films now, so get over it already and move on, Razzies!). At least Will Smith and my "boy" Nick Swardson were chosen.


Salma Hayek barely did anything!


How could InAPPropriate Comedy only receive one nomination? Not even one for director Vince Offer, just so you could goofily label him as the ShamWow guy? It was far, far, far, far worst than Movie 43.


No Bruce Willis? Liam Hemsworth? R.I.P.D.? Man of Steel? Vince Vaughn was a major punching bag, so why isn't he among the other celebrity-news-friendly picks?


I'm glad that many of my top worst picks are all over the place, but this continuing "publicity over quality" trend of the Razzies is a poisonous decision.