Sentences with phrase «worst screenplay for»

But «Batman v Superman» didn't go away empty handed, as it also received four awards from the Razzies: Worst Screenplay for Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, Worst Supporting Actor for Jesse Eisenberg's bizarre Lex Luthor, Worst Screen Combo for Affleck and Henry Cavill as the titular superheroes, and Worst Remake, Rip - off, or Sequel.

My favorite moment, though, I think is when Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin have to talk an agent into selling the bad screenplay for Argo.

Screenwriter Mitch Glazer might have written one of the worst screenplays for a film released in 2015.

Not exact matches

The adaptation of author E.L. James» erotic novel won worst screenplay, worst actor for Jamie Dornan and worst actress for Dakota Johnson during Saturday's 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, according to the Associated Press.

«A Good Woman,» a ham - fisted adaptation of Wilde's play «Lady Windermere's Fan,» suffers from a staggeringly bad miscasting of its central role and from a cut - and - paste screenplay that substitutes random insertions of Wilde epigrams for character.

Gavin Hood showed off a keen eye and a flair for drama and action, too bad the screenplay couldn't keep up with the quality he was slapping onscreen.

Paul Haggis, who spoke with such remarkable confidence through his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby, one of the best films of the past few years, seems to be his own worst enemy in Crash, his directorial debut.

The screenplay is written by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant, the screenwriting duo responsible for one of the worst movies of last year, Taxi.

With a screenplay by Gary Hawkins (THE ROUGH SOUTH OF LARRY BROWN), JOE is based on the novel by the late Larry Brown (Big Bad Love, Facing the Moon), the former Mississippi firefighter renowned for his powerful, gothic storytelling and universal themes of honor, desperation and moral rectitude.

Even the most resourceful, imaginative filmmaker would be hard - pressed to redeem the screenplay, specifically the lengths to which Cody goes to disguise the true nature of the story, and also the underlying reasons for the charade, which are unconvincing and in bad faith.

Even the most resourceful, imaginative filmmaker would be hard - pressed to redeem Diablo Cody's screenplay, specifically the lengths to which the writer goes to disguise her story's true nature, and also the underlying reasons for the charade, which are unconvincing and in bad faith.

The Israeli - born New York filmmaker shares a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination with co-writer Alessandro Camon for The Messenger, Moverman's drama about the people who deliver the bad news of Iraq War casualties to next - of - kin in America.

Unfortunately for this screenplay, mandatory bad guy Mathias comes off as more of a bored henchman unworthy of any actual attention; is it fair to blame actor Walton Goggins for being given too little to work with?

It's clear right from the get - go that director John Huston (who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Viertel) isn't interested in presenting both sides of this story - said Chief of Police is almost ridiculously evil, completely devoid of any redeeming qualities - but that's not necessarily a bad thing, as the filmmaker does an effective job of establishing each of these rebels (to the point where we're genuinely rooting for them to accomplish their complicated mission).

With a screenplay by Gary Hawkins, JOE is based on the novel by the late Larry Brown (Big Bad Love, Facing the Moon), the former Mississippi firefighter renowned for his powerful, gothic storytelling and universal themes of honor, desperation and moral rectitude.

Wagner's screenplay keeps making these characters worse and worse until there are bodies for which to account.

writer Steven Zaillian turned in three screenplays for films of varying quality «The Falcon and the Snowman,» «Awakenings» and «Jack the Bear» that showcased the best and worst of his tendencies as a filmmaker.

When: June 22nd Why: Woody Allen may be coming off the biggest commercial success of his career with «Midnight in Paris» (a film that also netted him another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay), but unfortunately, that can only be seen as bad news for his next European adventure, because Allen hasn't had back - to - back hits in over a decade.

McKay is currently working on the screenplay for «Ant - Man and the Wasp» as well as «Bad Blood,» which he will also direct, with Jennifer Lawrence starring.

Adam Sandler (as usual) didn't get off easy either, with a worst actor nomination for The Cobbler and Pixels (which had six nominations in all: worst actor, worst supporting actor (2), worst supporting actress, worst screenplay and worst picture).

That Bad Company panders to the drool - cup and bib crowd is further supported by Jason Richman and Michael Browning's unforgivable screenplay and its propensity for narrating the very obvious while attempting to capitalize on zeitgeist for a quick «Hello St. Louis!»

The film cheats in a couple of places and gets mushy in others, but considering the rampant possibilities for each in light of the time - bending screenplay and sugary sweet setting, one feels it could have been much worse in both regards.

My personal favourite is Blue, but in saying that I feel a bit bad for Red, the concluding chapter that is so expertly tuned and perhaps the most artistically sound, that it's easy to see why it snagged itself Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

BAD TEACHER trio Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz and director Jake Kasdan will soon reunite for Sony Pictures raunchy R - rated comedy SEX TAPE, from a screenplay by Kate Angelo and rewritten by Kasdan, Segal and Nicholas Stoller.

Caught up somewhere in the middle of all this is Amos, who enters into an affair with the distraught Diana (who cozies up to him at a community Bible study), perhaps because she's really into him, perhaps because she's trying to prevent him from testifying against her husband, or perhaps because the screenplay needs for this to happen in order to fulfill its thesis that all of us make bad decisions and that the truth will eventually set us free.

Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»

The shaky camera syndrome continues, as does the bad editing, all trying to make up for Giglio's awful «out of a computer program» screenplay's lack of original ideas or just about anything else.

Worst offenders are Stallone's screenplay (which, aside from its tin ear and stunning stretches, unerringly goes on for one line too long in every exchange) and Stallone's decision to have his brother Frank not only provide a handful of remarkably bad songs for the picture but also appear in the movie in the most unintentionally hilarious moment, thrusting his guitar like a stringed phallus in an already unintentionally hilarious film.

It has been directed by Abel Ferrara («Bad Lieutenant», «King of New York», «The Funeral») who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois («New Rose Hotel», «The Blackout», «Chelsea on the Rocks») and it is scheduled for UK release on August 8th 2014.

With nothing else for the villain to do until the finale, he's shipped off to an asylum, although that's at least more convincing than the way the screenplay forces in a second bad guy in the movie's final act in order to trigger the movie's genuine climax, which comes after another battle with Electro over the fate of New York City's central power plant.

The script by Eric Wald (how good it feels to be able to cite one screenwriter for a bad screenplay) has a limited number of jokes.

In fact, all of the mothers in Bad Moms are treated in this exaggerated way, basically coming off as female versions of the man - children Lucas and Moore previously essayed in their screenplay for The Hangover (with Kathryn Hahn, as the proudly oversexed Carla, given Zach Galifianakis - style scene - stealing honors).

Gregory Poirier, screenwriter for the also bad films See Spot Run and Gossip, takes his first turn filming one of his screenplays with Tomcats, another in a series of gross - out comedies to come down the pike since the success of American Pie and Scary Movie.

The result of which is a highly stylized picture with more swooping camera effects than you can shake a stick at, well - filmed action sequences, and some of the worst dialogue ever written in a screenplay with perhaps the dumbest excuse for an action movie plot.