Twilight gets Razzied ahead of Oscars

The team behind the Twilight supernatural romance movies finally has earned some love — or loathing — from their counterparts at spoof awards the Razzies.

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was picked as last year’s worst picture by the Razzies, the Academy Awards send-up that hands out prizes for Hollywood’s worst movies on the eve of the Oscars ceremony.

The finale to the blockbuster supernatural romance dominated the Razzies with seven awards, including worst actress for Kristen Stewart, supporting actor for Taylor Lautner, director for Bill Condon and worst screen couple for Lautner and child co-star Mackenzie Foy. 

Adam Sandler was named worst actor for the raunchy comedy That’s My Boy, his second-straight win after 2011’s Jack and Jill, which swept all 10 categories a year ago. Pop singer Rihanna won worst supporting actress for the action dud Battleship.

Twilight movies had been well represented in Razzie nominations over the years but had not won any key awards. Razzie voters joke that, as with The Lord of the Rings finale winning best picture at the Academy Awards, they were waiting for the last Twilight flick on which to heap scorn.

“I have a pet theory, which is that the box office on Twilight films is very impressive, but my theory is that instead of 40 million individual girls going to see it, its 8 million girls going to see it five times each. People who love those movies just adore them,” said Razzies founder John Wilson. “I believe the attitude of people who really love Twilight movies toward this subject is very similar to the pomposity with which the Academy Awards addresses the rest of the world.” 

The Twilight finale also won Razzie awards for the worst screen ensemble and worst remake, rip-off or sequel.