Basic Instinct 2 Cleans Up At The Razzies
Posted February 25, 2007 12:00 pm.
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While Oscars will be distributed to the crème de la crème of the film industry Sunday evening, hardware was handed out to those at the bottom of the barrel Saturday.
“Basic Instinct 2” was the big “winner” at the Razzies, picking up the four golden raspberries in categories including worst picture, worst actress for Sharon Stone, worst screenplay, and of course, worst sequel.
While the original film was a serious career boost for Stone the sequel hasn’t done much to put the actress back in the public eye.
“Yes, she still has some excuse to drop her robe but the dialogue, the story, the overall attitude of the character is cartoon-like,” Razzies founder John Wilson said.
“You have to sort of wonder, is she vamping the movie or does she think she’s giving a serious performance? Is she the lone person on the project who got the joke?”
The Wayans brothers’ comedy “Little Man” garnered three Razzies, including shared prizes for Marlon and Shawn for worst actor and worst screen couple. It also won in the best rip-off category for its unoriginal script, which was basically a feature-length version of a Bugs Bunny cartoon in which a pint-sized hoodlum pretends to be a baby.
“I will admit there is `so stupid it’s funny’ but there is also `so stupid, get out of my face’ and that’s what this movie is,” Wilson said.
M. Night Shyamalan, once a Hollywood darling, was named worst director for “Lady in the Water”.
“He cast himself as the saviour role of the film on top of everything else,” Wilson said.
“Shyamalan falls into one of the traps that’s almost guaranteed to win you a Razzie, when you let your ego run rampant as that man did.”
For a full list of “winners”, click here.
