Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards
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When you're bad, you're good. The badly rated, yet high earning and Michael Bay sequel for our beloved franchise has received nominations for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards, or infamously, the Razzies. Revenge of the Fallen is up for the categories below:
While this is all in good humour, an infinite amount of critics blasted Revenge of the Fallen during it's release. However we've seen first hand how much money the movie has brought with it, a tremendous $400+ million US strong, along with a successful toy line that has spanned over half a year and is still continuing.
Do you agree with these nominations? Sound off in the Energon Pub! You can check out the nominations and much more at the Razzies website.
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- Worst Film
Worst Director
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
Worst Screenplay
Worst Supporting Actress (Julie White)
Worst Screen Couple (Le Bouf and EITHER Megan Fox OR Any Transformer)
Worst Actress (Megan Fox)
While this is all in good humour, an infinite amount of critics blasted Revenge of the Fallen during it's release. However we've seen first hand how much money the movie has brought with it, a tremendous $400+ million US strong, along with a successful toy line that has spanned over half a year and is still continuing.
Do you agree with these nominations? Sound off in the Energon Pub! You can check out the nominations and much more at the Razzies website.
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Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042812)
Posted by Badass Grimlock on February 1st, 2010 @ 8:54pm CST
Posted by Badass Grimlock on February 1st, 2010 @ 8:54pm CST
7? That's just Prime (read: sad).
I didn't think it was horrible. In fact, I kinda liked it. Scratch that. It was AWESOME. The fact that it was so lowly rated by critics (And it was listed as the number 1 Worst Movie of 2009 on Gizmodo, those bastards) saddened me. However, it didn't surprise me that Roger Ebert is an old fart who can't tell Bumblebee from Rampage (Look, Roger! They're differently colored!), let alone find a plot when it's right under his nose (Then again, your eyes are positioned an inch upward from your nose, so that adds some difficulty to the process).
Waaaaaaaaaah.
I didn't think it was horrible. In fact, I kinda liked it. Scratch that. It was AWESOME. The fact that it was so lowly rated by critics (And it was listed as the number 1 Worst Movie of 2009 on Gizmodo, those bastards) saddened me. However, it didn't surprise me that Roger Ebert is an old fart who can't tell Bumblebee from Rampage (Look, Roger! They're differently colored!), let alone find a plot when it's right under his nose (Then again, your eyes are positioned an inch upward from your nose, so that adds some difficulty to the process).
Waaaaaaaaaah.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042814)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 1st, 2010 @ 8:58pm CST
Ever? Really? Worse than Mortal Kombat Annihilation, or Batman and Robin? I can understand that you didn't like it, but calling it the worst movie ever is hyperbolic and absurd.
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 1st, 2010 @ 8:58pm CST
Chaoslock wrote:It made a ton of cash, but it is still the biggest pile of slag Hollywood have ever produced.
Ever? Really? Worse than Mortal Kombat Annihilation, or Batman and Robin? I can understand that you didn't like it, but calling it the worst movie ever is hyperbolic and absurd.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042834)
Posted by Burn on February 1st, 2010 @ 9:39pm CST
If Chaoslock thinks it's the worst movie ever then that's his right to think that. Just because you think otherwise does not make it absurd.
Remember people, respect the opinions of others even if you disagree with them.
Posted by Burn on February 1st, 2010 @ 9:39pm CST
Evil_the_Nub wrote:Chaoslock wrote:It made a ton of cash, but it is still the biggest pile of slag Hollywood have ever produced.
Ever? Really? Worse than Mortal Kombat Annihilation, or Batman and Robin? I can understand that you didn't like it, but calling it the worst movie ever is hyperbolic and absurd.
If Chaoslock thinks it's the worst movie ever then that's his right to think that. Just because you think otherwise does not make it absurd.
Remember people, respect the opinions of others even if you disagree with them.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042849)
Posted by zenosaurus_x on February 1st, 2010 @ 10:24pm CST
Posted by zenosaurus_x on February 1st, 2010 @ 10:24pm CST
........
This makes me lose faith in critics(oh wait, I didn't have any) or whoever comes up with these nominations.
Seriously? WORST MOVIE? This movie was better than about 80% of the movies that came out this year(err last year). Even with it's bad points it wasn't even that bad of a movie, sure it was nothing compared to part one but it is so far from the worst movie ever.
While I was disappointed in it I can name so many movies that are worse than this....it just doesn't deserve being called the worst movie, people just have something against giant robots and movies that aren't overdramatic...
This makes me lose faith in critics(oh wait, I didn't have any) or whoever comes up with these nominations.
Seriously? WORST MOVIE? This movie was better than about 80% of the movies that came out this year(err last year). Even with it's bad points it wasn't even that bad of a movie, sure it was nothing compared to part one but it is so far from the worst movie ever.
While I was disappointed in it I can name so many movies that are worse than this....it just doesn't deserve being called the worst movie, people just have something against giant robots and movies that aren't overdramatic...
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042884)
Posted by stangatron on February 1st, 2010 @ 11:36pm CST
Posted by stangatron on February 1st, 2010 @ 11:36pm CST
i liked this movie i thought the fight scene in the forest with prime was sick plus the worst movie of the year was G.I. Joe. the movie was suck
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042904)
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:46am CST
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:46am CST
Finally! RotF has been nominated for awards it can actually win! 
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042906)
Posted by Liftgate on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:52am CST
Posted by Liftgate on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:52am CST
I'm not going to go into this nonsense too much, but if you're a person who thinks this movie is the worst thing you've ever seen, then apparently you HAVN'T SEEN VERY MANY MOVIES. The ONLY reason you are picking on it is because it's trendy to do so, that's it. The critics like to take aim at it simply because it had a big budget which made it a huge target for their nitpicking - the acting is bad, this is bad, that is bad - as if they all were expecting arthouse film making from something that is based on TOYS and a CARTOON! It's just hilarious! Yeah, let's compare toy robots to The Godfather, Scorsese, Paul Newman, Eastwood, Ridley Scott, etc., that really makes sense, real intelligent. I myself did not like parts of this movie, yes it could have been better, but I also have the common sense to realize that some parts of it were pretty darn cool and overall, pretty enjoyable. To say that this movie was the worst anything is beyond ridiculous and very narrow minded. Just my opinion you say? Really? Then why don't you go watch some of the hundreds of awful films that were made just last year, including most comedies and rom-coms that arn't even funny, and then in all seriousness try to tell yourself that ROTF was the "worst yadayada".
Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?
And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.
Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?
And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042910)
Posted by Absolute Zero on February 2nd, 2010 @ 1:17am CST
Posted by Absolute Zero on February 2nd, 2010 @ 1:17am CST
One of the worst movies of the year, by far. I had my hopes up, and once again they were crashed under the weight of this movie.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042916)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 2nd, 2010 @ 1:40am CST
My point exactly
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 2nd, 2010 @ 1:40am CST
Liftgate wrote:I'm not going to go into this nonsense too much, but if you're a person who thinks this movie is the worst thing you've ever seen, then apparently you HAVN'T SEEN VERY MANY MOVIES. The ONLY reason you are picking on it is because it's trendy to do so, that's it. The critics like to take aim at it simply because it had a big budget which made it a huge target for their nitpicking - the acting is bad, this is bad, that is bad - as if they all were expecting arthouse film making from something that is based on TOYS and a CARTOON! It's just hilarious! Yeah, let's compare toy robots to The Godfather, Scorsese, Paul Newman, Eastwood, Ridley Scott, etc., that really makes sense, real intelligent. I myself did not like parts of this movie, yes it could have been better, but I also have the common sense to realize that some parts of it were pretty darn cool and overall, pretty enjoyable. To say that this movie was the worst anything is beyond ridiculous and very narrow minded. Just my opinion you say? Really? Then why don't you go watch some of the hundreds of awful films that were made just last year, including most comedies and rom-coms that arn't even funny, and then in all seriousness try to tell yourself that ROTF was the "worst yadayada".
Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?
And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.
My point exactly
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042940)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 2nd, 2010 @ 2:46am CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 2nd, 2010 @ 2:46am CST
Finally ROTF is getting nominated for awards it deserves. Now to throw my 2 cents in on the "worst movie ever fiasco" thats going on here (you knew it was coming) Hate to say it but its Not the worst movie of all time, is it one of em yeah. worst of the year hell yes, decade possibly (there were a lot of really bad movies in the past 10 years, ever see Bloodrayne or half the syfy movies?) worst of all time, its close but not the worst.(id like to add im speaking as a movie fan not a TF fan for once, i know what a shock) I can think of at least 5 movies that suck worse than ROTF, & with the fast forward button ROTF is watchable. Granted its reduced to about 20-30min but still its 30 min of viewable material. There are movies that with fast forward theres nothing worth seeing. Now dont get the idea im now all of a sudden saying i like ROTF i still hate it with a passion and i still want my money back (wait i got in for free, ok give me back the brain cells and time i lost from watching it). If you think this is the worst movie of all time (ALL TIME, thats a fuck load of movies) then you better start watching HBO & starz cause you obviously dont watch alot of movies.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042979)
Posted by Trikeboy on February 2nd, 2010 @ 5:59am CST
Posted by Trikeboy on February 2nd, 2010 @ 5:59am CST
My problem with the razzies is that it never attacks the really bad movies that slip in under the radar. The fact that Ace Venture Jr. is not on the list for Worst Picture of 2009, Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel and/or Worst Screenplay just shows that. That movie was so bad that Jim Carrey was wise enough to avoid it. The razzies are just a bunch of fanboys that complain about movies all day. They probably liked that god awful Transformers 3 script that popped up a couple of months ago too.
Btw I am not defending ROTF or the others nominated but there are other movies out there that deserve to get slated. Why only attack the high profile ones? Also, I liked Julia White in ROTF.
Btw I am not defending ROTF or the others nominated but there are other movies out there that deserve to get slated. Why only attack the high profile ones? Also, I liked Julia White in ROTF.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1042986)
Posted by Chaoslock on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:14am CST
I actually liked MK2 as a kid, and still think it was good compared to what a fighting-program-based movie can do.
Batman and Robin: Wasn't worse than Batman Forever, and the comic based on it was actually readable.
But since RotF, every autobot is a genocidal maniac - just look at the new Seasprays bio.
Posted by Chaoslock on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:14am CST
Evil_the_Nub wrote:Chaoslock wrote:It made a ton of cash, but it is still the biggest pile of slag Hollywood have ever produced.
Ever? Really? Worse than Mortal Kombat Annihilation, or Batman and Robin? I can understand that you didn't like it, but calling it the worst movie ever is hyperbolic and absurd.
I actually liked MK2 as a kid, and still think it was good compared to what a fighting-program-based movie can do.
Batman and Robin: Wasn't worse than Batman Forever, and the comic based on it was actually readable.
But since RotF, every autobot is a genocidal maniac - just look at the new Seasprays bio.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043001)
Posted by Bowspearer on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:59am CST
Posted by Bowspearer on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:59am CST
Can anyone honestly be surprised by this turn of events? The reality is that in terms of what a movie is about at its core - story and characters - the LATFMs have never been that good. It's always been a case of explosions covering up for shallow dialogue and toilet humour taking the place of character exposition. The first movie got away with it due to a mix of nostalgia and bradn recognition, but those factors were always only going ot be good for one movie.
Yes the movie made a ton of money, but at the same time, an awful lot of (awful :p) people watch shows like big brother, so box office takings these days aren't the litmus test of a decent movie.
Were there other movies more deserving of nominations? Possibly, but only just. However the "under the radar" movies that got brought up before are "under the radar for a reason- they're not overly hyped and not $150 million extravaganzas. This was a high profile, high cost movie without a script and by its very nature, proof of just who was at fault for the failings of the first script (specifically, Bay). Heck even Hasbro and Bay have been making a bit of a deal out of how much the third movie is going to be "character focused" (which realistically means 1 or 2 toilet humour gags going for 30 seconds of character exposition).
Unlike those "under the radar movies" Transformers 2 was a symbol of the bar Hollywood sets these days and in terms of something even remotely close to something critically acclaimed, TF2 sets the bar so low that you could parachute out of a snake's butt to reach it. Hollywood needs to be sent a message that no matter how much gold you coat a turd in, paid for by its box office takings, it's still a turd and that CG, hype, huge budgets and excessive pyrotechnic displays are no substitute for quality characterisatons and stories. Here's hoping TF2 sweeps the board and the Hollywood gets the message (presuming they didn't from Avatar).
Yes the movie made a ton of money, but at the same time, an awful lot of (awful :p) people watch shows like big brother, so box office takings these days aren't the litmus test of a decent movie.
Were there other movies more deserving of nominations? Possibly, but only just. However the "under the radar" movies that got brought up before are "under the radar for a reason- they're not overly hyped and not $150 million extravaganzas. This was a high profile, high cost movie without a script and by its very nature, proof of just who was at fault for the failings of the first script (specifically, Bay). Heck even Hasbro and Bay have been making a bit of a deal out of how much the third movie is going to be "character focused" (which realistically means 1 or 2 toilet humour gags going for 30 seconds of character exposition).
Unlike those "under the radar movies" Transformers 2 was a symbol of the bar Hollywood sets these days and in terms of something even remotely close to something critically acclaimed, TF2 sets the bar so low that you could parachute out of a snake's butt to reach it. Hollywood needs to be sent a message that no matter how much gold you coat a turd in, paid for by its box office takings, it's still a turd and that CG, hype, huge budgets and excessive pyrotechnic displays are no substitute for quality characterisatons and stories. Here's hoping TF2 sweeps the board and the Hollywood gets the message (presuming they didn't from Avatar).
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043008)
Posted by Trikeboy on February 2nd, 2010 @ 7:19am CST
Posted by Trikeboy on February 2nd, 2010 @ 7:19am CST
So, when it comes to deciding whether a movie is bad or not, the cost of the movie has to be taken into account. Sorry that sounds like total BS. A bad movie is a bad movie reguardless of how much money was used to produce it. You are right about a turd being a turd, but notoriety and money should not be a way to distiguish the bad from the worst. The Razzies exist to humiliate bad movies but they have become a bashing ground for fanboys.
Again, I am not defending ROTF.
Again, I am not defending ROTF.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043024)
Posted by SLUGSLINGER81 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 7:52am CST
Posted by SLUGSLINGER81 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 7:52am CST
"IT IS BETTER TO BE HATED FOR WHAT YOU ARE, THAN TO BE LOVED FOR SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT" The Transformers fanbase is up there with the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek, and other great Sci-fiction, and has outlasted many other "great" movies/books/toylines...& to be honest, I have thrown my share of stones at this movie, but when we were sitting in our living rooms holding our favorite TFs while watching our beloved show...did we ever imagine that we could be seeing devastator's "Cyber Berries" on an Imax screen...probably not, but the fact that we had the (dis)pleasure of doing so, we should be proviledged that studios, directors, and non-TF fans are taking the time to produce films with our beloved characters, whether good or bad...ok, time to take my meds now. 
