Sandra Bullock is one of the rare artists who calmly accepts her Golden Raspberry Award.
If the Oscar is the prestigious golden statue that most filmmakers aspire to, then this raspberry for cinema makes artists frown and furrow their brows.
Celebrating bad things
Established in 1980, the Golden Raspberry Awards have taken it upon themselves to seek out, discover, and award prizes to the worst films, directors, and actors of the year.
With this year's Golden Raspberry Awards nominations, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is the most deserving candidate for Worst Film.
This film is a horror adaptation of AA Milne's classic children's book Winnie-the-Pooh , which Vietnamese readers are familiar with as the adorable Winnie the Pooh.
As soon as the copyright protection for the character Winnie the Pooh expired in the US, filmmakers seized the opportunity to capitalize on it and ruin the image of a beloved childhood friend.
Of course, Winnie the Pooh isn't easily destroyed. Even with films that borrow its image and distort the original spirit, people cherish the values that the original story embodies even more.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is probably the worst Hollywood movie of 2023.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey fully deserves its criticism, and rightly so, so that voices criticizing cheap, sensationalist attempts to attract viewers without considering the long-term consequences can be silenced. This film also raises the question: how should we treat artistic heritage?
Hollywood studios still have a habit of profiting handsomely from previously successful films.
A plethora of remakes, sequels, prequels... have been made, although often the later installments fail to surpass the earlier ones.
The list of nominees for the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Film of the Year proves that.
The Exorcist has remained a classic of the horror genre since its release in 1973. It established a recurring motif in many subsequent exorcism films.
Half a century later, The Exorcist: Believer is inferior, even though its special effects may be better. A successful horror film isn't simply about scaring people.
Similarly, Meg 2: The Trench , the sequel to Meg from 2018, also sits alongside The Exorcist: Believer in the Worst Film category. Leading the nominations for this year's Golden Raspberry Awards is Expend4bles (the fourth installment of The Expendables ) with 7 nominations.
Mr. Trump has been awarded the Golden Raspberry Award three times.
Even if there are mistakes
The Golden Raspberry Awards are known as a satirical award that spares neither the old nor the young, implying that even those who have achieved fame, or even won an Oscar, are not exempt from its effects.
In the past, this award has been given to many famous directors, screenwriters, and actors who have won Oscars, such as Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, and Ben Affleck.
Even a legendary artist like Laurence Olivier, at the end of his brilliant career, fell victim to this bitter "raspberry" (a metaphor for misfortune).
Or take Sandra Bullock, in the same year, who won both the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Blind Side and the Golden Raspberry Award for All About Steve .
Sandra Bullock was also one of the few actresses to personally accept this award, which many would prefer to avoid.
Many famous and talented artists have also been named by the Golden Raspberry Awards.
However, the satire sometimes goes too far. Just last year, the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, John Wilson, had to apologize and withdraw a nomination after public backlash for nominating a 12-year-old girl for the Worst Actress category.
In 2022, just two days after awarding Bruce Willis the Worst Actor award, the Golden Raspberry Awards announced the cancellation of the award upon learning that the reason for his retirement was illness.
Everyone makes mistakes. Filmmakers, actors, film critics, film award judges... everyone can make mistakes.
Artistic success doesn't always come throughout a career. In his youth, Leonardo DiCaprio also tasted the bitterness of this golden raspberry. But his relentless efforts ultimately yielded sweet rewards.
And that's the reality of cinema. Especially in its own capital, where bad films continue to be produced year after year alongside good ones.
In a place where a star can stumble and plummet at the peak of their career. Where a box office hit isn't necessarily a masterpiece. Where your talent must always be tested and honed, or you'll be eliminated.
The Golden Raspberry Awards weren't created to be a counterweight to the Oscars. They were created as a reminder that we, the film-loving audience, are still here, with a basket full of raspberries and the judgment.
Don't think that just because you're comfortable with success, wealth, awards, and trophies, you can neglect your career.
Therefore, the Golden Raspberry Awards receive just as much attention as the Oscars. The awards are presented a few days before or after the Oscars, as if to remind cinema not to become too complacent about its recent achievements.
A sarcastic laugh mocking the halo that Hollywood casts upon its followers. A halo that is often not the sparkle of a star, but merely the flickering, on-and-off light of an electric lamp.
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