LOS ANGELES—Yup, there were people who actually saw these movies.
“The Love Guru” won three Razzies on Saturday for worst picture, worst actor for Mike Myers, and worst screenplay, which Myers co-wrote.
Another big winner was Paris Hilton, named worst actress for “The Hottie and the Nottie,” worst supporting actress for “Repo! The Genetic Opera” and worst screen couple alongside either of her “Hottie” costars, Christine Lakin and Joel David Moore.
The Golden Raspberry Awards or the Razzies were first awarded in 1981 and intended to spoof the Academy Awards by honoring the worst in the film industry. It is usually held on the eve of the Oscars.
With three Razzies, Hilton tied the record set last year by Eddie Murphy, who won worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for his multiple roles in “Norbit.”
Pierce Brosnan was chosen worst supporting actor for “Mamma Mia!”
Triple threat
The worst-director Razzie went to Uwe Boll for three movies—“In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale,” “1968: Tunnel Rats” and “Postal.”
Razzies voters also gave a prize for worst career achievement to Boll, whose critically drubbed movies include “Bloodrayne” and its sequel.
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was named worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel.
John Wilson, founder of the Razzies, said Boll and Hilton’s movies are so bad, he could envision a collaboration between the two.
Paris and Zsa Zsa
“She is the 21st-century Zsa Zsa Gabor. She is famous for who she hangs out with. She’s not famous for any talent she has yet exhibited,” Wilson said.
“She may end up working with Uwe Boll. She could be the head vampire in ‘Bloodrayne 3,”’ he added.
“The Love Guru” features Myers as the world’s second-best self-help guru, who must come to love himself before he can fully realize his potential.
The movie topped out at $32 million at the domestic box office, chump change compared to the haul of Myers’ “Austin Powers” sequels.
Wilson disagreed with other Razzies voters on “The Love Guru,” saying that after watching it again to pull clips for the group’s awards ceremony on Saturday night, he did not think it was the year’s worst movie.
“A couple of things he did got me to laugh, and these days, two laughs in a comedy is a high ratio,” Wilson said.
Spread the loathe
In “The Hottie and the Nottie,” Hilton plays a babe who won’t date until her homely best pal lands a man.
Hilton has a small role in “Repo,” a horror musical about organ recipients who face a visit from the repo man if they fall behind on the payments.
“Repo” and “Hottie” combined did not even manage to take in $200,000 at the domestic box office.
Unlike in most years when one movie dominates, the Razzies this time around were shared among a variety of flicks.
One voter joked that “we decided to spread the loathe around,” Wilson said. “Everybody got kicked in the shin at least a little.”