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"Dirty Love Actors
Rehearsing Their Razzie
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A Richard Propes Column
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January 26, 2006 |
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This past week, I submitted my nominees for the upcoming Razzie Awards.
Here are a few of the highlights from my picks for 2005's Worst Film! |
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WORST FILM
- Dirty Love: "Dirty Love" is penned by Jenny McCarthy, who
also stars in the film. Her ex, John Asher, directs the film. Centered
upon the story of one woman getting over the ending of her "dream"
relationship, the film is a hodge-podge of poorly written, poorly
acted and poorly directed scenes. It goes BEYOND bad taste on more
than one occasion, and even made the very beautiful McCarthy look
unattractive. In any other year, "Dirty Love" would be the runaway
winner...this year, it is merely one of the frontrunners for the
Razzie for "Worst Film." It certainly got one of my nominating votes!
- Alone in the Dark: This film was one of two films in 2005
to receive an "F" from me (the other being a low-budget film called
"Fake Preacher"). I nominated the director, lead actor, lead actress,
supporting actor and supporting actress. I suppose it goes without
saying I would nominate the film for Worst Film of 2005. While I have
to wait and see the final nominees, I can't imagine (at this point)
any other film getting my vote.
- Son of the Mask: I'm not sure anyone expected this film to
be even remotely as funny as Jim Carrey's original, but we had a
certain right to expect a few laughs. Instead, we get a "comedy" where
everything is thrown at the screen, no laughs work, the usually
charming Traylor Howard is anything but charming, and the immensely
talented Jamie Kennedy is dumbed down even farther than usual.
- Stealth: Did you see the trailers for "Stealth?" Admit it
it. It looked awful. Was this trying to be "Top Gun?" If so, it failed
at even attaining that degree of mediocrity. This high-budget,
low-intelligence film starred Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas and
Jessica Biel. ALL three are capable of much better work, as Foxx
proved in his Oscar win and Lucas proved in the recently released
"Glory Road." "Stealth" is one of those films where you look up at the
screen and think to yourself "Who greenlighted this film?" I mean it.
I want to know. Who read this script and thought "Let's throw millions
of dollars in this project?" My only hope is that they are in a
McDonald's uniform now. You're right. That was mean. McDonald's
doesn't even deserve that fate.
- The Aristocrats: I really struggled with this final pick,
but ultimately I can't deny it . I hated this film and the numbness I
felt after 90+ minutes of hearing this stupid, dirty joke. Yes, I
realize it was an "indie favorite" and lots of people found it
hilarious. I realize that contemporary cinema shows far more offensive
work all the time. I just can't disregard the fact that I find humor
promoting sexual violence, child abuse and family violence anything
but funny. Not only did this film get remarkably old after 90+
minutes, but the joke wasn't really funny the first time.
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© Written by Richard Propes |
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