'Transformers,' 'Lost' lead worst movie nominees

By Todd Leopold , CNN

February 1, 2010 1:13 p.m. EST  
 

(CNN) -- "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Land of the Lost" now have another dishonor to add to the critical lambasting they took upon release: the two films are tied for most Razzie nominations for worst films of the year.

"Transformers," which dominated box office charts if not reviewers' hearts, picked up seven nominations, including worst picture, worst director (Michael Bay, a Razzie favorite), worst actress (Megan Fox) and worst screen couple (Shia LaBeouf with Fox or any Transformer).

"Head Raspberry" John Wilson, author of "The Official Razzie Movie Guide" and chief of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, acknowledges that the organization might be risking a backlash from "Transformers" fans, who made the film the No. 2 highest-grossing film of 2009 with more than $400 million at the domestic box office.

"This is not the first time we've nominated something that made that kind of money," he said, noting that the "Star Wars" sequels "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" also earned Razzie nods.

But he doesn't apologize for the inclusion of "Transformers": " 'Transformers,' to me, is the personification of what's wrong with Hollywood right now," he said. "It's all about do what already worked, pander to the audience, put in a lot of special effects. ... It's almost as though when they were editing the thing they had a little egg timer running, and every seven minutes something had to blow up or somebody had to yell, 'Go go go go! Run run run run!' "

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