Evan Almighty is still not anywhere close to making money, even when counting foreign receipts.

Steve Carrell seems like he's going to be under "Razzie" consideration this year. He has "Evan Almighty," and then that terrible looking "Get Smart".

Neither Mandy Moore nor Lauren Graham deserve to be on the Razzie Nominating Ballot. Moore was the best part of both of her bad films, and Graham was fine...nothing special, nothing terrible.

In fact, "Evan Almighty" doesn't deserve to be up for any Razzies. It was a decent comedy. 

Response from Head RAZZberry: In addition to audience response and critical reaction (where ALMIGHTY got mightily snubbed on both counts)  one of the other basic criteria for RAZZIE consideration is financial -- What Did it Cost, and How Much Was Lost? On that score, as the likely Berry Biggest Money-Loser of 2007, EVAN at least deserves some consideration...

She'll probably be on the Nominating Ballot, but I don't know if she'll make the Top 5. It's probably because there are other actresses in supporting roles that sucked as well, like Mandy Moore and Jessica Alba. Alba should be on the ballot for just FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER for now, and Mandy Moore should also be on the ballot for both BECAUSE I SAID SO and LICENSE TO WED.

Originally posted by dipitlow555 OK I saw "Evan" at a drive in last weekend, and it wasn't funny!!! The only funny part was the movie theater marquee that read "The 40 Year-Old Virgin Mary" and anything that came out of Wanda Sykes' mouth. I think a Worst Supporting Actress nomination should go to Lauren Graham for BECAUSE I SAID SO and EVAN ALMIGHTY. Anyone else with me?

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:00:45 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1972&PID=12735#12735 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1972&PID=12725#12725 Author: dipitlow555
Subject: 1972
Posted: July 30 2007 at 9:15am

I guess not.]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:15:06 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1972&PID=12725#12725 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1972&PID=12703#12703 Author: dipitlow555
Subject: 1972
Posted: July 28 2007 at 3:01pm

OK I saw "Evan" at a drive in last weekend, and it wasn't funny!!! The only funny part was the movie theater marquee that read "The 40 Year-Old Virgin Mary" and anything that came out of Wanda Sykes' mouth. I think a Worst Supporting Actress nomination should go to Lauren Graham for BECAUSE I SAID SO and EVAN ALMIGHTY.

Anyone else with me?

I just saw The Teaser Trailer for "Get Smart," starring STEVE CARELL as Maxwell Smart. Looks like it might be kind of funny... Here's a LINK to  view the promo. 

Response from Head RAZZberry: As a professional trailer-maker, I think I should point out that this promo is what is called a "special shoot," meaning the material in it was shot especially for promotional purposes, and will not necessarily appear in the final film. The casting of Carrel in the Smart role does seem inspired, but the last time they made a feature film out of this material (1980's THE NUDE BOMB) it was a Worst Picture nominee at the First Annual RAZZIES... 

Oh, my bad -- Someone said this film cost $170 Million to make (guess they didn't even know about the chump change). Right now, after Tuesday's results, EVAN's sitting at $81.1 Million at the U.S. Box Office.

Response from Head RAZZberry: Which translates to...A Box Office Disaster of (I can't resist the pun) Biblical Proportions... 

Wow, so, this movie cost like $170 Million to make? And right now, it's sitting at about $78 Million at the U.S. Box Office. Sure looks like this movie isn't going to make it to the $100 Million Dollar Mark... 

Response from Head RAZZberry: Actually, although in Hollywood's profligate terms, $5 million is chump change, EVAN is said by The L.A. Times (which ought to know if anyone does) to have had a production budget of $175 million... 

An interesting article today on the website of The Los Angeles Times, uses the promo line "Evan Almighty Box Office: A Disaster of Biblical Proportions." They may be overstating the degree of the "disaster," but they claim "Almighty" cost about $250 million to produce and market, and with its just-over-$30-million opening, it certainly looks headed to be a major money-loser...

Here's the link...