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043039)
Posted by GuyIncognito on February 2nd, 2010 @ 8:12am CST
Posted by GuyIncognito on February 2nd, 2010 @ 8:12am CST
It was a pretty awful movie, but only watched it to see the TFs fighting and transforming. I watched every action scene featuring the TFs multiple times, and I fast-forwarded through everything else.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043055)
Posted by Oilspill on February 2nd, 2010 @ 9:07am CST
Too true! It may get a clean sweep this time!
Posted by Oilspill on February 2nd, 2010 @ 9:07am CST
Loki God Of Mischief wrote:Finally! RotF has been nominated for awards it can actually win!
Too true! It may get a clean sweep this time!
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043086)
Posted by BattleRoller23 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 10:51am CST
Posted by BattleRoller23 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 10:51am CST
Megan Fox won worst actress!!
Wait, she's not even an actress, but an ugly b*tch who thinks she's one.
Wait, she's not even an actress, but an ugly b*tch who thinks she's one.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043091)
Posted by Darth Trader on February 2nd, 2010 @ 11:21am CST
Posted by Darth Trader on February 2nd, 2010 @ 11:21am CST
I agree. While certainly not the WORST movie ever made, it's up there. Perhaps when they re-do these movies they will take hints on the CGI from the upcoming War For Cybertron Game.
I have always thought that the Bots should be far more recognizable than they were in either movie.
I have always thought that the Bots should be far more recognizable than they were in either movie.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043102)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:24pm CST
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 12:24pm CST
I fking love this movie. Screw all of the critics. Every one is giving bad reviews of it, but look, It made over $400 million. So yeah, shove that up your ass critics! This is movie had way more action that the first one, the story for the 1st one was wierd (I dont really care though) and every time I try to watch the first one again, I fall asleep, honestly. So thats indication ROTF is a better movie. (for me anyway)
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043205)
Posted by Dagon on February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:47pm CST
So, it's just not possible that someone would not like this movie? For all of the debate, good, bad, ugly or indifferent, that has transpired as a reult of this film, it all comes down to there being an impossibility that someone does not like it, for any reason, and the only accepted reson that one would not like it is because of some trend towards not liking it.
I don't like ROTF becuase I did not like the movie. I didn't know it was a trend not to like it, but since I like it for a) a reason besides it being trendy and b) have done the impossible by liking it for a reason besides its apparent only acceptable reason, my Internet Badass Rating just shot through the roof. If it's trendy to not like a movie because of a trend, that's one lame-ass trend.
You did go deep, but that's cool, becuase it means you have something to say, which is why we all talk on the Internet.
We were more likely to find Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq than to find ROFT to be an arthouse/cinematic masterpiece. But come on, some people don't like it. It's not a personal attack at you, or at any other fan of the movie, or for the most part Bay/the crappy writers/whoever. Who expected more? Obviously the people who keep saying they disliked the movie and expected more. Transformers has 25 years of history and memories for people, and to think that everyone is complacently accepting of the big budget vision of Transformers is just as stupid as calling any movie the Worst movie of this or any time. Everything is relative. I thought ROTF was a bad movie. Was it the worst of 09, no, becase as bad as ROTF was to me, Jennifer's Body was way worse. Why aren't we crying bitter tears over my saying that, besides that little fact that this is a Transformers site and not a Jennifer's Body site?
Posted by Dagon on February 2nd, 2010 @ 3:47pm CST
Liftgate wrote:I'm not going to go into this nonsense too much, but if you're a person who thinks this movie is the worst thing you've ever seen, then apparently you HAVN'T SEEN VERY MANY MOVIES. The ONLY reason you are picking on it is because it's trendy to do so, that's it.
So, it's just not possible that someone would not like this movie? For all of the debate, good, bad, ugly or indifferent, that has transpired as a reult of this film, it all comes down to there being an impossibility that someone does not like it, for any reason, and the only accepted reson that one would not like it is because of some trend towards not liking it.
I don't like ROTF becuase I did not like the movie. I didn't know it was a trend not to like it, but since I like it for a) a reason besides it being trendy and b) have done the impossible by liking it for a reason besides its apparent only acceptable reason, my Internet Badass Rating just shot through the roof. If it's trendy to not like a movie because of a trend, that's one lame-ass trend.
Liftgate wrote: The critics like to take aim at it simply because it had a big budget which made it a huge target for their nitpicking - the acting is bad, this is bad, that is bad - as if they all were expecting arthouse film making from something that is based on TOYS and a CARTOON! It's just hilarious! Yeah, let's compare toy robots to The Godfather, Scorsese, Paul Newman, Eastwood, Ridley Scott, etc., that really makes sense, real intelligent. I myself did not like parts of this movie, yes it could have been better, but I also have the common sense to realize that some parts of it were pretty darn cool and overall, pretty enjoyable. To say that this movie was the worst anything is beyond ridiculous and very narrow minded. Just my opinion you say? Really? Then why don't you go watch some of the hundreds of awful films that were made just last year, including most comedies and rom-coms that arn't even funny, and then in all seriousness try to tell yourself that ROTF was the "worst yadayada".
Again, toys and cartoons, what were you expecting?
And yeah, I guess I did go into this pretty deep.
You did go deep, but that's cool, becuase it means you have something to say, which is why we all talk on the Internet.
We were more likely to find Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq than to find ROFT to be an arthouse/cinematic masterpiece. But come on, some people don't like it. It's not a personal attack at you, or at any other fan of the movie, or for the most part Bay/the crappy writers/whoever. Who expected more? Obviously the people who keep saying they disliked the movie and expected more. Transformers has 25 years of history and memories for people, and to think that everyone is complacently accepting of the big budget vision of Transformers is just as stupid as calling any movie the Worst movie of this or any time. Everything is relative. I thought ROTF was a bad movie. Was it the worst of 09, no, becase as bad as ROTF was to me, Jennifer's Body was way worse. Why aren't we crying bitter tears over my saying that, besides that little fact that this is a Transformers site and not a Jennifer's Body site?
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043258)
Posted by Honorbound on February 2nd, 2010 @ 5:35pm CST
Posted by Honorbound on February 2nd, 2010 @ 5:35pm CST
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing protecting this movie from deserving the Razzies is Optimus Prime. When he's on screen, it's all good. The problem comes when they kill him half-way through and revive him for the climax.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043280)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:49pm CST
And thats exactly why I loved ROTF. Every time Optimus was on screen in ROTF I got chills, and when he died, do you know what happens to me when I get chills from seeing someone and they die? It makes me sad. And I love sad movies...sometimes, it depends. When Optimus was revived at the end I was ready to scream "zuul mutha f*kka!". (thats usually a good thing)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:49pm CST
Honorbound wrote:As far as I'm concerned, the only thing protecting this movie from deserving the Razzies is Optimus Prime. When he's on screen, it's all good. The problem comes when they kill him half-way through and revive him for the climax.
And thats exactly why I loved ROTF. Every time Optimus was on screen in ROTF I got chills, and when he died, do you know what happens to me when I get chills from seeing someone and they die? It makes me sad. And I love sad movies...sometimes, it depends. When Optimus was revived at the end I was ready to scream "zuul mutha f*kka!". (thats usually a good thing)
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043362)
Posted by JesWal on February 2nd, 2010 @ 11:11pm CST
Posted by JesWal on February 2nd, 2010 @ 11:11pm CST
ROTF was a truly horrible movie in my opinion. However, as Dagon previously stated, there have been plenty of worse movies. Has anyone here ever seen Freddy Got Fingered?
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043670)
Posted by Dagon on February 3rd, 2010 @ 8:18pm CST
Since you mentioned me....
