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Don’t Worry Darling has just been widely released, and while it performed fine at the box office, it has been endlessly criticized for Harry Styles’ performance. The pop star isn’t a classically trained actor, and he hasn’t had any major roles before the 2022 movie, and it unfortunately shows. Given how negatively his performance has been received, he could be a frontrunner for a Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Win.
However, Razzie wins have often (and sometimes intentionally) caused controversy, as they aren’t always deserved. As the statuette is awarded to the very worst of the worst, some Redditors have taken issue with past wins. Between Sandra Bullock’s infamous Worst Actress win and Ben Affleck winning for two different superhero portrayals, there were many other likelier candidates in those years.
All About Steve (2009)
Sandra Bullock’s Razzie win for Worst Actress for All About Steve is one of the most famous wins in the award ceremony’s history, as the actress actually turned up to accept her award and give a speech. In her speech, Bullock claimed that the film wasn’t as bad as the voters thought and poked fun at them.
Longjumping-B sides with the actor, commenting, “They never admitted it but Sandra Bullock was right when she accepted her Razzie. All About Steve wasn’t really that bad. At least she was a good sport about it.” While the movie is just another by-the-numbers romantic comedy, Bullock certainly didn’t do anything particularly offensive in the role to warrant the win.
Daredevil (2003)
Bilbichago thinks that Daredevil didn’t deserve its Razzie win, commenting, “I dunno, I quite liked Daredevil. But I think I’m in the minority.” 2004’s Golden Rasberry Awards ceremony wasn’t kind to Ben Affleck, as he swept up that year. As 2003 also saw the release of Paycheck and Gigli, both of which starred the actor, six Razzies were won between the three movies.
Daredevil specifically won Worst Actor for Affleck’s performance, but his portrayal of the superhero certainly wasn’t the problem with the movie. And while it doesn’t exactly count when it comes to the Razzies, the Daredevil director’s cut was far superior to the theatrical version.
Howard The Duck (1986)
TribeOfFable argues that the first ever major Marvel movie, Howard the Duck, didn’t deserve its Razzie wins. However, the Redditor admits that they might love it because of the nostalgia that’s attached to the movies. The user explains, “I saw that movie as a kid and loved it. As I grew up, I would often see it mentioned in articles that it was a bad movie. This always surprises me, as I fondly remember it.”
The “superhero” movie won Worst Picture, but it was a tie with Under the Cherry Moon. However, it also won for Worst Visual Effects, which it truly deserved to win, and no amount of nostalgia can make anyone overlook how terrifying the Howard the Duck puppet was.
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008)
ChrisCinema recalls Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull winning for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel. The Redditor argues, “I understand the film had disappointed the die-hard fanbase, but to have it among other nominees like Disaster Movie, it’s highly unfair.”
While the film might not have deserved to win in that category, especially as Disaster Movie was a nominee, there was no way Steven Spielberg was getting away with those digital effects. But, in fairness, when Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was first released in 2008, it was actually rated fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and most critics did enjoy it. But after the hype had died down, fans and critics saw it for what it really was.
Year Of The Dragon (1985)
Hot_Pomergranate7168 points to the martial arts movie Year of the Dragon that didn’t deserve its Razzies. The movie didn’t actually win any Razzies, but it was nominated for five of them, including Worst Screenplay, Worst Picture, and Worst Director, which is bad enough. The Redditor notes, “Not great, but not as awful as the Razzies claimed. Tarantino has also praised the shoot-out scene at the end, it’s frankly a good and tense climax.”
Tarantino is known to have some hot takes when it comes to movies, and Year of the Dragon is no different. According to Far Out Magazine, the filmmaker called the sequence in question a “killer movie moment,” and noted, “You forget to breathe during it!”
Rocky IV (1985)
The 6th Golden Raspberry Awards was a shocker for Sylvester Stallone, as his two 1985 movies, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV, won eight Razzie awards between them. And as Stallone didn’t just star in them but was involved in the production, screenplay, and directing of either one or both of them, most of the Raspberries were awarded to him directly.
However, Tylerdurden389 believes the awards were undeserved, at least the ones for Rocky IV. The Redditor theorizes that the Razzie voters didn’t like Stallone, speculating, “Pretty much everything Stallone did during the 80s and early 90s. For whatever reason, they had it out for him bad. Thankfully after Creed, they gave him a Razzie ‘redemption award.'”
Fantastic 4 (2015)
Following the trend of dark and gritty reboots that started with Batman Begins, 2015 saw 20th Century Fox apply the impossible-to-fail formula to Fantastic 4. But both critics and audiences thought the result was monotonous and drab. But ConfusedAlgernon doesn’t think the film is as bad as people say and that it definitely didn’t deserve its Razzie wins, as it won Worst Director, Worst Picture, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.
The Redditor posits, “In a year with Paul Blart 2 and Pixels being nominees, Fantastic 4 does not deserve the Worst Picture trophy. I’m not defending the movie, I did not like it, but compared to Paul Blart 2, it is cinema.” However, while there’s no knowing how much truth there is to it, director Josh Trank likely made a great film that was ruined by studio interference. It’s happened before, with the most obvious example being David Fincher’s Alien 3, but nobody can definitively know except for 20th Century Fox studio heads.
Cocktail (1988)
Tom Cruise was just as much of a huge star in the 1980s as he is today, but he also made much riskier choices back then. The romantic comedy Cocktail follows a bartender (Cruise) who wants to open his own establishment. FatherDuncanSinners notes that while it certainly isn’t one of Cruise’s better movies, its competition was far worse.
The Redditor argues, “Mac and Me should have won worst picture over Cocktail.” Mac and Me did get its fair share of Razzie nominations and wins, as it won for Worst Director and Worst New Star. However, given that it has a shockingly low 3.3 on IMDb, it’s a decision that voters probably wish they could revisit.
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
The Razzie voters once again picked on Affleck at the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards for playing another superhero, this time Batman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Reddit user RickRaptor105 thinks it was the most unfair, suggesting, “Ben Affleck getting Worst Actor for his role in Batman v Superman is not justified. He was one of the few great parts of that thing.”
However, Affleck didn’t win Worst Actor, but he did win Worst Screen Combo, which was shared with Henry Cavill, who plays Superman in the 2016 movie. In fairness, the movie is ridiculed for its infamous “Martha!” scene between the two of them, so if any 2016 on-screen duo was going to win that award, it was Affleck and Cavill.
Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is by far the best movie in the prequel trilogy, but that still isn’t saying much considering how low they’re rated by fans. Though the film didn’t win Worst Picture, it did win Worst Supporting Actor for Hayden Christensen’s performance as Anakin Skywalker. ChrisCinema argues it was undeserved, commenting, “While he had some cringy line delivery, his performance overall was pretty good.”
While Christensen’s acting isn’t great in the movie’s predecessor, Attack of the Clones, it had improved tenfold in Revenge of the Sith, and what hint of bad acting there is in his performance arguably isn’t his fault. There’s behind-the-scenes B-roll showing how badly directed he was by George Lucas on the soundstage. If anything Christensen was a victim of circumstance.
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