M Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender has blown away all competition at the Razzies - Hollywood's Oscar spoof mocking the year's worst performances.
The film won five Golden Raspberry Awards - including worst director for Shyamalan - in a light-hearted ceremony on the eve of Sunday's Oscars.
Ashton Kutcher snatched worst actor for Valentine's Day; his co-star Jessica Alba won worst supporting actress.
The evening's so-called winners were chosen by 657 voters in 18 countries.
The ceremony took place in a small theatre in east Hollywood, and was the usual mixture of sketches and dance routines.
As well as the Razzie nominees, Oscar contenders such as The King's Speech, 127 Hours and Black Swan were spoofed.
Sex and the City 2 took away three awards, including "worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel", worst actress - won collectively by co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon - and worst ensemble for its entire cast.
But it was a fantasy action film about people who can control fire, air, water and earth that stole the show, despite making $320m (£200m) at global box offices last summer.
The Last Airbender - in which a boy uses his extraordinary powers to bring harmony to a warring world - won worst film, worst director and worst screenplay for Shyamalan and worst supporting actor (for Jackson Rathbone).
It also won a special award for "worst eye-gouging misuse of 3D".
Shyamalan - who won an Oscar nomination in 1999 for The Sixth Sense - adapted the film from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
"He managed to take a cartoon property and make it even less lifelike by making it with real actors," said Razzies founder John Wilson.
"Most people who like the show, and this would include my 14-year-old son, hated the movie. It made no sense whatsoever."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12589752
The Big Movie Awards Winners!
The Big Movie Awards Winners!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I know, what an awful disappointment. As you know, the animated 'Avatar. The Last Airbender' (as it was known in the states) was one of my very favorite shows for ...well;
Shyamalan never should have tarnished it.
...as was put, not my me;
Shyamalan never should have tarnished it.
...as was put, not my me;
I'd say, re-make the first movie and choose one of the best director like Steven Spielberg. This time aang should be asian!
zaraki888 3 weeks ago 5
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Here's a concise review, for those who don't know the animated series;
Here's is how the creators depicted Earthbending (being able to control the element 'earth') as a form of quick marital art;
This is an actual scene from the movie (with funny music) that makes it look like some kind of slow silly dance moves;
It's shocking how even the actors don't even seem to know what's going on!
On the bright side; any publicity is good publicity and the original series, is continuing with a sequel:
Here's is how the creators depicted Earthbending (being able to control the element 'earth') as a form of quick marital art;
This is an actual scene from the movie (with funny music) that makes it look like some kind of slow silly dance moves;
It's shocking how even the actors don't even seem to know what's going on!
On the bright side; any publicity is good publicity and the original series, is continuing with a sequel:
The Legend of Korra Announced!
By nextairbender
Nickelodeon has officially announced that a sequel to the critically acclaimed “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is the works! From the creator-producers of “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “The Legend of Korra” (tentatively titled) animated series is slated to premiere in 2011. According to Nickelodeon executive Brown Johnson, the new series will follow the adventures of a teenage Water Tribe girl avatar named Korra, described as a independent hothead “ready to take on the world.”
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This year's Razzies, a clean sweep for Adam Sandler!!
Adam Sandler's movie Jack and Jill has swept the board at the Razzie awards, which highlight the year's worst films.
The comedy picked up a record 10 prizes, including worst picture. Al Pacino, who played himself, won the worst supporting actor award.
Sandler was named worst actor and actress for playing both Jack and Jill, a brother and his twin sister.
"He didn't play triplets, but he couldn't have won more awards if he had," said Razzies founder John Wilson.
The Razzie presenters annouce the winners
It is the first time in the 32-year history of the awards that a film has won every category.
It also picked up worst screen ensemble and worst re-make / rip-off - as the film was based on Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda.
Worst screen couple went to Sandler and either himself, Katie Holmes or Al Pacino.
Dennis Dugan had the honour of being named worst director for two movies - Jack and Jill and another Sandler vehicle, Just Go With It - while Sandler and Steve Koren won worst screenplay for the former.
Worst supporting actress was David Spade for his portrayal of Monica in Jack and Jill.
Sandler's worst actor accolade was also in honour of his performance in Just Go With It, which co-starred Jennifer Aniston.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17582458
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I've been meaning to comment on this...
This movie is on Xfinity, and having seen the promos for it that have been shown....
Not the actual movie, (which we haven't watched, and certainly won't) just the promos...
It seems to me that the folks behind The Razzies have been unduly kind in their assessments...
Glen Glenda? (Whoever wrote that has never seen Glen Glenda if they think this was based on that)
Just based on the promos, this film makes Ed Wood's maximum opus, Plan 9 From Outer Space look like Citizen Kane....
This movie is on Xfinity, and having seen the promos for it that have been shown....
Not the actual movie, (which we haven't watched, and certainly won't) just the promos...
It seems to me that the folks behind The Razzies have been unduly kind in their assessments...
Glen Glenda? (Whoever wrote that has never seen Glen Glenda if they think this was based on that)
Just based on the promos, this film makes Ed Wood's maximum opus, Plan 9 From Outer Space look like Citizen Kane....