Never saw Freddy Got Fingered, but I am a devout follower of 50s/60s/70s B cinema. I love movies with disjointed storylines/plots, bad effects, and sub awful acting. Plastic spider on a visible string supposed to be terrorizing the city? I'm in the front row. But I find those entertaining. As terrible a human as it makes me, I just didn't think TF2 was entertaining. Now, I'm not needling the arguement, and in truth it's never been my intention to needle any pro/anti ROTF arguement, but I got a right to not have liked it, just as much as anyone has a right to have liked it. That's all I'm trying to say, honestly. Disagreement is the heart of anything worth talking about, and so I don't get why it seems like we have to think ROTF was the greatest thing ever just because some people liked it. If you liked it, good. Life is not long enough to go without something you like. But if we all have to like it, that's totalitarian, and that's BS.
Look at it like this. Hershal Gordon Lewis made a movie called Blood Feast. It is credited with being the dawn of the gore film as a genre. In it, there is an actor who acts terribly, and reads his lines written on the palm of his hand, and it is very obvious that he is reading lines written on the palm of his hand. But the lines he's reading, they are better lines than the scripted lines of ROTF, in my opinion. That's not wrong, it's my opinion. This conversation exists for and because of the exchange of opinions.
Posted by Dagon on February 3rd, 2010 @ 8:18pm CST
JesWal wrote:ROTF was a truly horrible movie in my opinion. However, as Dagon previously stated, there have been plenty of worse movies. Has anyone here ever seen Freddy Got Fingered?
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....
Since you mentioned me....
Never saw Freddy Got Fingered, but I am a devout follower of 50s/60s/70s B cinema. I love movies with disjointed storylines/plots, bad effects, and sub awful acting. Plastic spider on a visible string supposed to be terrorizing the city? I'm in the front row. But I find those entertaining. As terrible a human as it makes me, I just didn't think TF2 was entertaining. Now, I'm not needling the arguement, and in truth it's never been my intention to needle any pro/anti ROTF arguement, but I got a right to not have liked it, just as much as anyone has a right to have liked it. That's all I'm trying to say, honestly. Disagreement is the heart of anything worth talking about, and so I don't get why it seems like we have to think ROTF was the greatest thing ever just because some people liked it. If you liked it, good. Life is not long enough to go without something you like. But if we all have to like it, that's totalitarian, and that's BS.
Look at it like this. Hershal Gordon Lewis made a movie called Blood Feast. It is credited with being the dawn of the gore film as a genre. In it, there is an actor who acts terribly, and reads his lines written on the palm of his hand, and it is very obvious that he is reading lines written on the palm of his hand. But the lines he's reading, they are better lines than the scripted lines of ROTF, in my opinion. That's not wrong, it's my opinion. This conversation exists for and because of the exchange of opinions.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043708)
Posted by Liftgate on February 3rd, 2010 @ 10:49pm CST
Posted by Liftgate on February 3rd, 2010 @ 10:49pm CST
It dosn't matter if you liked this movie or not, that's irrelevant. I'm only saying that calling ROTF the "Worst Bla,bla,bla" is ridiculous since there are movies released on a weekly basis that are far worse, which contain nothing at all to enjoy and nothing even remotely redeeming. Nicolas Cage made a movie last year, folks! Hello? How can you argue with Nicolas Cage?!
And yeah, I still say the people that bash this as the worst thing ever are just repeating others. I came to this conclusion from both my own experience of listing to what people said and from sites like rotten tomatoes, where every other person has to use a term like "stupidest" and "worst". Come on now, that's not a coincidence and a little difficult to believe so may people just happen to share the exact same opinion and words. "Everyone else says they didn't like it, so I better not say I did or I'll look stupid" There's an awful lot of folks out there who think exactly along those lines.
I did not like parts of this film, but something is wrong if you didn't enjoy the scenes were prime was kicking butt, something is very wrong. Like it or hate it, it is still not the worst and we as TF fans owe this movie alot for helping boost the franchise and keep it alive and well. The success of these movies helps TF keep moving forward and as common with a successful series of movies, eventually there is a reboot, which just might give us something better, closer to what many believe TF should be. We will owe it to these terrible, horrible, worst ever Michael Bay films, which ruined Transformers forever and raped our childhoods, whether you like it or not. In the meantime I'm going to try to enjoy the better parts of the movies we have now. To the rest of you who despise it, there is always the latest Nicolas Cage flick, since you arn't doing much to help Transformers stay alive anyway.
And yeah, I still say the people that bash this as the worst thing ever are just repeating others. I came to this conclusion from both my own experience of listing to what people said and from sites like rotten tomatoes, where every other person has to use a term like "stupidest" and "worst". Come on now, that's not a coincidence and a little difficult to believe so may people just happen to share the exact same opinion and words. "Everyone else says they didn't like it, so I better not say I did or I'll look stupid" There's an awful lot of folks out there who think exactly along those lines.
I did not like parts of this film, but something is wrong if you didn't enjoy the scenes were prime was kicking butt, something is very wrong. Like it or hate it, it is still not the worst and we as TF fans owe this movie alot for helping boost the franchise and keep it alive and well. The success of these movies helps TF keep moving forward and as common with a successful series of movies, eventually there is a reboot, which just might give us something better, closer to what many believe TF should be. We will owe it to these terrible, horrible, worst ever Michael Bay films, which ruined Transformers forever and raped our childhoods, whether you like it or not. In the meantime I'm going to try to enjoy the better parts of the movies we have now. To the rest of you who despise it, there is always the latest Nicolas Cage flick, since you arn't doing much to help Transformers stay alive anyway.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043939)
Posted by Dozertron on February 4th, 2010 @ 3:49pm CST
Posted by Dozertron on February 4th, 2010 @ 3:49pm CST
The only razzy that it deserves is worst supporting actress... god i hate the parents in the 2nd movie...
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1043974)
Posted by Dagon on February 4th, 2010 @ 5:50pm CST
Actually, in all fairness, liking the movie or not liking the movie reaches to the very heart of the matter. People who liked the movie aren't the ones claiming it to be the worst movie ever made. Some of the people who didn't like it are calling it that. So, one's like or dislike seems to be the critical component of such a judgement.
Bay didn't ruin the franchise, he didn't rape my childhood. The childhood thing, I don't know where that got started. That's impossible, outside of some perverse sci-fi story. Nobody's going back in time to violate my childhood, nor does/did Bay's films ruin my memories of the franchise. It's like everything else Transformer-related. Sometimes, you just don't like something. I don't owe it to Bay for rejuvenating the franchise. IT seemed to be doing just fine to me. Every two years or so we'd get a new cartoon, before the Bayverse we had multiple toylines going simultaneously (Universe, Alternators, and Energon/Cybertron/Armada, the Beast Wars 25th reissues, the TRU reissues...then, we can add in the toys that were being made in Japan, like the eHobbys and the TCC series). And aside from that, we had Botcons or OTFCCs yearly. Sure, Bay's films have increased the franchise, but it was hardly on the teetering edge of vanishment prior to his arrival.
What I find interesting is that if you didn't like the movie, you have a problem, whereas liking the movie means you are problem-free. We've all got problems in our lives, but I really doubt that disliking a movie is something that would even rate. I wasn't entertained by the movie. Ain't a personal attack on anybody, it's just my opinion. How come I can't have mine, but movie likers can have theirs?
Posted by Dagon on February 4th, 2010 @ 5:50pm CST
Liftgate wrote:It dosn't matter if you liked this movie or not, that's irrelevant. I'm only saying that calling ROTF the "Worst Bla,bla,bla" is ridiculous since there are movies released on a weekly basis that are far worse, which contain nothing at all to enjoy and nothing even remotely redeeming. Nicolas Cage made a movie last year, folks! Hello? How can you argue with Nicolas Cage?!
