Cathy
02-27-2007, 05:40 AM
The Wayans brothers' midget-thief-pretending-to-be-a-baby "comedy" Little Man received official recognition Saturday night that it's the illegitimate son of Baby Buggy Bunny.
The far-from-funny swiped three statuettes at the 27th Annual Razzie Awards, including Worst Remake or Rip-Off -- for borrowing(?) extensively from the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring Baby Face Finster.
Shawn and Marlon Wayans of Little Man were both dually dissed as the year's Worst Screen Couple, and jointly named Worst Actor. The film was nominated for seven Razzies in all.
Razzies founder John Wilson said that Little Man won for worst remake or rip-off because it took the plot of a Bugs Bunny cartoon and expanded it to feature length. Images of Marlon Wayans' head planted on a two and a half-foot man's body were creepy, not funny, Wilson said.
"I will admit there is 'so stupid it's funny,' but there is also 'so stupid, get out of my face,' and that's what this movie is."
Although they decided to spread the loathe around, voters for this year's Razzies Awards clearly placed Sharon Stone's unintentionally hilarious who-dunnit Basic Instinct 2 head and hooters above the competition.
In ceremonies held on Oscar eve at Hollywood's Ivar Theatre, the film known to Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members as Basically, it Stinks, Too took four $4.97 trophies, among them Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Prequel or Sequel, and Stone herself as 2006's Worst Actress.
But Basic didn't find itself alone in the "winners" circle at Tinseltown's tackiest trophy derby: Fellow Worst Picture nominee Lady in the Water (as well as Little Man) each took multiple dishonors, too.
M. Night Shyamalan, who blew off a multi-million-dollar, multi-picture deal with Disney to get his thrill-free thriller Lady in the Water made, was rewarded for his megalomania with two Razzies: he was named both Worst Director and, for casting himself in a pivotal role in his own film, was also chosen as Worst Supporting Actor.
Worst Supporting Actress turned out to be a neck-and-neck race between two talent-free blonde bimbos, but in the end, Carmen Electra beat out last year's Worst Actress "winner" Jenny McCarthy. Electra's third Razzie nomination proved the charm, and she took the spray-painted gold for her cameo appearances in a pair of putrid parodies, Date Movie and Scary Movie 4.
Rounding out the field, and running on empty where actual amusement is concerned, was the "winner" in the newest Razzie category, Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment: Robin Williams' road apple of a road movie, RV.
The Razzies were created in 1980 by Wilson, a lifelong cinemaniac and cynic who wrote both The Offical Razzies Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies. "Winners" were determined by mailing ballots to 757 Golden Raspberry Foundation members throughout 42 states and more than a dozen foreign countries.
Those few brave souls who choose to accept their Razzies receive a gold-spray-painted, golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled Super 8 film reel, with an estimated street value of $4.97. For more information on the Razzie Awards, and their ill-lustrious history, visit www.razzies.com.
The far-from-funny swiped three statuettes at the 27th Annual Razzie Awards, including Worst Remake or Rip-Off -- for borrowing(?) extensively from the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring Baby Face Finster.
Shawn and Marlon Wayans of Little Man were both dually dissed as the year's Worst Screen Couple, and jointly named Worst Actor. The film was nominated for seven Razzies in all.
Razzies founder John Wilson said that Little Man won for worst remake or rip-off because it took the plot of a Bugs Bunny cartoon and expanded it to feature length. Images of Marlon Wayans' head planted on a two and a half-foot man's body were creepy, not funny, Wilson said.
"I will admit there is 'so stupid it's funny,' but there is also 'so stupid, get out of my face,' and that's what this movie is."
Although they decided to spread the loathe around, voters for this year's Razzies Awards clearly placed Sharon Stone's unintentionally hilarious who-dunnit Basic Instinct 2 head and hooters above the competition.
In ceremonies held on Oscar eve at Hollywood's Ivar Theatre, the film known to Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members as Basically, it Stinks, Too took four $4.97 trophies, among them Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Prequel or Sequel, and Stone herself as 2006's Worst Actress.
But Basic didn't find itself alone in the "winners" circle at Tinseltown's tackiest trophy derby: Fellow Worst Picture nominee Lady in the Water (as well as Little Man) each took multiple dishonors, too.
M. Night Shyamalan, who blew off a multi-million-dollar, multi-picture deal with Disney to get his thrill-free thriller Lady in the Water made, was rewarded for his megalomania with two Razzies: he was named both Worst Director and, for casting himself in a pivotal role in his own film, was also chosen as Worst Supporting Actor.
Worst Supporting Actress turned out to be a neck-and-neck race between two talent-free blonde bimbos, but in the end, Carmen Electra beat out last year's Worst Actress "winner" Jenny McCarthy. Electra's third Razzie nomination proved the charm, and she took the spray-painted gold for her cameo appearances in a pair of putrid parodies, Date Movie and Scary Movie 4.
Rounding out the field, and running on empty where actual amusement is concerned, was the "winner" in the newest Razzie category, Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment: Robin Williams' road apple of a road movie, RV.
The Razzies were created in 1980 by Wilson, a lifelong cinemaniac and cynic who wrote both The Offical Razzies Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies. "Winners" were determined by mailing ballots to 757 Golden Raspberry Foundation members throughout 42 states and more than a dozen foreign countries.
Those few brave souls who choose to accept their Razzies receive a gold-spray-painted, golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled Super 8 film reel, with an estimated street value of $4.97. For more information on the Razzie Awards, and their ill-lustrious history, visit www.razzies.com.