When most in Hollywood make a particularly bad film, they usually distance themselves away from it. They never admit that the product is shit, nor do they try to make amends. If I remember correctly, Eddie Murphy had a nasty habit of supporting a film when it came out only to turn on it, providing it got bad reviews, when promoting his next film. Not saying he was sorry or any of it was his fault, just bad-mouthing it along with everyone else. What a charmer.
Every so often, some do put their ego aside, admit they screwed up and even take it in stride. Joel Schumacher finally admitted that his 1997 "Batman and Robin" was a dud, apologizing to batfans on the audio commentary for the film. Halle Berry accepted her Razzie award for the odious "Catwoman" five years ago and seemed to have fun in doing so. The same can now be said for leading Best Actress candidate Sandra Bullock, who went to the annual Razzie awards to nab her awards for her work on last summer's stinker, "All About Steve".
"I think this is an extraordinary award," said Bullock, who had promised throughout awards season that if she won the Razzie, she would accept it in person. "And I didn't realize that, in Hollywood, all you had to do was say you'd show up, and then you'd get the award. If I'd known that, I would have said I was appearing at the Oscars a long time ago."
According to an Associated Press article, Bullock went up on stage with a little red wagon full of DVD copies of the film (what, no blu-ray?) saying that each of the 300 people in attendance would be receiving a copy. She said if people watched the film, as in "really watched the film", and decided that her performance was not the worst of 2009, she would come back, return her Razzie and go drinking with everyone afterwards.
Sandra is a class act. When she first got nominated, she said that if she won, she'd personally accept it.
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