And yeah, I still say the people that bash this as the worst thing ever are just repeating others. I came to this conclusion from both my own experience of listing to what people said and from sites like rotten tomatoes, where every other person has to use a term like "stupidest" and "worst". Come on now, that's not a coincidence and a little difficult to believe so may people just happen to share the exact same opinion and words. "Everyone else says they didn't like it, so I better not say I did or I'll look stupid" There's an awful lot of folks out there who think exactly along those lines.
I did not like parts of this film, but something is wrong if you didn't enjoy the scenes were prime was kicking butt, something is very wrong. Like it or hate it, it is still not the worst and we as TF fans owe this movie alot for helping boost the franchise and keep it alive and well. The success of these movies helps TF keep moving forward and as common with a successful series of movies, eventually there is a reboot, which just might give us something better, closer to what many believe TF should be. We will owe it to these terrible, horrible, worst ever Michael Bay films, which ruined Transformers forever and raped our childhoods, whether you like it or not. In the meantime I'm going to try to enjoy the better parts of the movies we have now. To the rest of you who despise it, there is always the latest Nicolas Cage flick, since you arn't doing much to help Transformers stay alive anyway.
Actually, in all fairness, liking the movie or not liking the movie reaches to the very heart of the matter. People who liked the movie aren't the ones claiming it to be the worst movie ever made. Some of the people who didn't like it are calling it that. So, one's like or dislike seems to be the critical component of such a judgement.
Bay didn't ruin the franchise, he didn't rape my childhood. The childhood thing, I don't know where that got started. That's impossible, outside of some perverse sci-fi story. Nobody's going back in time to violate my childhood, nor does/did Bay's films ruin my memories of the franchise. It's like everything else Transformer-related. Sometimes, you just don't like something. I don't owe it to Bay for rejuvenating the franchise. IT seemed to be doing just fine to me. Every two years or so we'd get a new cartoon, before the Bayverse we had multiple toylines going simultaneously (Universe, Alternators, and Energon/Cybertron/Armada, the Beast Wars 25th reissues, the TRU reissues...then, we can add in the toys that were being made in Japan, like the eHobbys and the TCC series). And aside from that, we had Botcons or OTFCCs yearly. Sure, Bay's films have increased the franchise, but it was hardly on the teetering edge of vanishment prior to his arrival.
What I find interesting is that if you didn't like the movie, you have a problem, whereas liking the movie means you are problem-free. We've all got problems in our lives, but I really doubt that disliking a movie is something that would even rate. I wasn't entertained by the movie. Ain't a personal attack on anybody, it's just my opinion. How come I can't have mine, but movie likers can have theirs?
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1044102)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 4th, 2010 @ 11:12pm CST
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 4th, 2010 @ 11:12pm CST
I don't think anybody is saying you have to like the movie. It's the statements like "worst movie of all time" "raped my childhood" and "ruined the franchise" that people use because they're trying to be right in an issue of opinion. There are plenty of movies I hate, but I don't over exaggerate how bad they are like it's wrong to like them.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1044189)
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on February 5th, 2010 @ 7:56am CST
Welcome to the Transformers fandom. You must be new here. Otherwise you'd realize that people have been saying roughly all of that shit since G2. While RotF might not be the single worst movie of all time it was the worst movie of 2009. I think the reason that most people are going out of their way to defend it boils down to one of a few things.
1) They're underage and don't know better. That's not a knock. Anyone in their late 20s or older will tell you that the things they liked as a child or a teenager don't always age well. Case in point, I can't watch Beavis and Butthead unless I'm drunk or stoned but when I was a teenager it was "OMG Brilliant!"
2) This is a Transformers forum and most of the people are Transformers fanboys/fangirls and not fans. Meaning they get all kinds of defensive about the thing they like for no real reason. A normal person can admit flaws in what they like but they don't care because they're secure enough to like it regardless. Fanboys will go out of their way to rationalize why it's the best thing ever. When it's clearly not. The first movie was a great movie. It was decently written for an action movie, it had cool shit to look at and it wasn't bad. RotF was boring, dragged in places, was poorly written, had too many characters (there's a reason why it branches off and most of the characters disappear), and downright embarrassing in certain scenes.
Which brings me to my counter point to point #2. I was expecting RotF to at least be as good as the first movie. It wasn't. And even the average person who went into it that knows nothing about Transformers other then the first movie were expecting the same thing. I watched both movies with my dad since he liked the first movie I figured it would be a nice bonding experience. He fell asleep during Revenge of the Fallen. He knows jackshit about Transformers other then what I tell him and given that he's in his 50s a lot of the time he's just being polite. When he asked if I had it on dvd I said I bought it to watch with him, but that was the only real reason I bought it. I told him that I had already seen it and it wasn't that great but I knew he wasn't a sheep and he'd form his own opinion. His loud snoring told me that he did. And I pretty much read a magazine while the movie finished.
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on February 5th, 2010 @ 7:56am CST
Evil_the_Nub wrote:I don't think anybody is saying you have to like the movie. It's the statements like "worst movie of all time" "raped my childhood" and "ruined the franchise" that people use because they're trying to be right in an issue of opinion. There are plenty of movies I hate, but I don't over exaggerate how bad they are like it's wrong to like them.
Welcome to the Transformers fandom. You must be new here. Otherwise you'd realize that people have been saying roughly all of that shit since G2. While RotF might not be the single worst movie of all time it was the worst movie of 2009. I think the reason that most people are going out of their way to defend it boils down to one of a few things.
1) They're underage and don't know better. That's not a knock. Anyone in their late 20s or older will tell you that the things they liked as a child or a teenager don't always age well. Case in point, I can't watch Beavis and Butthead unless I'm drunk or stoned but when I was a teenager it was "OMG Brilliant!"
2) This is a Transformers forum and most of the people are Transformers fanboys/fangirls and not fans. Meaning they get all kinds of defensive about the thing they like for no real reason. A normal person can admit flaws in what they like but they don't care because they're secure enough to like it regardless. Fanboys will go out of their way to rationalize why it's the best thing ever. When it's clearly not. The first movie was a great movie. It was decently written for an action movie, it had cool shit to look at and it wasn't bad. RotF was boring, dragged in places, was poorly written, had too many characters (there's a reason why it branches off and most of the characters disappear), and downright embarrassing in certain scenes.
Which brings me to my counter point to point #2. I was expecting RotF to at least be as good as the first movie. It wasn't. And even the average person who went into it that knows nothing about Transformers other then the first movie were expecting the same thing. I watched both movies with my dad since he liked the first movie I figured it would be a nice bonding experience. He fell asleep during Revenge of the Fallen. He knows jackshit about Transformers other then what I tell him and given that he's in his 50s a lot of the time he's just being polite. When he asked if I had it on dvd I said I bought it to watch with him, but that was the only real reason I bought it. I told him that I had already seen it and it wasn't that great but I knew he wasn't a sheep and he'd form his own opinion. His loud snoring told me that he did. And I pretty much read a magazine while the movie finished.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1044453)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 6th, 2010 @ 1:19am CST
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on February 6th, 2010 @ 1:19am CST
I liked the movie and I'm ok with people not liking it. What gets under my skin are the hyperbolic statements and people acting like only dumb people liked it.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1046391)
Posted by Lastjustice on February 12th, 2010 @ 1:59am CST
Posted by Lastjustice on February 12th, 2010 @ 1:59am CST
I just roll my eyes at this. (and most what people are saying to justify it this thread.You "fans" just come across as incredibly bitter people.) It's an easy target, so people just kick it around because people actually saw it. Not the beyond horrible film that truly deserves be panned. (like district 9 easily the worst film I've seen in recent history, I can't take enough drugs to make the plotholes and concept not stupid.) I can think of several films easily worst. (if you're going for highest cost bomb Pluto Nash takes the cake.)
