Nominations for the 2012 Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a The Razzies, were announced last night — it appears Adam Sandler’s movie Jack and Jill could win every one of them. The movie is nominated 13 times in 10 categories. I guess you could say “congratulations” to Adam by personally being nominated 9 times this year for his work on Jack and Jill. But as someone who deeply respects the art of film making, I feel the need to say, it’s time Mr. Sandler to exit stage left.

A wise man once said, “The skill in going to a party is knowing when to leave.” Adam Sandler doesn’t seem to understand that concept. Over the past five years, Adam has made movies that have not only been disappointing in terms of comedic value, but also in terms of movie making. Someone needs to stop this white Tyler Perry from spending millions of dollars just to waste our time. Because of him, we have been subject to substandard flops such as Jack and Jill, Just Go With It, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Zookeeper, Bucky Larson, Grown Ups, The House Bunny and Strange Wilderness. All of which Adam had a role as an actor, producer or writer. Jack and Jill was the final turning point for me, as I’m sure it was for many others, in realizing the fact that the golden days are over and his latest movies are bad.

If you compare Adam’s first flicks to today, the difference is undeniable. We had Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and The Waterboy to make us laugh. They are staples in the comedy genre and always will be. Since then it’s been garbage on top of more garbage. In a world that’s growing up, he seems to be doing the exact opposite, and showing it on film. He has the potential to make great comedies and be funny again, it just doesn’t feel like he’s trying. When you’re a guy who is known for making comedies, it’s better to not be nominated for a Razzie, much less 9. I don’t think there is anything worse than a really bad comedy, because you have one job: to make people laugh and have something that resembles a story. In Mr Sandler’s case, not only did he fail at those objectives, but the Razzie nominations basically mean you just don’t care about what you’re putting out there. Thanks to the 2012 Razzie Nominations, maybe he’ll get the hint…. but probably not.

One thing that is very disturbing about this years Razzies is the financial comparisons between the Best Picture and the Worst Picture Nominations. The total box office earnings between the 5 Razzie Worst Picture nominations are over $1.98 billion; thanks in large part to Transformers: Dark Of The Moon earning more than $1 Billion on it’s own. The Oscar’s Best Picture Nominations however, made a total of $1.03 Billion between it’s 9 movies. It’s hard not to take those numbers as a sign as to why movie studios feel the need to make poor quality films. Simply because people pay and wait in line to watch them. While the Oscars may have all the glam, prestige and celebrities, it’s the Razzies that bring in the big money.

The Golden Raspberry Awards will be held on April 1st, 2012.

Here is how the Razzie Nominations look.

WORST PICTURE

• BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
• JACK & JILL
• NEW YEAR’S EVE
• TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
• THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART I

WORST ACTOR

• Russell Brand – ARTHUR
• Nicolas Cage – DRIVE ANGRY 3D, SEASON OF THE WITCH and TRESPASS
• Taylor Lautner – ABDUCTION and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKDING DAWN – PART 1
• Adam Sandler – JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
• Nick Swardson -BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR

WORST ACTRESS 

• Martin Lawrence (As “Momma”) – BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
• Sarah Palin (As “Herself”) – SARAH PALIN: THE UNDEFEATED
• Sarah Jessica Parker – I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT and NEW YEAR’S EVE
• Adam Sandler (As “Jill”) – JACK & JILL
• Kristen Stewart – THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART I

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Patrick Dempsey – TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
• James Franco – YOUR HIGHNESS
• Ken Jeong – BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, THE HANGOVER PART II, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON and ZOOKEEPER
• Al Pacino – JACK & JILL
• Nick Swardson – JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Katie Holmes – JACK & JILL
• Brandon T. Jackson – BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
• Nicole Kidman – JUST GO WITH IT
• David Spade – JACK & JILL
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE

• The Entire Cast of BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
• The Entire Cast of JACK & JILL
• The Entire Cast of NEW YEAR’S EVE
• The Entire Cast of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
• The Entire Cast of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I

WORST DIRECTOR

• Michael Bay – TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
• Tom Brady – BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR
• Bill Condon – THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I
• Dennis Dugan – JACK & JILL and JUST GO WITH IT
• Garry Marshall – NEW YEAR’S EVE

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL

• ARTHUR
• BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (Rip-Off of BOOGIE NIGHTS and A STAR IS BORN)
• THE HANGOVER PART II (Both a Sequel AND a Remake!)
• JACK & JILL
• (Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods’ GLEN OR GLENDA)
• THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

• Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movies
• Shia LeBeouf & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
• Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker / JUST GO WITH IT
• Adam Sandler and EITHER Katie Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler / JACK & JILL
• Kristen Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner OR Robert Pattinson / THE TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN PART I

WORST SCREENPLAY

• BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR – Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson
• JACK & JILL – Screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, Story by Ben Zook
• NEW YEAR’S EVE – Written by Katherine Fugate
• TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Written by Ehren Kruger
• THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I – Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg

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