More important than the Oscars!

[Gob]

Father and son Will and Jaden Smith were big winners at the annual Razzie awards, picking up three prizes for their sci-fi flop After Earth.

Jaden, 15, won the statuette for worst actor, while his famous father won the supporting actor Razzie.

The pair were also voted worst screen combo.

Taking place on the eve of the Oscars, and just a short walk from the Academy Awards red carpet, the Razzies highlight the worst films of the year.

"It's an old Hollywood tradition that somebody who is a star tries to make members of their family a star, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't," Razzies founder John Wilson said. told the BBC after the ceremony was over.

The worst picture prize went to Movie 43, a comedy anthology with an ensemble cast including Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry.

Described by one critic as "the Citizen Kane of awful", the film also won for worst screenplay (written by at least 19 people) and worst director (credited to 13 people).

Wilson said: "It's tasteless, it's stupid, it's insulting and it's sexist."

Tyler Perry (in drag) was named worst actress for A Madea Christmas, while Kim Kardashian was worst supporting actress for Tyler Perry's Temptation.

The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp as Tonto, was worst remake or sequel.

Despite its eight nominations, Adam Sandler's hit film sequel Grown Ups 2 went home empty-handed.

Officially known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Razzies were created in 1980 "as the logical antidote to Tinsel Town's annual glut of self-congratulatory awards".

Winners generally fail to show up - although Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have collected their gold spray-painted prizes in person.

As at the Oscars, the Razzies have an In Memoriam section, which this year included former Razzie nominee Peter O'Toole, the film critic Roger Ebert and Blockbuster video stores.

[MajGenl.Meade]

How (falsely) proud it makes one to reflect that I've not seen even one of these movies. I have observed the first 15 minutes of "After Earth" a couple of times between decent programmes on DSTV and am not at all surprised that Jaden Smith managed a first-of-the-worst award. The kid appeared to have three acting expresssions as he snivelled his way through the script (ha ha - M N Shambleayan): very worried, extremely worried and extremely worried about constipation.

Not that this movie deserves much thought but why is that (a brazilian years after humanity left Earth), the entire place is populated by life that evolved with only one aim - to eradicate humans? You'd think with nothing to hunt for all that time the pants and minimals would have found something better to do.

Particularly pleasing were the multiple nominations for L. Lohan in two different movies. The only surprise being she didn't win for either.

Mind, I hanker after the old days - the late lamented Siskel and Ebert - who in their "worst of the year" review always disdained to pick on obvious dogs and instead preferred to sneer at movies that should have been top draw but were just awful. I think the Shamble-on connection of After Earth would have ruled it out of contention automatically as would almost anything with Adam Sandler in it, not forgetting the likes of Kim Krapdashian.

[Long Run]

I don't know. The kid is 15; maybe a bit early to be busting his acting chops. Especially considering all of the fodder out there to lampoon.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Well he was decent in "Happyness" or whatever it was and the remake of The Karate Kid was quite well done. Maybe he's past his prime? Scientology will do that to ya