The Academy Awards celebrate the best of films throughout the year. The Razzies, in contrast, roast the worst. Zack Snyder's Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Dinesh D'Souza's Hillary's America dominated the nominations and rightfully so.
Worst Picture
- Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Dirty Grandpa
- Gods of Egypt
- Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: Of the nominees for Worst Picture, Batman vs. Superman and Hillary's America are the only two that I bothered to watch and their nominations were earned, I assure you. Hillary's America was a film that was definitely out to push an agenda. While I didn't hate the way it was put together, I could have lived without the 'Murican slant of it.
Worst Actor
- Ben Affleck-Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Gerard Butler- Gods of Egypt
- Henry Cavill- Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Robert DeNiro- Dirty Grandpa
- Dinesh D'Souza [as himself]- Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Ben Stiller- Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: You know if one film can have two nominations in the same category, there is probably something to be said about giving one of them the actual award. For the record, that winner should have been Henry Cavill (Ben Affleck killed it...so to speak...as Batman). What is particularly baffling to me, was that 1) someone not being an actor could get a worst actor nomination? and 2) how someone can get a worst actor nomination for playing HIMSELF?
Worst Actress
- Megan Fox - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
- Tyler Perry - Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Julia Roberts - Mother's Day
- Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton] - Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Naomi Watts - "Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In"
- Shailene Woodley - "Divergent Series: Allegiant"
Thoughts: Was Becky Turner's body language REALLY worse than Megan Fox's acting?
Worst Supporting Actress
- Julianne Hough - Dirty Grandpa
- Kate Hudson - Mother's Day
- Aubrey Plaza - Dirty Grandpa
- Jane Seymour - Fifty Shades of Black
- Sela Ward - Independence Day: Resurgence
- Kristen Wiig - "Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: I have not had the misfortune of watching any of these films, but from what I have heard about Zoolander No. 2 I am in no way surprised by this.
Worst Supporting Actor
- Nicolas Cage - Snowden
- Johnny Depp - Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Will Ferrell - Zoolander No. 2
- Jesse Eisenberg - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Jared Leto - Suicide Squad
- Owen Wilson - Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: 1000% agree with this. Eisenberg's performance as well as the overall concept of the DCEU's Lex Luthor was straight trash.
Worst Screen Combo
- Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Any 2 Egyptian Gods or Mortals - Gods of Egypt
- Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume - Alice Through the Looking Glass
- The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors - Collateral Beauty
- Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig - Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Ben Stiller and His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson - Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: Given the contempt that was used to nominate the other duos, how did Battfleck and Superman win?
Worst Director
- Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley - Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Roland Emmerich - Independence Day: Resurgence
- Tyler Perry - Boo! A Madea Halloween
- Alex Proyas - Gods of Egypt
- Zack Snyder - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Ben Stiller - Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: Obviously this film was slanted and just felt like a propaganda piece. There really isn't much that I can say about this film that I haven't said already.
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice
- Fifty Shades of Black
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
- Zoolander No. 2
Thoughts: The DCEU has essentially tried to catch up to 8 years of Marvel films with essentially 2 movies. So a lot of what happened in this movie was actively shoehorned in and had to be skipped over. This was just really unfortunate in this regard. Even worse, I don't think DC can slow down at this point.
Worst Screenplay
- "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Dirty Grandpa
- Gods of Egypt
- Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- Suicide Squad
Thoughts: One word: Martha.
Dinesh has gone as far as to say these nominations were "petty revenge" since Donald Trump, whom Dinesh supported, won the Presidential Election. I would only apply that to a couple of nominations (see acting nominations above), but would not say this about all five. In my opinion, Dinesh should just hold these Ls in his chest and move on. The good news though, is that this doesn't seem to have stopped him from making films so we can only hope he has something planned for the future. As far as the DCEU goes, they should just focus on good storytelling as opposed to trying to be Exposition Man.
All of that being said, every year will have bad films and when the Razzie nominations come out next year, I will gladly talk about (and laugh at) them.