Showing posts with label Worst Director. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worst Director. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2025

"Can't Stop The Music" and "Xanadu" win top Golden Raspberry Awards 1981



The disco glam movie Can't Stop the Music was nominated for seven Golden Raspberry awards and took home the award for Worst Movie at the first annual ceremony held March 31, 1981. The Golden Raspberry awards were initiated to celebrate the worst of the film industry.  Can't Stop the Music is the reason John J. B. Wilson started the Golden Raspberries.  

Can't Stop the Music won Worst Screenplay for Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr.  It was nominated for Worst Director for Nancy Walker, Worst Actor for Bruce Jenner, Worst Actress for Valerie Perrine, Worst Supporting Actress for Marilyn Sokol, Worst Original Song for (You) Can't Stop the Music by Jacques Morali.

Xanadu was nominated for six Razzies and won for Worst Director for Robert Greenwald. It also received nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Actor for Michael Beck, Worst Actress for Olivia Newton-John, Worst Screenplay and Worst Original Song for Suspended in Time (seriously?).

Can't Stop the Music was released during a period of rising anti-disco sentiment, which is probably why it received so much hate at the time.  However, some 45 years later, opinions toward it have mellowed somewhat and it seems that now it isn't considered to be as terrible as when it was released.  

Saturday, April 10, 2021

"Jaws: The Revenge" wins Golden Raspberry, nominated for 7 more 1988


Jaws: The Revenge (Jaws 4) won a Golden Raspberry for Worst Visual Effects, beating Superman IV: The Quest for Peace at the 8th ceremony, April 10, 1988.  It was nominated for seven more Golden Razzies: Worst Picture; Worst Actor for Bruce the Shark, Worst Actress for Lorraine Gary, Worst Supporting Actor for Michael Caine, Worst Director for Joseph Sargent, and Worst Screenplay by Michael DeGuzma. 

If you've seen this movie, you know it deserves all the Razzies it can get.


Thursday, March 25, 2021

"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" wins 3 Golden Razzies 1990



As much as it pains me to do so, I have to agree that Star Trek V: The Final Frontier deserved all the Razzies it won.  Of all the movies and television shows I enjoy, this movie is definitely at the bottom of the list. And that includes the third season of the original series.

It won(?) for Worst Picture, Worst Actor (William Shatner), and Worst Director (also William Shatner).  DeForest Kelley was nominated as Worst Supporting Actor.  The movie also received nominations for Worst Screenplay and Worst Movie of the Decade.