I'll begin with the Razzies, also known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody honoring the worst cinematic under-achievements. The list of nominees is always announced just before the Academy Award announcements are made. Winners this year will be publicized on March 11, the day before the Oscar ceremony.
The Razzies:
- Were created by a few film industry veterans and UCLA film graduates in 1981.
- This was all started by John JB Wilson (right) who in 1980 hosted a potluck party immediately following the 53rd Academy Award ceremony, where he passed ballots out for the partygoers to vote on the worst film of the year.
The winner of the first Golden Raspberry Award was Can't Stop the Music, a fictional account of The Village People. I noticed that Rotten Tomatoes gave it 18%/37% ratings. Among the stars were Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine and Bruce Jenner (won Olympic Gold in Montreal 1976, then later became Caitlyn), to the right.
- For the record, in Year One Neil Diamond won Worst Actor for The Jazz Singer (RT: 23/69) and Brooke Shields won Worst Actress for her The Blue Lagoon (RT: 8/53)portrayal. She went on to make another 35 films.
- Something I'm sure you want to peruse, all the Razzie Worst Pictures since 1980.
The Golden Raspberry Award Organization now has 650 members (they actually pay a fee) from 19 countries.- Noteworthy:
- Sandra Bullock in 2010 won both a Razzie and Oscar for Worst and Best Actress, but for different films.
- Wall Street (1987) won both awards for Worst/Best Picture.
- Sylvester Stallone has been awarded 10 times.
- Got to add this. The 1990 Adventures of Ford Fairline and Ghosts Can't Do It were both so bad that they shared Worst Film. Not only was this, in GCD, Donald Trump's only real acting attempt, he won a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor. This movie featured Bo Derek, and was directed by her husband, John. I wouldn't want to watch this, and didn't, but here is supposedly the whole film. Maybe you'll get to see The Donald's performance. And, by the way, absolutely do not watch this other whole film, Ghosts Can Do It.
You can view the nominees for this year here. Among them:
And, oh yes, there will be the Academy Awards on March 12, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Again, for details, read this. Otherwise:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once got 11 nominations, the most.
- All Quiet on the Western Front, a German production that began to be shown on Netflix last October, got 9. Also The Banshees of Inisherin.
- No female directors were nominated, even though they won the past two years.
- Also, no Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Baz Luhrmann.
- Michelle Yeoh in EEAAO is only the second Asian female to gain a Best Actress nomination. First? Merle Oberon in 1936, but that could be because she hid her mother's ancestry: Sri Lankan. Jamie Lee Curtis received her very first nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
- Rotten Tomatoes bestowed excellent scores: 95% from reviewers and 89% from the audience.
- Rated R.
- One reviewer said:
Delightfully bonkers on the surface, this inventive extravaganza from the directing team called Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) has a deep layer of family feeling and a well-earned emotional pull at the end.
- Me? You would think a film featuring an Asian family dealing with parallel universes would be appealing. Nope. Did not like the movie. Too confusing, too many fisticuffs, a few technical flaws, with an uncertain ending. I would have given it a 50% score.
All Quiet on the Western Front has been long available on Netflix. Wasn't interested in the subject. - Rotten Tomatoes also liked this production: 92% by reviewers and 90% by audiences.
- It is based on the book published in 1928 by Erich Remarque, German veteran of World War I which, was banned by Nazi Germany.
- In 1930 came the film of the same name, made in the U.S., which won an Academy Award, but was boycotted by the American Legion. It is called the greatest war film of all time. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film 98/89 ratings. Want to see it....for free? CLICK ON THIS.
- There was then a television film in 1979 starring Richard Thomas, Patricia Neal, Donald Plasance and Ernest Borgnine. Got Rotten Tomatoes ratings of 100/69. Want to see it? Here, all 2 hours and and 35 minutes, in color.
- Elton John wrote and first sang All Quiet on the Western Front in 1982.
- As I was planning to blog on this subject today, I last night watched the 2022 version of All Quiet on the Western Front. It has been available on Netflix since October. However, I avoided it because all World War I bunker films I find boring. I'm afraid this one was, too. Rotten Tomatoes loved it, but not me. On occasion, too noisy, grimy, muddy, gory, pitiless, inhumane and so on. It did, though, evoke the desired message about the horrors of this human insanity. War is atrocious, barbarous, brutal, evil, harsh, sadistic, degenerate, monstrous, etc. I enjoy movies with heart, happiness, joy, visual beauty.....AQotWF had none of this. Well, as this ad shows, it was a few times visually spectacular. As much as this was a war to end all wars, we never learn.
I do end with a rather astonishing fact: more people live in New York City than 39 of our 50 states.
- #1 Tokyo 37.4 13.5
- #2 Delhi 28.5 16.8
- #3 Shanghai 25.6 24.9
- #4 Sao Paolo 21.7 12.3
- #5 Mexico City 21.6 9.2
- #6 Cairo 20.1 9.5
- #7 Mumbai 20.0 12.5
- #8 Beijing 19.6 21.9
- #9 Dhaka 19.6 8.9
- #10 Osaka 19.3 2.7
- #11 New York 18.8 8.8
- The largest city in the world is Shanghai with a population of 24.9 million. It has more people than 48 states, with California at 39.2 million and Texas at 29.53 larger.
- Strangely, the city of Beijing has more people than the municipality.
- I haven't been in only one of the above, Dhaka, which is the capital of Bangladesh, and have no particular interest in correcting that deficiency.
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