Michael bay is the NickelBack of directors, something that's just trendy and cool to hate regardless of actual merits. You didn't like it fine, but the sheer level of the hyperboles is silly.
Michael bay is the NickelBack of directors, something that's just trendy and cool to hate regardless of actual merits. You didn't like it fine, but the sheer level of the hyperboles is silly.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1046424)
Posted by Li Lioeliatus on February 12th, 2010 @ 6:59am CST
Posted by Li Lioeliatus on February 12th, 2010 @ 6:59am CST
That is stupid. But then the Razzies are a stupid concept anyway. Way too negative.
Critics are bull******* who are in the pocket of whoever is paying most and promotes most.
ROTF was unjustly attacked. It has bad things but most of it is great.
The Oscars etc are all about who paid most and usually some soppy, worthy, miseryfest or some overpromoted hock like Avatar wins.
Critics are bull******* who are in the pocket of whoever is paying most and promotes most.
ROTF was unjustly attacked. It has bad things but most of it is great.
The Oscars etc are all about who paid most and usually some soppy, worthy, miseryfest or some overpromoted hock like Avatar wins.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052462)
Posted by Koray on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:39am CST
Posted by Koray on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:39am CST
tf 3 completely deserved those awards no need to discuss that.
hope micahel bay could figure it out why tf2 got those awards and how tf3 wont get those awards.
hope micahel bay could figure it out why tf2 got those awards and how tf3 wont get those awards.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052570)
Posted by Burn on March 7th, 2010 @ 2:12pm CST
Honestly, if you can't see the sillyness of the Razzies and you get all upset over TF2 taking three awards, then you need to learn to laugh.
And credit to Sandra Bullock for being on hand to accept her award AND joked about it.
Posted by Burn on March 7th, 2010 @ 2:12pm CST
Worst Picture of 2009:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Worst Actress of 2009:
Sandra Bullock
All About Steve
Worst Actor(s) of 2009:
All Three Jonas Brothers
JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3-D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
Worst Screen Couple:
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper
ALL ABOUT STEVE
Worst Supporting Actress:
Sienna Miller
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
Worst Supporting Actor:
Billy Ray Cyrus
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
(Combined Category for 2009):
Land of The Lost
(UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
Worst Director:
Michael Bay
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (AKA TRANNIES, TOO)
Worst Screenplay:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
WRITTEN BY EHREN KRUGER & ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN,
BASED ON HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS ACTION FIGURES
Special 30th RAZZIE®-versary Awardz
Worst Picture of the Decade:
Battlefield Earth
NOMINATED FOR 10 RAZZIES® / “WINNER” OF 8
(INCLUDING WORST DRAMA OF OUR FIRST 25 YRS)
Worst Actor of the Decade:
Eddie Murphy
NOMINATED FOR 12 “ACHIEVEMENTS” / “WINNER” OF 3 RAZZIES®
ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH, I SPY, IMAGINE THAT, MEET DAVE, NORBIT, SHOWTIME
Worst Actress of the Decade:
Paris Hilton
NOMINATED FOR 5 “ACHIEVEMENTS,” “WINNER” OF 4 RAZZIES®
THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE, HOUSE OF WHACKS, REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA
Honestly, if you can't see the sillyness of the Razzies and you get all upset over TF2 taking three awards, then you need to learn to laugh.
And credit to Sandra Bullock for being on hand to accept her award AND joked about it.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052599)
Posted by Roadbuster on March 7th, 2010 @ 3:25pm CST
Posted by Roadbuster on March 7th, 2010 @ 3:25pm CST
I have no problem with razzies. Some of them are pretty amusing. Bay's Aramgeddon won for Most Reckless with Disregard for Human Life.
What does give me a problem is the fanboys who use this to stroke their petty egos, speaking as if they could do better. Aren't we supposed to be better than the Star Wars fans?
What does give me a problem is the fanboys who use this to stroke their petty egos, speaking as if they could do better. Aren't we supposed to be better than the Star Wars fans?
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052614)
Posted by Delicon on March 7th, 2010 @ 4:04pm CST
Posted by Delicon on March 7th, 2010 @ 4:04pm CST
The Hollywood award season is in full swing with the Academy Awards taking place tonight. Despite being the biggest box office grossing movie in recent years this side of Avatar, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is only up for one Oscar, in the less than exciting "Sound Mixing" category. However, ROTF already "won" a few other awards this weekend. Of course, the awards are not Oscars, but instead "Razzies", courtesy of last night's Golden Raspberry Awards. Here's the scoop, as told by the AP.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was picked as last year's worst picture and won two other Razzies, worst director for Michael Bay and worst screenplay for Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Bay and his team probably will not lose any asleep over it. Though reviled by critics, "Transformers" took in $402.1 million domestically, No. 2 on the 2009 box-office chart behind "Avatar."
In case you were wondering, here's the full list of winners.
Worst Picture of 2009:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Worst Actress of 2009:
Sandra Bullock
All About Steve
Worst Actor(s) of 2009:
All Three Jonas Brothers
JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3-D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
Worst Screen Couple:
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper
ALL ABOUT STEVE
Worst Supporting Actress:
Sienna Miller
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
Worst Supporting Actor:
Billy Ray Cyrus
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
(Combined Category for 2009):
Land of The Lost
(UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
Worst Director:
Michael Bay
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Worst Screenplay:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
WRITTEN BY EHREN KRUGER & ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN,
BASED ON HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS ACTION FIGURES
Special 30th RAZZIE®-versary Awardz
Worst Picture of the Decade:
Battlefield Earth
NOMINATED FOR 10 RAZZIES® / “WINNER” OF 8
(INCLUDING WORST DRAMA OF OUR FIRST 25 YRS)
Worst Actor of the Decade:
Eddie Murphy
NOMINATED FOR 12 “ACHIEVEMENTS” / “WINNER” OF 3 RAZZIES®
ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH, I SPY, IMAGINE THAT, MEET DAVE, NORBIT, SHOWTIME
Worst Actress of the Decade:
Paris Hilton
NOMINATED FOR 5 “ACHIEVEMENTS,” “WINNER” OF 4 RAZZIES®
THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE, HOUSE OF WHACKS, REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA
Seibertron.com - The Ultimate Transformers Resource!
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was picked as last year's worst picture and won two other Razzies, worst director for Michael Bay and worst screenplay for Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
Bay and his team probably will not lose any asleep over it. Though reviled by critics, "Transformers" took in $402.1 million domestically, No. 2 on the 2009 box-office chart behind "Avatar."
In case you were wondering, here's the full list of winners.
