wenn23495003

For the past few years (just going by memory), it’s felt like the MTV Movie Awards are a really budget affair. I remember when real movie stars used to come out for the MTV Movie Awards, and it was an opportunity to play nice with a younger audience. Nowadays, barely anyone shows up and the red carpet is just a bevy of TV stars and wannabes. Hopefully, this year will be different. MTV just released their nominations list, and I’m hoping they actually get some of these people to the ceremony. Also: the list is very dude-heavy. All of the Movie of the Year nominees are about dudes. All of the villain nominees are dudes. All but one of the “Best Action Performance” nominees are dudes. The only even match-up is “Best Hero.” You can see the full list here. Some of the bigger categories:

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Creed
• Deadpool
• Jurassic World
• Straight Outta Compton

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

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

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

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

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

Star Wars: The Force Awakens got the most nominations, and I truly hope Daisy Ridley and John Boyega come out for the show. Boyega in particular has been playing it SO smart about not oversaturating the media by attending the opening of an envelope. I think the only awards show he’s done so far is the BAFTAs, so it would be amazing to see him come out for MTV. What else… I’m glad that Straight Out of Compton got some big noms, and I’m glad that Charlize’s work in Mad Max is being recognized somewhere. I think the night will probably belong to Deadpool and Star Wars.

wenn23360142

Photos courtesy of WENN.
wenn23360142
wenn23372680
wenn23495003
wenn23573788
wenn23573789