OK, there's really no secret. Just leave quality out of it. The MTV Movie Awards air this Sunday night and it's always a fun show as long as you don't expect the voters to hold to any standard except popularity. There's even a category called BEST WTF MOMENT, but the great thing about the MTV Movie Awards is that every category gives you at least one "what the fuck" moment. Let's take a looksee:
Best Movie
The Dark Knight
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Twilight
Slumdog won the Oscar so let's rule that out. Dark Knight and Iron Man were actually good movies, so their chances are shaky. High School Musical 3: Senior Year sucked from start to finish — I expect it to finish strong. But Twilight — bad reviews, bountiful box office — smells like a winner to me. WTF!
And here we go with the other categories:
Best Female Performance
Angelina Jolie — Wanted
Anne Hathaway — Bride Wars
Kate Winslet — The Reader
Kristen Stewart — Twilight
Taraji P. Henson — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Winslet won the Oscar — that equals no chance here. Hathaway gave the worst performance of her career by a mile in Bride Wars (call her a contender). Jolie was Oscar nominated deservedly for Changeling, so of course MTV nominated her for a movie that required no acting (call her a contender). Henson's was a supporting role. That leaves Stewart (call her the winner).
Best Male Performance
Christian Bale — The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man
Shia LaBeouf — Eagle Eye
Vin Diesel — Fast & Furious
Zac Efron — High School Musical 3: Senior Year
The only category in which a genius like Downey can ever be pitted against the lightweight likes of Diesel and Efron. If anyone wins but the Iron Man there should be a riot in the studio.
Breakthrough Performance: Female
Amanda Seyfried — Mamma Mia!
Ashley Tisdale — High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Freida Pinto — Slumdog Millionaire
Miley Cyrus — Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vanessa Hudgens — High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Kat Dennings — Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Pinto and Dennings against a field that should be up for worst non-acting ever in any medium. Pinto gets my vote, not that it matters.
Breakthrough Performance: Male
Robert Pattinson — Twilight
Taylor Lautner — Twilight
Ben Barnes — The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Dev Patel — Slumdog Millionaire
Bobb’e J. Thompson — Role Models
If Pattinson loses this prize, MTV knows nothing of ratings and shameless pandering to its audience. I think MTV knows plenty about its audience. Sorry Patel, you really deserved it.
Best Comedic Performance
Amy Poehler — Baby Mama
Anna Faris — The House Bunny
James Franco — Pineapple Express
Jim Carrey — Yes Man
Steve Carell — Get Smart
All the nominees are actually defensible. My heart is with Faris, but Franco was sublime.
Best Kiss
Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy — Wanted
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel — Slumdog Millionaire
James Franco and Sean Penn — Milk
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson — Twilight
Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon — I Love You, Man
Penn macking on Franco is the cleverest nominee, but homophobia is getting stronger (Yes, I mean you California!). Also bad news for Rudd and Lennon. Slumdogs Patel and Pinto deserve the prize, so write them off. That leaves Jolie and McAvoy (seems remote) and Stewart and vampire boy Pattinson (come up and get your prize).
Best Villain
Derek Mears — Friday the 13th
Dwayne Johnson — Get Smart
Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight
Johnathon Schaech — Prom Night
Luke Goss — Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Shall we not kid ourselves? Heath Ledger now and forever! Sometimes even MTV gets it right.
Best Fight
Bridal Cat Fight — Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson
Battle Over Gotham — Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger
Vampire Showdown — Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet
Battle in Hell — Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss
3 Way Stoner Fight — Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride
This is the year of the vampire, but the horror of Bride Wars truly sucked the life out of me.
Best WTF Moment
Peeing In The Sink — Amy Poehler (Baby Mama)
Curved Bullet Kill — Angelina Jolie (Wanted)
Jumping In The Poop Shed — Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (Slumdog Millionaire)
Tasting Decapitated Head — Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder)
Naked Break Up — Jason Segel and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
I'll take naked over pee and poop every time. I suspect MTV's head is in the crapper.
What's your nominee for Best WTF Movie Moment that MTV forgot? Mine is Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation. Now that moment really deserves award consideration.
Send in your own WTF suggestions, and I'll blog or Twitter your best ones.
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mtvsucks! | August 30, 2009 6:18 PM
I get the idea. If it wins or is good, it doesn't count. That's why, instead of voting, I just wiki the winners. MTV SUCKS! Copy and paste if you agree!
Jenny | June 2, 2009 1:17 PM
Biggest WTF moments got to be when AR Rahman loses to Miley Cyrus of all people. And how can HSM3 and Twilight win any awards? I mean, c'mon! But then again, the award is a box of popcorn...
Maria A. | June 1, 2009 11:35 PM
Everybody knows that this award show was made to laugh at the asses of good movies that no one saw.
