With the Academy Awards this weekend, this prestigious awards ceremony honors excellence and achievement in film over the past year. But there's always those films that leave you in a state of "What the f**k?!". Thus the WTF Awards.
Most Inexplicable Hit: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Just weeks after electing the first-ever African-American president, the American people proved they still had far to go in the flight against the forces of ignorance and small-mindedness when they made this thing a hit.
Most Unexpected Flop: Jennifer's Body
Despite boasting a formidable-and presumably profitable-combination of sex, violence, and timely controversy, Megan Fox's high school horror flick crashed and burned in the theaters, failing to crack even the low end of box-office analysts' predictions.
Most Distracting CGI Appendage: Dr. Manhattan's Penis--Watchmen
The fact that Zack Snyder determined to faithfully adapt Alan Moore's seminal comic was certainly commendable, but some things are simply better left on the page. It's difficult enough to grasp Dr. Manhattan's quantum ramblings without his big blue member flopping around, disrupting our concentration like a blast of phallic tachyons.
Most Misleading Movie Title: Funny People
Sure, Bitter, Self-Pitying, Occasionally Amusing but Usually Just Depressing People isn't as appealing on a marquee, but at least it's accurate.
Most Uncomfortable Sex Scene: Observe and Report
Seth Rogen's tubby Travis Bickle obliterates the line between consensual sex and date rape when he romances Anna Faris's drooling, doped up, barely conscious mall employee.
Most Unexpected-and Hopefully Short-Lived-Comeback: Vin Diesel
After the unexpected success of Fast & Furious briefly revived Diesel's comatose career, the gravel-voiced diva wasted little time wearing out his welcome, blowing off press events and spewing all sorts of delusional crazytalk about Chronicles of Riddick sequels.
Most Enterprising Use of a Cell Phone: Law Abiding Citizen
While other movies strive to diminish the cell phone's narrative impact, concocting convenient reasons for characters' handsets to lose reception or run out of juice at crucial moments, this film turned it into a potent plot device. GREAT movie by the way.
WTF Performer of the Year: Nicolas Cage
Two words: Bad. Lieutenant. Have you seen it? Don't.
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