I swore to myself that this year I wasn’t going to write anything about the MTV Movie Awards, the most useless and meaningless “awards” show of the year. It’s empty populist drivel. But when I read the nominee list, it was SO BAD I couldn’t help but post it.
Twilight leads all movies with 7 nominations. Need I say more?
BEST MOVIE
•The Dark Knight – Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Charles Roven and Emma Thomas (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Director: Kenny Ortega, Producers: Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush (Walt Disney Pictures)
•Iron Man – Director: Jon Favreau, Producers: Avi Arad and Kevin Feige (Paramount Pictures)
•Slumdog Millionaire – Director: Danny Boyle, Producer: Christian Colson (Fox Searchlight)
•Twilight – Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan (Summit Entertainment)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
•Angelina Jolie – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
•Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
•Kate Winslet – The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
•Kristen Stewart – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
•Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
•Christian Bale – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
•Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
•Vin Diesel – Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
•Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
•Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
•Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
•Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
•Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
•Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
•Kat Dennings – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
•Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
•Taylor Lautner – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
•Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
•Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
•Bobb’e J. Thompson – Role Models (Universal Pictures)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
•Amy Poehler – Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
•Anna Faris – The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
•James Franco – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
•Jim Carrey – Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Steve Carell – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST VILLAIN
•Derek Mears – Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night (Screen Gems)
•Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
•Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
•Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
•Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
•Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
BEST KISS
•Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
•Freida Pinto and Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
•James Franco and Sean Penn – Milk (Focus Features)
•Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
•Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
•Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
•Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
•Angelina Jolie – Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
•Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
•Ben Stiller – Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
•Jason Segel and Kristen Bell – Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
•“Jai Ho” – AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
•“The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
•“The Climb” – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
•“Decode” – Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
I’ll sometimes watch the broadcast because some of the skits they do can be pretty funny… but overall it’s a total waste and I hope everyone is smart enough to not actually give any real weight to the results of it. (source: Rama Screen)
