Eclipse nominated as biggest howler at the 2011 Golden Raspberry awards
Published: January 24, 2021
The news this morning looks grim for the cast and writers of Eclipse after the Razzie 2011 awards nominated it for 9 accolades – none of them good.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, stars of the much celebrated (by pre-pubescent girls, or people with the mentality of pre-pubescent girls) Twilight saga: Eclipse, a series of teen werewolf/vampire flicks that have been impossible to avoid over the past few years unless you live in a cave in Afghanistan (which is preferable) will rue their decision to get out of bed today once they see the headlines.
The only categories Eclipse didn’t receive nominations for were Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D, the only reason for that being that it wasn’t made in 3D.
Clearly the Razzie judges have it right though as the series was a dreadful saga of a teenage love triangle centred on a girl who couldn’t decide whether to lose her virginity to a werewolf or a vampire. The writers should have thrown a zombie in for good measure, although there were enough of those that paid good money to see the dreary films. They’ll never get those hours back.
Anyway, supernatural paedophilia aside, the Razzies is an annual event that takes place the night before the Oscars, and is a celebration of all that is abysmal, generic, mind numbing and downright useless in the film world. So most things that come out of Hollywood these days then.
Here’s the lowdown on this years Razzie nominations:
WORST FILM
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
WORST ACTOR
Jack Black - Gulliver’s Travels
Gerard Butler - The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher - Killers and Valentine’s Day
Taylor Lautner - Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine’s Day
Robert Pattinson - Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston - The Bounty Hunter, The Switch
Mylie Cyrus - The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon - Sex & The City 2
Megan Fox - Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Alba - The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers and Valentine’s Day
Cher - Burlesque
Liza Minnelli - Sex & The City 2
Nicola Peltz - The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand - Little Fockers
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Billy Ray Cyrus - The Spy Next Door
George Lopez - Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel - The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone - The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider - Grown Ups
WORST EYE-GOUGING MISUSE Of 3D (new category for 2010)
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge Of Kitty Galore
Clash Of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3D
Saw 3D
WORST SCREEN COUPLE / WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler - The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent - Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex & The City 2
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST DIRECTOR
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer - Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King - Sex & The City 2
M. Night Shyamalan - The Last Airbender
David Slade - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone - The Expendables
The Last Airbender - written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers - written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on characters created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex & The City 2 - written by Michael Patrick King, based on the TV series created by Darren Star
Twilight Saga: Eclipse - screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck - written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Clash Of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck!
Share your thoughts on the Razzies, Eclipse or the film industry in general by leaving a comment.
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Brandt
24. Jan, 2011
Sex and the City 2 was definitely the worst movie of the year. How could Hollywood produce such a culturally insensitive movie so full of stereotypes and bigotry? It should sweep the Razzies! I offered up my top picks of the year on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-10-movie-picks-of-2010.html
Daniel
24. Jan, 2011
It´s not so bad for Eclipse…
After all, by nominating Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart for “worst actor / worst actress” they ackknowledged that they ARE actors, at all!
I did not think so – they just stand around and always have the same frown on their faces… That´s not acting!
Skye
24. Jan, 2011
@Daniel: You are so right. I hate Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. They don’t act and I’ve never actually seen them smile.
I want the Last Airbender to win all of these. I hated that movie. The TV series was my favorite thing to watch, but M. Night. Shymalamalamian just screwed it up. And even though Vampires Suck really did suck, I found it extremely funny.