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‘Cats’ gets creamed at the Razzies
HOLLYWOOD, United States, Feb 9, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – It’s the one award no
Hollywood star wants to win.
The Razzies unveiled their annual list of the year’s most dreadful movies
Saturday, with the critically slated musical “Cats” at the top — or arguably
rock bottom — of the charts.
Among its nine unwanted nominations, “Cats” landed acting nods for Judi
Dench, James Corden, and Rebel Wilson.
The film — an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical — used
computer-generated effects to morph its all-star cast into deeply unnerving
half-human, half-cat hybrids.
It received stunningly bad reviews. The Guardian called it a “dreadful
hairball of woe,” while for the Wall Street Journal it was “a confusing
litter box of intentions”.
“Cats” received a further two nominations in the worst screen combo
category — for “any two half-feline/half-human hairballs,” and “Jason Derulo
& his CGI-neutered bulge.”
Also racking up the nominations were Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous
latest “Rambo” sequel, and “The Fanatic,” a not-so-thrilling thriller
starring John Travolta and directed by former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred
Durst.
Formally known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Razzies are usually
handed out the day before the Oscars, serving to mock the following night’s
self-congratulatory Tinseltown pageantry.
This year, with the Oscars unusually early and the entire award season
curtailed, organizers settled for announcing the nominees instead.
The Razzies were first awarded in 1981 in a Los Angeles living room, the
brainchild of UCLA film graduates and industry veterans who chose the
raspberry — a symbol of derision — to “honor” the worst in Hollywood
movies.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1115 hrs