Superhero flick Madame Web snags worst picture at the Razzies
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Dakota Johnson won worst actress at the Razzies for superhero flick Madame Web, which also took home the dishonour of worst picture.
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LOS ANGELES – Madame Web (2024), an American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name, nabbed the most wins at the 45th Razzie Awards on Feb 28, including for worst picture, screenplay and actress for its leading lady, Dakota Johnson.
The Razzies, known formally as the Golden Raspberry Awards, is the annual Oscar spoof that spotlights Hollywood’s worst performances. It is usually announced prior to the Oscars, which will hold its ceremony on March 2.
Seinfeld (1989 to 1998) actor Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix satire about the cereal industry, Unfrosted (2024), scored two wins for worst actor for Seinfeld and worst supporting actress for Amy Schumer.
Tying with Unfrosted, musical Joker: Folie A Deux (2024) and science-fiction epic Megalopolis (2024) were both crowned with two wins.
Joker: Folie A Deux, a follow-up to the popular 2019 film Joker, won for worst prequel, sequel, remake or rip-off and screen combo for lead stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, while Megalopolis earned esteemed film-maker Francis Ford Coppola worst director and Jon Voight worst supporting actor.
Coppola, known for acclaimed films like The Godfather trilogy (1972 to 1990) and Apocalypse Now (1979), posted a response to the film’s Razzie wins on Feb 28.
“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for Megalopolis, and for the distinctive honour of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary movie-making,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
“In this wreck of a world today, where art is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to not follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that, despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now,” Coppola added.
The Razzie Redeemer Award, bestowed on a past contender who has “gone on to better things” since being nominated for a Razzie, went to The Last Showgirl (2024), which stars Pamela Anderson. The film opens exclusively at The Projector on March 13.
More than 1,100 Razzie members from across the United States and about two dozen other countries vote on the awards, according to the Razzie website. REUTERS
