The 46th Razzies pluck Ice Cube's War Of The Worlds for their latest bushel of low-hanging fruit

Admittedly, the winner of the majority of this year’s Razzies—handed out every year by the Golden Raspberries Foundation, an august body formed from only the highest ranks of those willing to pay 40 bucks a year to do so—will not be a major surprise to those of you paying attention to Rotten Tomatoes scores, our own critics’ reviews, or the basic evidence of your own ears and eyes. Which is to say that today was a big day at the Razzies for the Ice Cube War Of The Worlds film, which managed to soundly defeat its major competitor, Disney’s Snow White remake, in almost every single category at this year’s awards. That includes Worst Picture, a Worst Actor win for Ice Cube, Worst Director for Rich Lee, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel—pretty impressive for a movie that never manages to get away from a nigh-constant shot of Ice Cube’s nostrils. (Reporting suggests that Ice Cube did not deign to show up to collect his trophy in person; maybe he can have it delivered by Amazon drones—the true heroes.)

Snow White did manage to snag one win, for Worst Supporting Actor, handed out to all seven of its CGI Dwarves. It’s in Worst Supporting Actress, though, that we feel moved to note our annual thesis on the Razzies. To wit, that they’re annoying not because there’s anything fundamentally wrong with making fun of a bad movie, but because they’re cut through with a certain breed of first-thought, best-thought laziness. Is there any universe in which Scarlet Rose Stallone would have scored this award—for Nick Cage’s Gunslingers, a movie you, and, we’d wager, the Razzies voters, almost certainly did not see—if her last name didn’t make it clear that she’s Sylvester Stallone’s daughter? We appreciate that The Razzies have somewhat recently instituted Redeemer Awards for previous winners who’ve since made undeniably good movies—Kate Hudson picked up this year’s, for Song Sung Blue. But every year, while chronicling these things, we can’t help but feel like we’re owed a better class of insult. The Oscars recently instituted rules forcing its voting members to have to actually watch the movies they’re weighing in on before they vote; maybe the Razzies should institute something similar, the better to hand out a more equitable dose of dishonor.