The 1999 How Dare You Awards
Worst Title:
A Dog of Flanders
A Slipping Down Life
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Pokemon the First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (WINNER!)
Most Unnecessary Sequel:
Fantasia 2000
Muppets From Space
The Rage: Carrie 2 (WINNER!)
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Universal Soldier II: The Return
Biggest Disappointment:
Eyes Wide Shut
Mystery Men
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (WINNER!)
Summer of Sam
Wild Wild West
Movie That Should Have Had Action Figures, But Didn’t:
Angela’s Ashes (WINNER!)
Flawless
Girl, Interrupted
Stigmata
The Straight Story
Biggest Computer-Generated Obscenity:
Gadgetmobile: Inspector Gadget
The Tarantula, Wild Wild West
The House, The Haunting
Jar Jar Binks: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (WINNER!)
The Sharks: Deep Blue Sea
Most Regrettable Performance by a TV Actor in a Film Role:
Calista Flockhart: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sarah Michelle Gellar: Cruel Intentions
Melissa Joan Hart: Drive Me Crazy
James Van Der Beek: Varsity Blues (WINNER!)
Betty White: Lake Placid
Most Regrettable Performance by a Non-Actor in an Acting Role:
Bill Goldberg (WCW Wrestler): Universal Soldier: The Return
Jewel Kichre (Singer/Poet): Ride with the Devil
Alanis Morissette (Singer): Dogma
Dennis Rodman (NBA Player): Simon Sez (WINNER!)
Lawrence Taylor (NFL Player): Any Given Sunday
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actor:
Cuba Gooding Jr: Chill Factor
Kevin Kline: Wild Wild West
John Voight: Varsity Blues (WINNER!)
Christopher Walken: Blast From the Past
Robin Williams: Jakob the Liar
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actress:
Faye Daunaway: The Messenger
Goldie Hawn: The Out-of-Towners
Diane Keaton: The Other Sister (WINNER!)
Mira Sorvino: At First Sight
Sissy Spacek Blast From the Past
Most Reprehensible Body of Work in a Single Year:
Ben Affleck: 200 Cigarettes, Dogma, Forces of Nature
Claire Danes: Brokedown Palace, The Mod Squad, Princess Mononoke
Ellen Degeneres: The Love Letter, EDtv, Goodbye Lover
Omar Epps: In Too Deep, The Mod Squad, The Wood, Breakfast of Champions
Brendan Fraser: Blast from the Past, Dudley Do-Right, The Mummy (WINNER!)
Title that Best Fits a Porno Movie:
The Bone Collector (WINNER!)
Bowfinger
Boys Don’t Cry
The Insider
Jawbreaker
Most Formulaic:
Chill Factor: A dangerous bomb must get to a fort but must be kept below 50 degrees or it explodes so an ice cream truck is the perfect place for it. It’s speed with an ice cream truck.
Double Jeopardy: This formula entails Ashley Judd being in danger
Jakob the Liar: The formula is not only hope in a WWII movie but that Robin Williams is giving us that hope
Lake Placid: Your classic monster movie formula in which nobody believes that this monster lurks nearby to kill
Runaway Bride: The formula is two people not made for each other are made for each other (WINNER!)
Most Ridiculous Concept:
Baby Geniuses: Baby talk prior to the age of two is actually highly sophisticated communication and an escaped baby from the Babyco company is trying to unite babies from outside the company
Chill Factor: A dangerous bomb must get to a fort but must be kept below 50 degrees or it explodes so an ice cream truck is the perfect place for it (WINNER!)
Deep Blue Sea: A group of scientists are trying to cure Alzheimers by experimenting on sharks and somehow make them super smart
Flawless: A homophobic security guard who has a stroke is sent for singing lessons to a flamboyantly gay coach awaiting gender reassignment
Molly: An autistic woman lives with her estranged brother and gets an experimental treatment that makes her smart and makes her brother less of a jerk