Worst Picture of 2009:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Worst Actress of 2009:
Sandra Bullock
All About Steve
Worst Actor(s) of 2009:
All Three Jonas Brothers
JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3-D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
Worst Screen Couple:
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper
ALL ABOUT STEVE
Worst Supporting Actress:
Sienna Miller
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
Worst Supporting Actor:
Billy Ray Cyrus
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
(Combined Category for 2009):
Land of The Lost
(UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
Worst Director:
Michael Bay
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Worst Screenplay:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
WRITTEN BY EHREN KRUGER & ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN,
BASED ON HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS ACTION FIGURES
Special 30th RAZZIE®-versary Awardz
Worst Picture of the Decade:
Battlefield Earth
NOMINATED FOR 10 RAZZIES® / “WINNER” OF 8
(INCLUDING WORST DRAMA OF OUR FIRST 25 YRS)
Worst Actor of the Decade:
Eddie Murphy
NOMINATED FOR 12 “ACHIEVEMENTS” / “WINNER” OF 3 RAZZIES®
ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH, I SPY, IMAGINE THAT, MEET DAVE, NORBIT, SHOWTIME
Worst Actress of the Decade:
Paris Hilton
NOMINATED FOR 5 “ACHIEVEMENTS,” “WINNER” OF 4 RAZZIES®
THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE, HOUSE OF WHACKS, REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA
Seibertron.com - The Ultimate Transformers Resource!
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052628)
Posted by Redimus on March 7th, 2010 @ 4:43pm CST
Posted by Redimus on March 7th, 2010 @ 4:43pm CST
Only 3?!?
Michael Bay will have to work even harder on TF3 if he's gonna achieve his lifetime ambition of producing a film worse than Battlefield Earth!
I wouldn't hold your breath. He's done a lot of films, and they've pretty much all stunk. TF3 will be every bit as awful as the first 2.
Michael Bay will have to work even harder on TF3 if he's gonna achieve his lifetime ambition of producing a film worse than Battlefield Earth!
Koray wrote:hope micahel bay could figure it out why tf2 got those awards and how tf3 wont get those awards.
I wouldn't hold your breath. He's done a lot of films, and they've pretty much all stunk. TF3 will be every bit as awful as the first 2.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052635)
Posted by HighPrime on March 7th, 2010 @ 5:08pm CST
Posted by HighPrime on March 7th, 2010 @ 5:08pm CST
I thought this movie was hands-down awesome. I liked it better than the first one, even. TF2 accomplished exactly what a movie (of this type) is supposed to do; entertain me. The only thing I could have done without is the low brow humor. I hope there's less of that in the next one.
Worst movie ever belongs to 'Ultra Violet' in my book.
Worst movie ever belongs to 'Ultra Violet' in my book.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052647)
Posted by Wheeljack35 on March 7th, 2010 @ 5:45pm CST
Posted by Wheeljack35 on March 7th, 2010 @ 5:45pm CST
I know ROTF wasn't great but I thought GI Joe was worse
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052655)
Posted by Julie85 on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:19pm CST
Posted by Julie85 on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:19pm CST
To me this is sad, because I really love ROTF. I think it was an awesome movie and I don't understand why everyone hates it so much. The only thing I hated about the movie was all the sex talk; it is totally unnecessary and inappropriate for a movie intended to sell toys to kids.
I don't take these awards seriously anymore. It's all just opinion.
I don't take these awards seriously anymore. It's all just opinion.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052656)
Posted by Delicon on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:25pm CST
I agree, especially when it comes to just basically messing wth key elements of a franchise for no reason.
Posted by Delicon on March 7th, 2010 @ 6:25pm CST
Wheeljack35 wrote:I know ROTF wasn't great but I thought GI Joe was worse
I agree, especially when it comes to just basically messing wth key elements of a franchise for no reason.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052674)
Posted by prfctcellrulz on March 7th, 2010 @ 7:44pm CST
Posted by prfctcellrulz on March 7th, 2010 @ 7:44pm CST
All the nay-sayers obviously didn't see the movie (I myself saw ROTF 3 TIMES in theaters! INCLUDING OPENING DAY!!!!) ROTF DESERVES TO WIN EVERY CATEGORY IT CAN BE NOMINATED FOR IN THE OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE!!! TRANSFORMERS FOREVER!!!!!!
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052675)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 7th, 2010 @ 7:48pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 7th, 2010 @ 7:48pm CST
Oh come on Battlefield Earth wasnt that bad, ROTF was way worse than that. Id rather watch BE then sit through ROTF in its entirety. And no im not kidding.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052687)
Posted by T-Macksimus on March 7th, 2010 @ 8:50pm CST
Posted by T-Macksimus on March 7th, 2010 @ 8:50pm CST
Movies, just like Television, Music or Art, are left to interpretation by each and every one of us AS INDIVIDUALS!! That someone has the audacity to make a blanket statement that "This Sucks...PERIOD" and then expect, or even worse, demand that the rest of us fall in line with that way of thinking is Bull****! The fact that there is so much in-fighting over the subject even within our own fan community is absolutely absurd. Every one of us got something different out of RotF and has varying degrees of like or dislike for the film but there is not a damn one of you who has the right to look me in the eye and say that it sucked and expect me to fall in line with your point of view on why it sucked. Not a single one of you!! I'm sorry it sucked for you but that is YOUR PROBLEM, not mine. You want to know something that TRULY, Universally sucks?? Shoving your opinion down my throat like it's gospel truth and then trying to remove my boot from your ass when I'm done with you. That is something everyone can agree would truly suck.
The Movie critics are full of crap and the rest of you heaping your tripe on the fandom like your points of view are so much better than the rest of us...well you people are as full of it as the Critics. We get it, YOU didn't like the movie, now S.T.F.U. and get over it!
The Movie critics are full of crap and the rest of you heaping your tripe on the fandom like your points of view are so much better than the rest of us...well you people are as full of it as the Critics. We get it, YOU didn't like the movie, now S.T.F.U. and get over it!
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052689)
Posted by Badass Grimlock on March 7th, 2010 @ 9:13pm CST
Posted by Badass Grimlock on March 7th, 2010 @ 9:13pm CST
I have to say I disagree with most critics on ROTF.
However, I take back what I said about Roger Ebert after all he's been through, fighting cancer, losing jaws. The poor guy can't even speak! That being said, I liked the movie, however, there were parts in it that simply were not appropriate for this genre. Doggy love. Devy balls (This hopefully will become a joke among the fandom). Fart jokes. Dickbot. DID. NOT. WORK. Like I said, I think that Ebert had a difficult time finding a plot. I think this is because of flailing robot pieces, explosions (100+) and the profanity and sexuality. Ebert is used to old movies. I disagree, but that's okay. To every man his own.
However, I take back what I said about Roger Ebert after all he's been through, fighting cancer, losing jaws. The poor guy can't even speak! That being said, I liked the movie, however, there were parts in it that simply were not appropriate for this genre. Doggy love. Devy balls (This hopefully will become a joke among the fandom). Fart jokes. Dickbot. DID. NOT. WORK. Like I said, I think that Ebert had a difficult time finding a plot. I think this is because of flailing robot pieces, explosions (100+) and the profanity and sexuality. Ebert is used to old movies. I disagree, but that's okay. To every man his own.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052696)
Posted by Bowspearer on March 7th, 2010 @ 10:10pm CST
Opinion by people in the industry which does tend to make it somewhat more informed than a bunch of people who aren't.
what people are losing sight of here is that in terms of an actual deep, profound and truly epic movie, TF2 really does fail.
The problem with Michael Bay, as exemplified by the TFLAM franchise is that if he has a choice between toilet humour and explosions, or character/plot development and exposition, he'll practially always go for the former. That's not any kind of good movie, just a fun juvenile light and sound show.
Someone here tried to compare the work of Nickelback to Micheal Bay, but the difference is that for all the hatred, Nickelback's stuff does stand the test of time in at least some cases. Bay's stuff simply isn't that good.
The first movie fell short of what the franchise actually deserved in terms of quality storytelling, and the second one was even worse. Calling it the worst movie of 2009 isn't a bad call at all, in fact objectively it's pretty spot on.
