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The2018 Golden Raspberry Award nominations , may have singled out some bad films , but they ’ve missed out some truly terrible moving picture in favour of populist box function bombs . The Razzie noms were led byTransformers : The Last Knightled the nominations withFifty Shades Darkernot far behind , with the other bad Picture nominees includingBaywatch , The Emoji MovieandThe Mummy . In something of a surprise , Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for a spoilt Actress Razzie for her function in Darren Aronofsky’smother!In recent geezerhood , there ’s been something of abacklash against the Razziesby many in flick culture , and for good rationality . They be given to only ever " reward " one very specific kind of moving picture : a relatively high - budget studio movie that make bad reviews and/or bomb severely at the box office , to the point where it realize disdain from the general public prior to its release . That ’s certainly the case with this twelvemonth ’s candidate . Three of the Best Picture nominees -Baywatch , The MummyandTransformers -were high - visibility summertime blockbusters that precipitate short of expectations . The Emoji MovieandFifty Shadesweren’t sleazy either and , crucially , both critically reviled , and not in any controversial way of life . All of these are movies that are good to ridicule and detest . Related : Can The Razzie ’s Actually Matter Any More?The other job is , the Razzies tend to make sorry judgments . Lawrence ’s nominating speech formother!makes little sense;divided as the reaction to that film was , Lawrence ’s performance was far from the problem ; ditto mark for Dakota Johnson ’s act inFifty Shades Darker , as Johnson ’s acting was one of the few aspects of that celluloid that work . This clump of a landing is only amplified when there are substantially good reasons to ridicule famous figures in the entertainment industry than their having merely appeared in a movie that was a financial loser . And there was , of course , plenty of uncollectible , unsuccessful films that were issue in 2017 . Here are a few that may have been more deserving of your contempt than the actual Razzie nominations .
Justice League
The November DCEU cinema , in the version in which it was released , was a tonal tragedy , attempting to mash together the styles of two directors -Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon- whose sensibilities just do n’t gibe together . Cursed with one of the worst villains in the story of superhero picture and that whole byplay involve Henry Cavill ’s CGI - removed moustache , Justice Leaguelost Warner Brothers a big plenty of money , vote out a draw of the grace from the summer’sWonder Woman , and left DCEU die - hardsclamoring for the release of a director ’s cutthat almost certainly does n’t survive .
The Snowman
This thriller , filmed in Norway , directed by Tomas Alfredson ( ofLet the Right One InandTinker Tailor Soldier Spy)and star Michael Fassbender , gotbrutal reviewsupon its U.S. outlet in October , with various elements - a serial killer using snowman as a repeated motif , a bomber name Detective Harry Hole - that could have been accidentally curious if the film had played them that day . Wasting a cast that included Rebecca Ferguson , Toby Jones , Val Kilmer and J.K. Simmons , The Snowmanmight have been a laughingstock sort of film , but it made so little of an picture that it was quickly blank out .
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Suburbicon
Director George Clooney’sSuburbicon , based on an old unproduced screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen , showed mostly that that screenplay had remained unproduced for a reason . star Matt Damon in quite possibly the worst execution of his career , the flick was a failed satire of 1950s urban conformity , also starring Julianne Moore in a perplexing two-fold role and Oscar Isaac and other notice actors wasted in humble roles . The independent plot - ask a home encroachment and other crimes - is bad , and the mostly disconnected subplot , about racial terrorist act , is even speculative , in that it fails to give the African - American characters names or , in some case , even speaking lines .
The Book of Henry , starring Jacob Tremblay as a young boy who try on to rescue a little girl in his neighborhood who ’s being abused by her stepfather - and later exposes the abuse via a children ’s playscript write after he fail - was so vituperate by critics upon its release last June that it leave to guess that its managing director , Colin Trevorrow , would be take out from his gig directingStar Wars : Episode IXas a result ( Trevorrow did later leave that film , although it ’s undecipherable whetherBook of Henry ’s unsuccessful person act in any part in his leaving . ) Hated as the film was , it did n’t get much attending from anyone but critic .
Bright
Who knows whether or not Netflix - only films are even eligible for the Razzies , butBright , the Will Smith - star sci - fi / phantasy crime emblem was fileted by critics when it arrived on the streaming service the last week of December , make a Rotten Tomatoes score in the mid-20s . The moving-picture show was directed bySuicide Squad ’s David Ayer , and written byVictor Frankenstein ’s Max Landis ; there also was peck of vilification of Landis even before he was accuse of sexual misconduct the same week the film appear . For all of the vital vitriol , however , Brightperformed well enough on Netflix that asequel to the movie was promptly greenlit .
Flatliners
This remake of the 1990 Julia Roberts / William Baldwin / Oliver Platt supernatural thriller barely even made a blip when it was released in September . With Danish director Niels Arden Oplev ( the Swedish edition ofThe girlfriend With the Dragon Tattoo ) maltreat in for Joel Schumacher , the film asterisk Ellen Page , Diego Luna and Nina Dobrev.)Flatliners , about a group of aesculapian students who find a way to snuff it and in short impose the hereafter , notched a single - digit Rotten Tomatoes musical score and grossed just $ 16.9 million at the box office . The film simply die to make the compositor’s case that a remake ofFlatlinerswas necessary .
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The Dark Tower
The Dark Towerwas one of the slap-up developmental hell debacles in the history of movies . An adjustment of an iconic Stephen King work , the movie languished for eld with legion actors and director attached , before emerge in perhaps the bad version possible . Plagued by disastrous , nonsensical endeavour at humanity - building and all - prison term - weak execution from lead actors Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey , The Dark Towerhad a quick demisewhen it was released in September - only to watch another King adaptation , IT , to become a massive box office murder just a few weeks later .
CHIPs
This adjustment of the popular eighties TV serial was written and directed by Dax Shepard , who co - asterisk in the film with Michael Pena . Another effort to make a modern - day hash out of an honest-to-goodness TV show in the tradition of the 21 Jump Street movies , CHIPsfailed to find any form of clowning entry point . It did n’t assist that the original star of the series , Erik Estrada , disavowed the movie , or that the motion-picture show had a really creepy-crawly running gag involving just about every woman confuse themselves at Pena ’s part . Yet another flick this yr that sunk reasonably much without a trace .
The Only Living Boy in New York
The indie play from the director of bothThe Amazing Spider - Manfilms , Marc Webb , was another that barely made an feeling , and for serious cause : it ’s really terrible , despite a strong supporting cast that included Pierce Brosnan , Jeff Bridges , Kate Beckinsale , and Cynthia Nixon . The problem was a protagonist , play by Callum Turner , who was a one - two punch of dreadfulness : A wildly unlikeable character who the film had no theme was unlikeable . Beyond that were legion , wearisome reference toThe Graduate , from the plot of ground to the on - the - olfactory organ utilisation of songs by Simon and Garfunkel .
Fist Fight
This high - construct comedy from last February star Charlie Day and Ice Cube , and not only was it not especially comical , but it had something of a sinister and gross subtext : the implication was that the public school teacher hero , played by Day , necessitate to get violent to demonstrate himself as a real homo . The film , mastermind byAlways Sunnyveteran Richie Keen , does n’t give either lead actor a chance to do anything they ’re unspoilt at . It catch poor reexamination and put up a sluggish boxful office performance , but like most celluloid on this list , it did n’t make enough of a dent in gild to earn Razzie consideration .
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