The Berry WORST Movie Summer EVER??

I hate to see what next year's movies will look like!

Originally posted by #1-Movie-Fan! Can't wait to see how desperate the Academy gets, come time for their nominations -- How on Earth can they come up with FIVE Best Actress nominees for 2006 that anyone will take seriously??

I'm trying to figure out where 5 Best Picture nominees are going to come from. Quite honestly, I haven't seen ONE really Oscar winning film so far. We have a couple weeks to go, but there isn't really anything in the next few weeks that jumps out as the 800 pound gorilla on the horizon. If I were an Oscar voter and I had to pick right now, I'd be seriously tempted to vote for Happy Feet.

We certainly won't face a similar problem. So many Razzie deserving films have come out that this year that I'm really having a tough time trying to decide what is going to get checked on my ballot.

I think it's going to be a challenge to limit the RAZZIES to JUST five nominations per category this year...

Also they should cancel Academy Awards for lack of quality nominations...in ANY Category...

Okay, let's take this point by point.

First of all, the guess here is that most of the regular posters on this board are probably well aquainted with this year's crop of indies...I'd guess better informed than the average movie goer. In another thread I took a tongue-in-cheek poke at Babel and it certainly appears that perhaps the majority of this year's Oscar nominees may well be indies. Typically, we don't spend a lot of time discussing the year's better films in this forum. On the other hand, there hasn't been a lot to discuss this year.

Second, if you take a few moments to browse through the thread specifically devoted to The Pink Panther, you might be surprised to see that the film had its defenders. Certainly, not every post about it was negative. The majority, the large majority were negative, reflecting the consensus at IMDB and RT where the critical and public response to the film was mostly negative.

Third, on a board where the majority of discussion centers on the identification and celebration of bad cinema (and a lot of our discussion is tongue-in-cheek) it shouldn't be particularly surprising that presentations will tend to be made "in the worst way possible."

Finally, if anything, I would generally regard this year's fall and holiday season as even more disappointing than a very lackluster summer season. Typically, this is the time of year when the Oscar heavyweights roll into the theaters, and we just haven't seen clear favorites emerge this year. Box-office numbers have also been pretty unimpressive for the holiday season, reflecting a general suspicion that Hollywood no longer has a very firm grasp on what movie goers want to see. As further evidence, as has already been noted, the year's strongest Oscar contenders are likely to come from independents.

The IMDB board and the Razzie board have rather different purposes. IMDB offers posting boards for virtually every movie released. We, on the other hand, are more specifically focused on discussion of bad cinema. To be sure, there is a free form thread on this board which permits discussion of good movies, as well as whatever may be on a given member's mind.

In other words, if you wish to participate in broad range discussions of the paranormal, going to a board which offers that sort of topic is a good idea. On the other hand, if you go to a board which specializes in discussions of Sasquatch, it's a little disingenuous to criticize the members for their general lack of enthusiasm for discussing ghosts. (In point of fact, many of the members on the board may be very interested in ghosts, but they go to other forums to discuss them.)

Nonetheless, all points of view are welcome. If you think a film is Razzie worthy, we always welcome having it brought to our attention. If you disagree that a particular film is worthy of Razzie consideration, you should feel free to post in its defense (hopefully without any characterizations implying "closed-mindedness" on the part of those with a different opinion).  

Response from Head RAZZberry: And while we're on the subject, jb razz, YES, postings on the Forum DO indeed have an effect. You were not alone in pointing out the Razzie-worthiness of DATE MOVIE. After several postings questioning the lack of attention it appeared to be getting, I was prompted to check it out on RT, the IMDb, and elsewhere, and came to the conclusion that DATE MOVIE should be among those films listed on our Nominating Ballot (it was released in mid-February of 2006, when I was bizzy putting together last year's ceremonies, and it disappeared from theatres so quickly I never got a chance to see it). If you are a dues-paying, actual Voting Member, jb razz, you'll find DATE MOVIE listed in several places when you receive your 27th Annual Nominating Ballot in about a week or so. If you're NOT a dues-paying, formal Voting RAZZIE Member, here's a LINK to rectify that situation.....