The 2006 How Dare You Awards
Worst Title:
American Dreamz
ATL
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (WINNER!)
RV
Zoom
Most Unnecessary Sequel:
Basic Instinct 2 (WINNER!)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
The Grudge 2
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Underworld 2: Evolution
Movie That Took Itself Way, Way Too Seriously:
Annapolis
Dreamgirls
The Fountain
The Lake House (WINNER!)
Miami Vice
Biggest Disappointment:
Basic Instinct 2
Lady in the Water
Miami Vice
Superman Returns (WINNER!)
X-Men: The Last Stand
Least Successful Reboot or Remake:
The Omen
The Pink Panther
Poseidon
Superman Returns (WINNER!)
The Wicker Man
Movie Not Even a Child Wanted to See:
Arthur and the Invisibles
Doogal
Garfield: A Tail of Two Cities (WINNER!)
Hoot
The Wild
Biggest Computer Generated Obscenity:
The Ex-Girlfriend: My Super Ex-Girlfriend
The Snakes: Snakes on a Plane (WINNER!)
Superman: Superman Returns
The Creatures: Underworld 2: Evolution
The Heroes: Zoom
Least Frightening Horror Movie:
Final Destination 3
Silent Hill
Slither
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
When a Stranger Calls (WINNER!)
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actor:
Nicholas Cage: The Wicker Man (WINNER!)
Michael Douglas: Sentinel
Richard Dreyfuss: Poseidon
Kevin Kline: The Pink Panther
Kevin Spacey: Superman Returns
Most Forgettable Performance by an Oscar Winning Actress:
Kim Basinger: Sentinel
Kathy Bates: Failure to Launch
Ellen Burstyn: The Wicker Man (WINNER!)
Nicole Kidman: Fur
Hilary Swank: The Black Dahlia
Movie You Least Wanted to See:
Basic Instinct 2 (WINNER!)
Flyboys
A Good Year
Let’s Go to Prison
Zoom
Title That Best Fits a Porno Movie:
Eight Below
Glory Road
Stick it
Take the Lead
Waist Deep (WINNER!)
Most Formulaic:
Failure to Launch: This time the jerk is more of a layabout who needs to get out of his parents house so he can fall in love with the woman they hired to get him out (WINNER!)
Flyboys: Can the young hot shot pilots from America make a name for themselves in World War I? You betcha
Gridiron Gang: Can a well-meaning coach turn the tough kids into a winning football team. You betcha
The Lake House: Two people who are perfect for each other are finding it hard to fall in love. This time because they’re exchanging letters through time
You, Me, and Dupree: It’s time for Owen Wilson to be a lovable loser again when his buddy lets him crash at his house
Most Ridiculous Concept:
Click: A man is given a magical remote control by an eccentric inventor so he can control time but finds he should cherish all the precious moments of his life
Crank: A hitman with a conscience learns he is poisoned and can only save himself by keeping his adrenaline up with sex and stunts
Lady in the Water: A man saves a woman from danger not knowing she’s a character from a story and that he and all his tenants are becoming characters who must protect the woman from those who don’t want her to go home
Little Man: A Wayan and a tiny thief with the face of a Wayan steal a diamond but have to stash it in a woman’s purse and now the little Wayan must pose as an infant to get the diamond back (WINNER!)
Snakes on a Plane: In order to assassinate a witness, a criminal overlord decides to set a bunch of snakes loose on a plane along with a bunch of pheromones that will make the snakes super aggressive because in the words of the overlord, “I’ve exhausted all the other possibilities!”