Tuesday, March 8, 2016

MTV Movie Award Nominations!

I think they've done a good job with these the past several years, but this feels like a return to the Twilight years. Blech. Some good stuff, though. I'm not sure what the deal with True Story is? Good on them for making a Documentary category.

**** - my vote

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Creed****
Deadpool
Jurassic World
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton

TRUE STORY
Concussion
Joy
Steve Jobs****
Straight Outta Compton
The Big Short
The Revenant

DOCUMENTARY
Amy****
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
The Hunting Ground
The Wolfpack
What Happened, Miss Simone?

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road****
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Morena Baccarin, Deadpool

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant****
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Will Smith, Concussion

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Brie Larson, Room
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens****
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
O’Shea Jackson Jr.: Straight Outta Compton
(Larson broke through several years ago, so not voting for her here. Vikander would've made sense here.)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Kevin Hart, Ride Along 2
Melissa McCarthy, Spy****
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Will Ferrell, Get Hard

BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World****
Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2
John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Vin Diesel, Furious 7
(No Charlize????)

BEST HERO
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road****
Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2
Paul Rudd, Ant-Man

BEST VILLAIN
Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ed Skrein, Deadpool
Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max: Fury Road****
James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsman: The Secret Service
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
(Fucking excuse me??? No Rose Byrne???)

BEST VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE
Amy Poehler, Inside Out****
Andy Serkis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda 3
Lupita Nyong’o, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Seth MacFarlane, Ted 2

ENSEMBLE CAST
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious 7
Pitch Perfect 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2
Trainwreck****

BEST KISS
Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, Trainwreck****
Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, Vacation
Margot Robbie & Will Smith, Focus
Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2
(I literally don't remember any of these kisses. Gone are the Cruel Intentions days.)

BEST FIGHT
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein), Deadpool
Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear, The Revenant
Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), Mad Max: Fury Road
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Avengers: Age of Ultron
Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri), Spy****

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