The Razzie Awards Nominate the Worst of 2008

It's that the time of year people who love movies a little too much hold very dear in their black hearts: the announcement of the nominees for the Razzie Awards, which dishonors the worst in cinema.

Anyone can enjoy a good movie, but it takes a serious devotee of the medium to spend the time enjoying their dislike for a bad one. Back in 1980, John Wilson created the Razzies in reaction to the yearly deluge of awards and over the years the field has steadily grown. This year the nominees were selected out of the 573 films released and, according to their website, "determined by mailing ballots to 687 voters in 45 U.S. states and 19 foreign countries."

Leading the way is Mike Myer's The Love Guru with seven nominations including worst picture and worst acting nods to Myers and his costars Jessica Alba, Verne Troyer and Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley.

History is made once again this year with two Worst Picture nominees, the appropriately tilted Disaster Movie, which received six nominations, and Meet the Spartans, which received five, made by the same writer/director team of Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer, who appear to be doing a better job of spoofing their professions behind the camera than they do pop culture in front of it.

Not to be upstaged, Uwe Boll does them one better and received a Worst Director nod for his work on three films: Postal, 1968: Tunnel Rats, and In The Name Of The King, which received five nominations including Worst Picture. The remaining Worst Picture nominees are the Paris Hilton-starring "comedy" The Hottie & the Nottie, which received five nominations, and multiple-nominee M. Night Shyamalan's eco-disaster, with emphasis on the latter, film The Happening.

Box office success doesn't spare a film from the wrath of Razzie voters as Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, the third-highest grossing film, also earned a nomination in the Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel category.

The "winners" will be revealed on Saturday night February 21, 2009, the eve of the Academy Awards, at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood. Anyone looking to take part in the voting for the worst of 2008, can sign up through the Razzie website.

The complete list of nominees:

Worst Picture

Disaster Movie

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Meet the Spartans

The Happening

The Hottie & the Nottie

The Love Guru

Worst Actor

Mike Myers - The Love Guru

Eddie Murphy - Meet Dave

Al Pacino - 88 Minutes and Righteous Kill

Mark Wahlberg - The Happening and Max Payne

Larry the Cable Guy - Witless Protection

Worst Actress

Jessica Alba - The Love Guru and The Eye

Cameron Diaz - What Happens in Vegas

Paris Hilton - The Hottie & the Nottie

Kate Hudson - Fool's Gold and My Best Friend's Girl

The Entire Cast of The Women - Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Meg Ryan

Worst Supporting Actor

Uwe Boll, Postal

Pierce Brosnan - Mamma Mia!

Ben Kingsley, The Love Guru; War, Inc.; The Wackness

Burt Reynolds, Deal and In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Verne Troyer, The Love Guru and Postal

Worst Supporting Actress

Carmen Electra - Disaster Movie, Meet The Spartans

Paris Hilton - Repo! The Genetic Opera

Kim Kardashian - Disaster Movie

Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection

Leelee Sobieski - 88 Minutes, In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Screen Couple

Uwe Boll and Any Actor, Camera and Screenplay [My favorite nominee of the year]

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, What Happens In Vegas

Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Jorel David Moore, The Hottie And The Nottie

Larry The Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection

Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave

Worst Prequel, Sequel, Remake Or Rip-Off

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Disaster Movie

Meet The Spartans

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Speed Racer

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Worst Director

Uwe Boll - Tunnel Rats, In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale And Postal

Jason Friedberg And Aaron Seltzer - Disaster Movie And Meet The Spartans

Tom Putnam - The Hottie And The Nottie

Marco Schnabel - The Love Guru

M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening

Worst Screenplay

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer - Disaster Movie And Meet The Spartans

M. Night Shyamalan - The Happening

Heidi Ferrer - The Hottie And The Nottie

Doug Taylor - In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Mike Myers and Graham Gordy, The Love Guru

Worst Career Achievement

Uwe Boll - "Germany's answer to Ed Wood"