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!”

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