|
Basically, it stinks: Sharon Stone top of the flops
2007-02-25
Sharon Stone and the critically panned "Basic Instinct 2" were top of the flops, picking up four awards in Hollywood's annual Oscars parody, the Razzies. Screen siren Stone scooped the Golden Raspberry -- or Razzie as they are affectionately known -- for worst actress with her performance in the ill-fated sequel that tanked at the box-office. As well as the worst actress Razzie, "Basic Instinct 2" was dishonored with worst picture, worst screenplay and worst prequel. "Unenjoyable, unerotic, unwatchable," was how one reviewer summed up "Basic Instinct 2", a follow-up to the successful 1992 psychological thriller that remains screen siren Stone's most famous role. The un-coveted Razzies, which were created in 1980, are intended as a light-hearted spoof of the Academy Awards, saluting the worst offerings of the movie industry in the previous year. This year's Razzies were announced at Hollywood's Ivar Theatre, one day ahead of the Oscars. Recipients of the Razzies rarely show up to collect their prizes, gold spray-painted plastic gongs in the shape of a raspberry, which organisers say are worth as much as 4.97 dollars. Jostling with Stone and "Basic Instinct 2" for dishonors were director M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" and Shawn and Marlon Wayans' comedy "Little Man." Shyamalan, once regarded as the hottest young film-maker in Hollywood after a string of hit movies such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs", was named worst director and worst supporting actor for "Lady in the Water." Meanwhile the Wayans brothers' "Little Man" picked up three statuettes: worst remake or rip-off, worst screen couple, and joint worst actors. Razzies organisers described the battle for worst supporting actress as a "a neck-and-neck race between two talent-free blonde bimbos" but in the end elected to salute Carmen Electra ahead of Jenny McCarthy.
| 