Who in the right mind will grant Bride Wars any sort of nomination? Seriously, not even the Golden Globes.
The whole idea of this award show is something to comment as "WHAT THE FUCK?"
WE WANT OUR MTV BACK! | June 1, 2009 12:41 PM
A petition to have MTV change it's programming to include videos back into it's programming and get rid of this stupid reality crap is being created. The execs at MTV need to go... They're largely responsible for the downfall of the music industry in the past fifteen years and we want quality entertainment back.
WE WANT OUR MTV!!!
Jcox | June 1, 2009 2:55 AM
Kings of Leon are on the Awards, but hey RS shitkicked "only by the night" giving it 3 stars....
Maria | May 30, 2009 7:26 PM
Well, if you think MTV awards is just a joke, why on earth are you writing about it? We all know even without your article that it isn't the oscars, the most popular movie is going to win and it probably won't be the best on the list. So what? Why should everything be so serious? I think it's nice that people who have worked hard to make a movie get recognition for it. Yes, their work might be commercial and popular and not critically acclaimed but people still like it and appreciate it, that's why the viewers vote and not some jury.
Sandra | May 29, 2009 8:04 PM
I would say the WTF moment would be why did Slum dog millionaire win an Oscar...that movie has to be the craptastic movie of the year, what a boring flippin movie.
Georgina | May 29, 2009 7:49 PM
hey, it's not Academy, and yes it's up to the most popular votes - but what people like that's what counts......a movie can have bunch of Oscars but if no one cares, it doesn't mean anything
Jason H. - Brooklyn, NY | May 29, 2009 6:38 PM
It's true - MTV keeps sinking to new lows in ways of underestimating the intelligence of its viewers.
If they think so little of America's youth, they should almost be embarrassed to encourage people to vote!
THE COMEDIAN | May 29, 2009 5:08 PM
I am really pissed watchmen is not nominated for anything. Especially for best fight. That's my WTF moment. Instead we have all this teenybopper shit. (High School Musical),(Twilight). What the fuck? It's a joke...It's all a joke!
Big Nate | May 29, 2009 4:41 PM
Rolling Stone became the MTV of magazines many years ago
Old Syd | May 29, 2009 4:00 PM
The only moment that really made me go wtf! last year was the pencil scene in the dark knight.
Dan | May 29, 2009 12:27 PM
Maybe Rolling Stone should stop doling out 4.5 and 5 star reviews for any established band, and nothing below a 3 star review on any album no matter how terrible, and stop making horrible lists with no criteria or reasoning, and stop running cover stories on things not music related. Once Rolling Stone does that, maybe then they can point a finger at MTV's credibility. Rolling Stone, aside from their investigative reporting, and some interviews, is nothing more than a studio press release aggregator and tantamount to a print version of MTV.
Carolina | May 29, 2009 11:59 AM
It is true MTV is a Joke about music is so lame the Latin American MTV sucks! and the MTV awards sucks too!
MB | May 29, 2009 11:08 AM
MTV movie awards are a joke! MTV is a joke! Twilight and Zack whatever its called will win everything trust me. MTV should be called ETV entertainment television. They dont contribute to music at all! All the 12 to 20 year old girls will be watching so theres the ratings
Adam | May 29, 2009 4:50 AM
Clooney shoots Pitt in Burn After Reading.
HelloJackToad | May 29, 2009 2:52 AM
Twilight fans vote in large numbers. Because they ain't go naught else to do.
@Michael
Christian Bale? No, standing around looking gloomy while your supporting cast actually do some proper acting (and that includes AMH), doesn't warrant any kind of award.
Michael | May 29, 2009 1:16 AM
If anyone wins for best actor other than Robert Downey Jr. it should be Christian Bale, there would need not be a riot in a studio Petey.
James | May 29, 2009 12:47 AM
I agree with everything except RDJ in Iron Man. I love RDJ and been a fan since the 80s but I'm about to make an ass of myself. I can't believe I'm saying this but I really think it should go to LaBeouf. How he didn't up and die in that stinker Eagle Eye but managed to shine who the fuck knows!
Ben | May 29, 2009 12:28 AM
Biggest WTF moment? When this magazine started to put people like zac efron and the girls from the hills on the cover just to sell copies. Rolling Stone is going down the same disappointing path that MTV has already traveled. Here's to selling out!
Ryan | May 28, 2009 7:36 PM
For me the biggest WTF moment came from a movie that totally flew under the radar. In "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People," Simon Pegg plays a British journalist who comes to New York to work for Sharps Magazine for a snarky boss (Jeff Bridges). There's one scene where he sends a stripper to a co-worker (Danny Huston) he didn't like, and when the stripper turns around, she has a penis. Full frontal transvestite? that gets my vote for WTF!!!