It couldn’t have done it without you, Batman v Superman.
The 2017 Golden Raspberry award nominations, recognizing the worst in film, were announced this morning. And while Zoolander 2 led the pack with the most nominations at nine, genre fare as a whole filled the list. Batman v Superman got eight, Gods of Egypt had five, Independence Day: Resurgence had five, and Alice Through the Looking Glass had three.
True legitimacy doesn’t just look like Oscar nominations—it looks like Razzies, too. So, from the bottom of my heart, I’d like to congratulate science fiction and fantasy for being so bad last year that the only category they didn’t dominate was Worst Supporting Actress.
It should be noted that this year, the Razzies have six nominees in each category, not just five. According to the Razzie press release. this is because the “crop of cinematic crap in 2016 was so extensive.” Given the dominance of science fiction and fantasy on this list, it feels like the depths to which giant genre blockbusters sank to last year inspired the expansion. So congratulations, again, to genre breaking barriers and inspiring others.
Also, a congrats to Suicide Squad for only taking home two nominations. It’s older brother, Batman v Superman seems to have eaten up all of DC’s space on this list. Man, the older child just always over-achieves, doesn’t it?
Here’s the full list of Razzie nominations. Read it and marvel at how bad last year’s worst films were.
Worst Picture
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Dirty Grandpa
Gods of Egypt
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Independence Day: Resurgence
Zoolander No. 2
Worst Actor
Ben Affleck / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Gerard Butler / Gods of Egypt & London Has Fallen
Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Robert de Niro / Dirty Grandpa
Dinesh D’Souza [as Himself] Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Actress
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween
Julia Roberts / Mother’s Day
Becky Turner [as Hillary Clinton] Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Naomi Watts / Divergent Series: Allegiant & Shut-In
Shailene Woodley / Divergent Series: Allegiant
Worst Supporting Actress
Julianne Hough / Dirty Grandpa
Kate Hudson / Mother’s Day
Aubrey Plaza / Dirty Grandpa
Jane Seymour / Fifty Shades of Black
Sela Ward / Independence Day: Resurgence
Kristen Wiig / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Supporting Actor
Nicolas Cage / Snowden
Johnny Depp / Alice Through the Looking Glass
Will Ferrell / Zoolander No. 2
Jesse Eisenberg / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jared Leto / Suicide Squad
Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Screen Combo
Ben Affleck & His BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Any Two Egyptian Gods or Mortals / Gods of Egypt
Johnny Depp & His Vomitously Vibrant Costume / Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Entire Cast of Once Respected Actors / Collateral Beauty
Tyler Perry & That Same Old Worn Out Wig / BOO! A Medea Halloween
Ben Stiller and His BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Director
Dinesh D’Souza and Bruce Schooley / Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Roland Emmerich / Independence Day: Resurgence
Tyler Perry / BOO! A Medea Halloween
Alex Proyas / Gods of Egypt
Zack Snyder / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ben Stiller / Zoolander No. 2
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Dawn of Justice
Fifty Shades of Black
Independence Day: Resurgence
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Zoolander No. 2
Worst Screenplay
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Dirty Grandpa
Gods of Egypt
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Independence Day: Resurgence
Suicide Squad