2014 Razzie Award Nominations Take on the Worst Movies of the Year

Forget the Oscars — the nominations you should be interested in as 2015 begins are those for the awards show that highlights the worst of the year in film; the Razzie Awards.

For more than twenty years, the night before the pomp and ceremony of the Oscars has seen the Golden Raspberry or Razzie Awards take a swing at the worst of Hollywood. Irreverent categories like ‘Worst Screen Combo’ and ‘Worst Rip-off, Remake or Sequel’ should be all you need to know to understand the tone of these awards.

This years round of nominations features Transformers: Age of Extinction very prominently, with the movie being put forward for just about every award it was eligible for. Other critically-maligned films making the list include A Million Ways to Die in the West, The Legend of Hercules and Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas.

While the effect of the Razzie Awards is undoubtedly diminished in an era when social media allows individual cinema goers to tear into big releases in front of a worldwide audience, it’s nice to see the tradition of cutting the movie industry down to side for a moment continue. We saw plenty of movie magic in 2014 that will be deservedly congratulated at the Oscars — but that doesn’t mean the stinkers shouldn’t get their due, too.

The full list of nominations for the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards are as follows:

WORST PICTURE
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Transcendence
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
The Legend of Hercules
Sex Tape
A Haunted House 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Left Behind
The Interview
Transformers: Age of Extinction
I, Frankenstein

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Noah
The Legend of Hercules
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
A Haunted House 2
The Expendables 3
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Annie
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Endless Love
Pompeii
Transformers: Age of Extinction
I, Frankenstein
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

WORST SCREENPLAY
Transformers: Age of Extinction
A Haunted House 2
Pompeii
The Legend of Hercules
Sex Tape
Endless Love
Left Behind
The Expendables 3
Winter’s Tale
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Noah
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transcendence
I, Frankenstein

WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) Transformers: Age of Extinction
James Franco & EITHER Seth Rogen or Randall Park (Kim Jong Un) / The Interview
Kellan Lutz and EITHER His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes / LEGEND of HERCULES
The Entire Cast of The Expendables 3
The Entire Cast of Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron / A Million Ways to Die in the West
The “Rock Monsters” / Noah
Johnny Depp and His “Virtual Doppelganger” / Transcendence
Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde / Endless Love
Kirk Cameron and His Ego / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel / Sex Tape

WORST DIRECTOR
James Manera / Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Jake Kasdan / Sex Tape
Darren Aronofsky / Noah
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Jonathan Liebesman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Renny Harlin / The Legend of Hercules
Michael Tiddes / A Haunted House 2
Michael Bay / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Wally Pfister / Transcendence
Darren Doane / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Vic Armstrong / Left Behind

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Shaquille O’Neal / Blended
Johnathon Schaech / The Legend of Hercules
Kelsey Grammer / The Expendables 3 and Transformers: Age of Extinction
Arnold Schwarzenegger / The Expendables 3
Morgan Freeman / Transcendence
Jack Black / Sex Tape
Liam Neeson / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Russell Crowe / Winter’s Tale
Mel Gibson / The Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland / Pompeii
T.J. Miller / Transformers: Age of Extinction

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sophia Myles / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Jaime Pressly / A Haunted House 2
Susan Sarandon / Tammy
Bridgette Cameron / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Carrie-Anne Moss / Pompeii
Amanda Seyfried / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Cameron Diaz / Annie
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jane Fonda / This Is Where I Leave You
Emily Browning / Pompeii
Nicola Peltz / Transformers: Age of Extinction

WORST ACTRESS
Charlize Theron / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Elizabeth Banks / Walk of Shame
Jennifer Aniston / Horrible Bosses 2
Cameron Diaz / The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Gabriella Wilde / Endless Love
Nicole Kidman / Before I Go to Sleep
Melissa McCarthy / Tammy
Drew Barrymore / Blended
Gaia Weiss / The Legend of Hercules
Lea Michele (Voice Only) Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

WORST ACTOR
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Johnny Depp / Transcendence
Adam Sandler / Blended
Seth Rogen / The Interview
Kellan Lutz / The Legend of Hercules
Marlon Wayans / A Haunted House 2
Arnold Schwarzenegger / Sabotage
Aaron Eckhart / I, Frankenstein
Alex Pettyfer / Endless Love
Kirk Cameron /Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
James Franco / The Interview
Nicolas Cage / Left Behind

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