Kudos on the hilarious take on the Razzie nominations.

"only Tom Green has dared show up to receive it in person."

Haley Berry showed up to receive hers for Catwoman.

I know History of Violence was filmed in '05, but we still feel the effects of it today and ought have been considered.

Thanks Sterfish.

Bicho, I could have sworn Green was the only one.
Thanks for setting me straight.

C'mon, Suss, did you dislike HoV that much? I liked the movie.

CB, you should check out their site. They have clips of Berry's acceptance speech. I thought they were the only two, but in the forums I found the following:

In the entire 25 year history of The RAZZIES, only the following people have willingly collected their $4.79 worth of spray-painted gold:

Bill Cosby for LEONARD: PART 6 (Cosby arranged to have the film's three RAZZIES re-created out of 24-carat-gold and Italian marble, funded by Fox Networks to the tune of $27,500. They were then presented to him "live-on-tape" at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and his acceptance of them was broadcast during "sweeps " on the Fox LATE SHOW)

Paul Verhoeven for SHOWGIRLS (The Dutch director became the first "winner" ever to attend our ceremonies when his film set an all-time RAZZIE record with 13 Nominations and 7 "wins." In addition to his own trophy for Worst Director, Verhoeven also retrieved the statuette for Worst Picture)

Brian Helgeland for THE POSTMAN (Helgeland won both an Oscar and a RAZZIE in the same weekend. His Best Screenplay Oscar was for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. He arranged, after the fact, to be presented with his RAZZIE for Worst Screenplay in his production office on the Warner Brothers back lot)

Tom Green for FREDDY GOT FINGERED (When Green's wretchedly unfunny "comedy" about child abuse and playing with dead animals "swept" The 22nd Annual RAZZIES, he was on hand to collect all five of its statuettes, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director. Green got worldwide press coverage for doing so)

Halle Berry for CATWOMAN (Exhibiting a wonderful sense of humor, and a delightful willingness to poke fun at herself and her big budget box office bomb, Berry became the first True Star ever to appear on our stage. As the Video Clips attest, her appearance brought the house down at The 25th Annual RAZZIES)

MTS--
I too picked History of Violence as the worst movie of 2005, but it's probably too arty to make the Razzies. They go for the ridiculous [e.g., Nicolas Cage and his bear suit as worst couple] and for laughs.

I liked A History of Violence. Well acted, nicely shot, a good movie even if you could see where the story was going pretty quickly. Besides, those of us who may never get a chance to have sex with Maria Bello now know exactly what that experience would be like.

I thought HoV was one of the better films of 2005. I'm always surprised when people say they really disliked it.