Who were the Big Losers (or is that Winners?) at the 2010 Razzie Awards?

For the 31st year the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation has nominated what it considers to be the very worst of film for 2010. With a nod to the Oscars, held the day after the Razzies, many of the categories mimic those awarded the following day: Worst Actor, Worst Director or Worst Picture. There are some unique categories though: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D, Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel, and Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble.

These tongue in cheek awards started as a way to tease those involved in big budget disasters, but today, they are just as much a part of the Hollywood awards season as any other gala event.

Leading the Pack

With 9 nominations ‘The Last Airbender’ did something hardly imaginable. It took a very popular animated television series and turned it in to a movie that was universally disliked. Nominated for such offenses as Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D, Worst Director and Worst Picture, among others, this is one film that is sure to go home with a collection of fruit for the mantelpiece.

With an equal number of nominations ‘Twilight Saga; Eclipse’ actually made some money. Lucky for the makers of this sequel, teenage girls still command enough money to attend movies that have little content and even worse acting.

Other big “hits” included ‘Sex & the City #2’ ‘The Bounty Hunter’ and ‘Vampires Suck’ - an equally painful parody of the Twilight series.

Complaints for 2010

What irritated the Foundation most of all in 2010? It was a toss up between the egregious use of 3-D and the unnecessary surcharge for the glasses and the fact that nearly every movie was a rip-off, sequel, prequel or remake of a previous film.

That isn’t to say that some very good movies didn’t get made in 2010, just that entirely too many of the films that made it into the light should never have been picked up off of the cutting room floor.

The Razzies have turned into a bit of welcomed notoriety for the Hollywood set, at least that part of the set that still has a sense of humor. In fact, Sandra Bullock’s acceptance speech for the 2009 Razzie Worst Actress Award has nearly become a viral sensation, and in a business known for taking itself entirely too seriously, being taken down a peg hurts no one.

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