Sure it took alot of money in the box office, but so what, The Jerry Springer Show gets plenty of ratings to the point where it's not going off the air any time soon either- that doesn't make it a quality TV show, just proves that there are alot of that type of demographic around.
IMHO, that was the point of this Rassie. The film was that bad and such a high money earner that someone needed to point out that takings do not make a quality film.
If it earned peanuts, in line with the quality of the film, then it probably would have gone under the radar- but with its budget, takings and what was actually delivered, what do people honestly expect here?
Posted by Bowspearer on March 7th, 2010 @ 10:10pm CST
Julie85 wrote:To me this is sad, because I really love ROTF. I think it was an awesome movie and I don't understand why everyone hates it so much. The only thing I hated about the movie was all the sex talk; it is totally unnecessary and inappropriate for a movie intended to sell toys to kids.
I don't take these awards seriously anymore. It's all just opinion.
Opinion by people in the industry which does tend to make it somewhat more informed than a bunch of people who aren't.
what people are losing sight of here is that in terms of an actual deep, profound and truly epic movie, TF2 really does fail.
The problem with Michael Bay, as exemplified by the TFLAM franchise is that if he has a choice between toilet humour and explosions, or character/plot development and exposition, he'll practially always go for the former. That's not any kind of good movie, just a fun juvenile light and sound show.
Someone here tried to compare the work of Nickelback to Micheal Bay, but the difference is that for all the hatred, Nickelback's stuff does stand the test of time in at least some cases. Bay's stuff simply isn't that good.
The first movie fell short of what the franchise actually deserved in terms of quality storytelling, and the second one was even worse. Calling it the worst movie of 2009 isn't a bad call at all, in fact objectively it's pretty spot on.
Sure it took alot of money in the box office, but so what, The Jerry Springer Show gets plenty of ratings to the point where it's not going off the air any time soon either- that doesn't make it a quality TV show, just proves that there are alot of that type of demographic around.
IMHO, that was the point of this Rassie. The film was that bad and such a high money earner that someone needed to point out that takings do not make a quality film.
If it earned peanuts, in line with the quality of the film, then it probably would have gone under the radar- but with its budget, takings and what was actually delivered, what do people honestly expect here?
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052697)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on March 7th, 2010 @ 10:12pm CST
He's entitled to his opinion same as everyone else. But he crossed the line when he said anyone who like it was unevolved. Which is an attitude I see a lot of people have.
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on March 7th, 2010 @ 10:12pm CST
Toruk Makto wrote:I have to say I disagree with most critics on ROTF.
However, I take back what I said about Roger Ebert after all he's been through, fighting cancer, losing jaws. The poor guy can't even speak! That being said, I liked the movie, however, there were parts in it that simply were not appropriate for this genre. Doggy love. Devy balls (This hopefully will become a joke among the fandom). Fart jokes. Dickbot. DID. NOT. WORK. Like I said, I think that Ebert had a difficult time finding a plot. I think this is because of flailing robot pieces, explosions (100+) and the profanity and sexuality. Ebert is used to old movies. I disagree, but that's okay. To every man his own.
He's entitled to his opinion same as everyone else. But he crossed the line when he said anyone who like it was unevolved. Which is an attitude I see a lot of people have.
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052752)
Posted by GEEWUN on March 8th, 2010 @ 7:30am CST
Posted by GEEWUN on March 8th, 2010 @ 7:30am CST
I think Megan Fox should have gotten worst actress... She is easy on the eyes, but not a very good actor. 
Re: Revenge of the Fallen Nominated for 7 Golden Raspberry Awards (1052874)
Posted by Windsweeper on March 8th, 2010 @ 2:43pm CST
Posted by Windsweeper on March 8th, 2010 @ 2:43pm CST
Ok, when I first saw ROTF, I HATED it. While the robot designs of the first movie had me sceptical when I did see TF1, I loved it. Mr. Bay actually gave us a great movie. I actually liked Bad Boys and Armageddon(apart from that whiney song) and love the Rock, so I had wanted to give TF1 a chance. I'm delighted to say I was right.
Having seen the trailer for ROTF and seeing how great TF1 was, I had deliriously high hopes for TF2. That may have been a problem. After the first half hour, I was ready to leave. The extremely annoying Leo, the awful head designs of the Twins and the college/parents scenes, need I say more. I came out of the film fuming. My friends in work the next morning couldn't believe how much I hated it as they all know I'm a huge TF fan. I didn't even look at a TF website for the next week. I was ready to leave the franchise after quarter of a century.
Then, I read IDW's Defiance and Alliance and really enjoyed them, especially Defiance (loved Prowl). I started remembering the good parts of ROTF - Prime, Soundwave, Megatron, Arcee, Sideswipe, the various battle scenes. Then an old friend who I'd not seen in a couple years arranged to meet me. We said we'd go to the cinema and when I asked what she wanted to see, she said ROTF. I was sceptical but could not refuse her (believe me!). In we went and I was surprised to find I actually enjoyed it second time around because my expectations were lowered. I realised it was a lot better than I remembered. They actually made Simmons likeable. Plus Movie Op, Bumblebee and Arcee are likeable. I hated their G1 incarnations and by many standards, I could easily be seen as a Geewunner.
I ended up seeing it 5 times in the cinema. While I would never call it a great film, it's certainly not as bad as the media says.
The 3 problems with it as far as I can see are:
1. It didn't live up to the expectations set by the first film.
2. The humour doesn't work. Surprising, because I like the humour in a lot of Bay movies like Armaggedon, Bad Boys, the Rock and TF1(bring back Anthony Anderson for TF3 and drop Leo). Loved the parents in TF1 but they just didn't work in the context they were presented in in ROTF.
3. The Jetfire/Seeker backstory seems to be missing something.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Hopefully TF3 will restore the faith of the disenfranchised. I actually liked the leaked treatment from a few months back.
Having seen the trailer for ROTF and seeing how great TF1 was, I had deliriously high hopes for TF2. That may have been a problem. After the first half hour, I was ready to leave. The extremely annoying Leo, the awful head designs of the Twins and the college/parents scenes, need I say more. I came out of the film fuming. My friends in work the next morning couldn't believe how much I hated it as they all know I'm a huge TF fan. I didn't even look at a TF website for the next week. I was ready to leave the franchise after quarter of a century.
Then, I read IDW's Defiance and Alliance and really enjoyed them, especially Defiance (loved Prowl). I started remembering the good parts of ROTF - Prime, Soundwave, Megatron, Arcee, Sideswipe, the various battle scenes. Then an old friend who I'd not seen in a couple years arranged to meet me. We said we'd go to the cinema and when I asked what she wanted to see, she said ROTF. I was sceptical but could not refuse her (believe me!). In we went and I was surprised to find I actually enjoyed it second time around because my expectations were lowered. I realised it was a lot better than I remembered. They actually made Simmons likeable. Plus Movie Op, Bumblebee and Arcee are likeable. I hated their G1 incarnations and by many standards, I could easily be seen as a Geewunner.
I ended up seeing it 5 times in the cinema. While I would never call it a great film, it's certainly not as bad as the media says.
The 3 problems with it as far as I can see are:
1. It didn't live up to the expectations set by the first film.
2. The humour doesn't work. Surprising, because I like the humour in a lot of Bay movies like Armaggedon, Bad Boys, the Rock and TF1(bring back Anthony Anderson for TF3 and drop Leo). Loved the parents in TF1 but they just didn't work in the context they were presented in in ROTF.
3. The Jetfire/Seeker backstory seems to be missing something.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Hopefully TF3 will restore the faith of the disenfranchised. I actually liked the leaked treatment from a few months back.
