The results are in, and the Golden Razzberry Awards have announced their 2024 losers
The Oscars are prestigious awards given to the most outstanding works of the year to acknowledge the skill and talent that it takes to make a movie, but sometimes looking at the best of the best can get a little . . . boring. That’s where the Golden Razzberry Awards come in.
The Golden Razzberry Awards, also known as the Razzies, give out awards to the worst films and performances each year.
On March 9, The Razzies finally revealed their winners for the 2024 Golden Razzberry Awards.
While there are many awards given out each year, some of the most notable among them are worst picture, worst actor and worst actress.
The worst picture award went to “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a horror film made to take advantage of Winnie the Pooh entering the public domain.
The worst actor award went to Jon Voight for his performance in “Mercy,” partly due to his Irish accent.
The worst actress award went to Megan Fox for her work in “Johnny & Clyde,” in which she played an angry casino owner who uses demons to guard her money against murderers. Fox won two Razzies this year, as she also got the award for worst supporting actress in “Expend4bles.”
Another notable award is the Razzie Redeemer Award, given to previous Razzie Award winners and nominees who, in the eyes of the judges, redeemed themselves from their worst.
This year, the Razzie Redeemer went to Fran Drescher, but not for any of her performances. As the current SAG/AFTRA president, Drescher redeemed herself for “her brilliant shepherding of the actors’ guild” during the 2023 SAG/AFTRA strikes.
Reese Lemaster, a freshman theatre major from Montgomery, Alabama, agreed with the winners for the most part, but disagreed with one winner in particular.
“I think that ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ had an unfair disadvantage going into the awards,” said Lemaster. “All the other nominees were high budget, widely-known films, whereas Blood and Honey was a low budget, lesser-known film.
“It had less of a chance competing, which was shown by its five wins.”
“A big reason that Blood and Honey swept like it did was because of its middling competition,” said James McClure, a freshman English/Language Arts education major from Huntsville, Alabama. “It was also the only film nominated for worst picture with a budget of under 30 million dollars.”
Though some people feel that “Blood and Honey” should have been treated with more consideration, Zack Pappanastos, a Senior interdisciplinary studies major from Montgomery, Alabama, disagrees.
“I do agree with most of the winners,” Pappanastos said. “It’s hard to decide entirely because I didn’t see most of the films due to terrible reviews.
“My favorite win was probably ‘Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey.’”
The general consensus seems to be that there were several other films that flew under the radar this year at the Razzies.
“The awards seemed to be targeting only a few select films, when in reality there were likely many more that deserved nominations,” Lemaster said.
McClure listed a few of the movies he thought to be particularly deserving of nominations, among them being “Rebel Moon,” as well as “Aquaman” and "The Last Kingdom.”
For a full list of nominations and winners, you can visit Razzies.com.
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