Razzie Nominations Are Out

I don't much care about the Razzie Awards. Sure, they're kind of fun, especially when the screws are given to the movies that just kind of keep on irking you with their every mention (Twilight, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), but really, do we really need yet another reminder of the movies that we are trying our hardest to forget from last year?

The biggest nominees are no surprise: Transformers, New Moon, All About Steve and so on.

Two things are interesting/funny/stupid though. 1) Hugh Hefner is nominated as worst supporting actor in Miss March for playing himself. I guess this thwarts what the Italian neo-realists used to say about everyone being able to play one role perfectly: themselves. What's also surprising is that Miss March, which was one of the worst American comedies ever made, had no further nominations.

2) This year the Razzies will be handing out awards for the decade's worst movies/performances, which include, not surprisingly, Eddie Murphy, Mariah Carey, Ben Affleck and Madonna.

The Razzie's will be given out the night before the Oscars.

Check out the full list of nominations here.

Transformers 3 News

Quite frankly, after the giant mess that was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, I have next to no expectations for Transformers 3, nor do I look forward to it in the least.

However, according to shaky source Perez Hilton, Michael Bay, although vague, has gone on record and said that the third film will feature less robots and less explosions. This is strange news coming from the man who didn't even want to do the third film for fear that his talents were being marginalized by the franchise and because the studio was pushing him too quickly into production when all he wanted was a break.

This could be construed as good news seeing as that second film was nothing more than a hollow, brain-dead, incomprehensible cartoon with live faces popping up every once in a while. Although really, the franchise, at this point, has become so stupid that I don't even know how Bay or anyone else could condense the material into a meaningful story, especially considering what an arbitrary role the human characters play in the films.

Of course, at this point the franchise has made so much money that the studio doesn't even care if Bay turns in a good film or not. Just look at how many glaring, lazy mistakes were visible in the second film.

So, I don't know, is this good news? Will it renew interest in the series after Revenge of the Fallen alienated as many people as it amused? Has the studio finally heard the outcry that more is not more? Will Bay renege on his word and make another, loud, obnoxious hunk of crap? I know Bay has made good action movies in the past and know he will make good ones again in the future, but I'm not so sure he can control himself on this project unless his budget is significantly slashed.

I'm indifferent.