Ghost Rider, FF Among 2007’s Worst Films?
Reuters reports that nominations were announced today for the 28th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, highlighting the worst performances, pairings and other elements from the list of films released in 2007. Big-screen adaptations of comics found their way into the nomination list once again, with Nicolas Cage earning a nod in the "Worst Actor" category for Ghost Rider, while Jessica Alba received a "Worst Actress" nomination for her portrayal of Sue Storm in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Also nominated for a Razzie was Bratz, a live-action film based on the popular series of toys and produced by former Marvel Studios chairman Avi Arad. Prior to the film’s release, Arad described Bratz as "X-Men for girls."
Previous recipients of the "Golden Razzie" award include 2004’s Catwoman (seven nominations, four wins) and 2005’s Bloodrayne (six nominations, no wins).
Can't say I disagree with the Cage/Alba nominations…I'm floored, however, that Bloodrayne didn't win a single Golden Razzie. Incredible.
Geez, FF-2 wasn't that bad. I'm pretty much alone on this, but I think the movie was okay. Doctor Doom was completely unnecessary, but otherwise it was a reasonably faithful translation of comics to film and it pretty much captured the spirit of the series. And there were no musical numbers; always a plus in a superhero movie.
I'm with Mike on this one.Skip Doom, Reed's stinky bachelor party, really show us Galactus and it was pretty OK.
I guess I'll be the voice of dissent here, and say that I thought FF 2 was absolutely horrible. I didn't mind the first one, but the sequel was laugh-out-loud bad. Doom on the surfboard, though accurate to the comics (I believe), was a bit ridiculous. And Reed's bachelor party? Oi. However, I did think it was a better film than Spider-Man 3.Oh, and Sal, the only reason Bloodrayne didn't win any awards was because that was the year Basic Instinct 2 was released.
LOL! Yep, that explains EVERYTHING, Rick. Thanks for the info. ;)
I for one ENJOYED Ghost Rider. Yes; Cage is too damned old to play Johnny Blaze. But other than that, it was an enjoyable movie for me. I hope they do a sequel. As for FF, I didn't make it through the 1st one. So the second one being bad, doesn't surprise me at all.