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Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:05:54 +0000

Author: cvcjr13
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: December 30 2012 at 8:05pm

Dead link alert: IMDb has moved its link to W.E. to here.

Well, the initial ballot has already gone out, but I feel a movie like this in the situation it was released should be made available to the next year. Otherwise, all the terrible movies in the world would smartly adopt the same release strategy to avoid Razzies.

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:25:28 +0000

Author: ilovetati
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 25 2012 at 10:25pm

Guys, Madonna has absolutely contributed a lot of crap to the film industry, but W.E. is just not worthy of the negative reaction it has received primarily because of its director's persona. Many of my friends who are serious film bloggers, a couple actual Academy members, said the film does have flaws but it deserves more of a 3/4-3/5 level rating, rather than the abysmal ratings thus far. I think this is the sole quality project Madonna has accomplished in the film industry (I hated her performance in Evita) and I think that should be respected and the film given a fair break. As painful as it is to acknowledge someone as vile as her, it's only fair to the film and its extensive cast.

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:44 +0000

Author: Vits
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 09 2012 at 3:00pm

Roger Ebert gave it 2 1/2 stars out of 4.

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:52:01 +0000

Author: Vheid
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 04 2012 at 5:52am

I disagree with the idea of making this movie eligible for the 2012-year.... Or at least to making a discission about it at this point.

My main problem is that it WAS on the list of 2011-releases and voters had the right to put it in the write in-slots.... Won't their votes be counted? If not, I would find that a little unfair.

I'd say count all the write-in votes for W.E., wait untill the nominations are anounced and if it is actually nominated in any category (which I doubt will happen) THEN make the discission of calling W.E. a 2011/2012-release...

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Since it only played 1 or 2 theatres in the U.S. last fall to qualify for consideration by other award entities, and won't be available on home video 'till later this year, a reasonable argument can be made that this was not readily available for our members to actually see and judge 'till now. As for write-in votes for it on this year's Nominating Ballots, I've already tabulated hundreds of them, and only one member has even made mention of W.E. (a write-in for Madonna as Worst Director).

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:06:56 +0000

Author: Vits
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 02 2012 at 12:06pm

A lot of movies get award nominations and are released later in January. So it's alright if the Razzies do the same thing.

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:51:03 +0000

Author: Film Reel Redemption
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 01 2012 at 10:51pm

I wonder if, while directing this movie, Madge thought the same thing that she did when she "acted" in 'Shanghai Surprise'. That the first take was always perfect (thus pulling off an "Ed Wood" in the process).

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:02:17 +0000

Author: Movie Man
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 01 2012 at 10:02pm

Judging from the trailers, everyone agrees that it's a knock-off of THE KING'S SPEECH. I'll go a little further and say I think it's also a knock-off of ANOTHER Oscar-nominated film: JULIE & JULIA (with the "present tying in with the past" scenario).

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:18:28 +0000

Author: oiram
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 01 2012 at 5:18pm

OK, so the biggest contender is Madonna, of course. I was wondering, though -- if we were to have any of the actors be nominated, who will we consider the leads? Abbie Cornish and Oscar Isaac, or Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy?

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: As almost no one has seen this film (and if it were to be deemed "eligible" it would not be until next year) I think maybe we're getting more than a little ahead of ourselves. But a bottom line solution to your query would be to list this film in Worst Screen Ensemble, thus covering all the actors you're asking about...

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:02:05 +0000

Author: SchumacherH8ter
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 01 2012 at 1:02pm

There's one scene in the trailer for this that I found absolutely terrible: The scene with the stuttering prince. When I saw that part, I knew that the only reason that this movie was made was to leech money off The King's Speech's success!

Member DISCUSSION & Add'l INFO on Madonna's W.E. : MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:01:59 +0000

Author: GTAHater767
Subject: MEMBER DISCUSSION of Madonna's W.E.
Posted: February 01 2012 at 1:01pm

It's Pat was first released in some far-off theatres in August of 1994. Not one theatre in Los Angeles or NYC played it until February of 1995. Such is how I'm convinced it happened.

Looking to Madonna's W./E., I'm more inclined to round up to 2012 rather than down to 2011 because it reached a theatre in NYC so close to 2012 that it's only been about 1 1/2 months when most people would assume it's already been one year just because they say it happened in 2011. Besides, if a film got a limited release followed by a wide release anywhere from one week to a few months later, I understand the wide release to always be more important than the limited.

EDIT: I made a mistake here. Apparently it reached enough theatres to be considered a limited release just as of Fbr. 3.