Mike Myers bomb leads Razzie contenders

[blu-mike]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "The Love Guru," a comedy that Mike Myers spent years developing only to see it flop at the box office last summer, led the contenders for the annual Razzie Awards, a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of the year's worst movies, organizers said on Wednesday.

The film, in which the Canadian comic plays a spiritual healer, picked up seven nominations, including worst picture, director and screenplay.

Myers will compete for worst actor alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars -- last year's winner, Eddie Murphy, ("Meet Dave"), Al Pacino ("88 Minutes" and "Righteous Kill"), Mark Wahlberg ("The Happening" and "Max Payne") as well as comedian Larry the Cable Guy ("Witless Protection").

The worst actress category comprises Myers' co-star Jessica Alba, who was also honored for "The Eye," Cameron Diaz ("What Happens in Vegas"), Paris Hilton ("The Hottie & the Nottie"), Kate Hudson ("Fool's Gold" and "My Best Friend's Girl"), and the cast of "The Women," including Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Meg Ryan.

Director M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" and the low-budget romantic comedy "The Hottie & the Nottie" were also nominated for worst picture, alongside the similarly themed spoof combo "Disaster Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," and the fantasy adventure "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale."

"Disaster Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," competing as a single entity, garnered six nominations, while "The Hottie & the Nottie" and "In the Name of the King" landed five each, and "The Happening" four. As with "The Guru," they all yielded nods for worst director and worst screenplay.

Hilton scored a total of three nominations. The socialite, who is not known for her acting chops, was also cited for her supporting role in "Repo: The Genetic Opera" and in the worst screen couple race for "The Hottie & the Nottie."

The Razzies are determined by 687 voters -- more than eight times as many who vote on the Golden Globes. Winners will be announced during an appropriately tacky ceremony at a Hollywood theater on February 21, a day before the Academy Awards. The nominees are usually nowhere to be seen, although Halle Berry sportingly showed up four years ago to accept her prize for "Catwoman."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090121/...a_us_razzies_2

[Crim122]

Hilton and Alba are a toss up for me, they both suck..but I say Alba for The Eye.

[blu-mike]

Originally Posted by Crim122

Hilton and Alba are a toss up for me, they both suck..but I say Alba for The Eye.

1+ yeah hahaha

[Jeremy1983]

Originally Posted by Crim122

Hilton and Alba are a toss up for me, they both suck..but I say Alba for The Eye.

Indeed, Jessica Alba is a poor actress. But Paris Hilton is literally painful to watch. Alba, on the other hand, I LOVE to watch.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1983

Indeed, Jessica Alba is a poor actress. But Paris Hilton literally is painful to watch. Alba, on the other hand, I LOVE to watch.

Even if I had the TV on mute I know its a terrible performance, just does not work for me.

[Pelican170]

I will watch Into the Blue until my C*ck falls off!

[manic lars]

Mike Myers spent YEARS developing the ****in' Love Guru???

[Jeremy1983]

Originally Posted by Pelican170

I will watch Into the Blue until my C*ck falls off!

+1

Into the Blue is my #1 guilty pleasure

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by Pelican170

I will watch Into the Blue until my C*ck falls off!

LOL, thanks for the chuckle!

Love Guru, The Happening, Meet the Spartans & Disaster Movie for razzies - sounds real hard to argue with....

[Sussudio]

Originally Posted by Pelican170

I will watch Into the Blue until my C*ck falls off!

that was great

[Pelican170]

Originally Posted by Sussudio

that was great

hahah, thanks, its true. i cant get enough! im a fiend

[doctorsteve]

Originally Posted by blu-mike

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "The Love Guru," a comedy that Mike Myers spent years developing only to see it flop at the box office last summer, led the contenders for the annual Razzie Awards, a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of the year's worst movies, organizers said on Wednesday.

Oddly enough - this is the only Meyers movie I've ever WANTED to own. I'm befuddled as to why it didn't do better. I know it received early bad press, but it actually made me laugh out loud for once.

I was also thrilled when the hockey players' moms' church was on Tonawanda st.

There IS a Tonawanda street in the Buffalo area (of course it looks NOTHING like the one in the movie) but I'd like to think of it more as an homage to the Tonawandas of Western New York - City of Tonawanda (where I live), North Tonawanda, and the Town of Tonawanda. To see my hometowns' name on the big screen was awesome...

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Crim122

Hilton and Alba are a toss up for me, they both suck..but I say Alba for The Eye.

Just because they haven't been in any Wes Anderson movies doesn't mean that they're incredibly bad actors.

Alba is pretty good, Hilton kinda sucks but she was good in Repo.

Logan

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1983

Indeed, Jessica Alba is a poor actress. But Paris Hilton is literally painful to watch. Alba, on the other hand, I LOVE to watch.

i don't think jessica is a poor actress. that woman makes more bank than i'll ever see in my lifetime.

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

LOL, thanks for the chuckle!

Love Guru, The Happening, Meet the Spartans & Disaster Movie for razzies - sounds real hard to argue with....

+1, they all have my vote

[jono_0101]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i don't think jessica is a poor actress. that woman makes more bank than i'll ever see in my lifetime.

you don't have to be a good actor/actress to make a boatload of money, look at ben affleck i keed, i keed