MTV Movie Awards 2012

MTV announced the nominations for the 2012 Movie Awards. I'm doing this just because I mentioned the new format last week or the week before.

Movie of the Year:
Bridesmaids

The Hunger Games

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
The Help
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Best Female Performance:
Emma Stone - Crazy, Stupid, Love
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Male Performance:
Channing Tatum - The Vow
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50

Josh Hutcherson - The Hunger Games
Ryan Gosling - Drive

Breakthrough Performance:
Elle Fanning - Super 8
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Liam Hemsworth - The Hunger Games

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

Best Comedic Performance:
Jonah Hill - 21 Jump Street
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids

Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Oliver Cooper - Project X
Zach Galifinakis - The Hangover Part II

Best Cast:
21 Jump Street

Bridesmaids

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
The Help
The Hunger Games

Best On-Screen Transformation:
Colin Farrell - Horrible Bosses
Elizabeth Banks - The Hunger Games
Johnny Depp - 21 Jump Street
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Fight:
Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang - 21 Jump Street
Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes - Harry Potter
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig - The Hunger Games
Tom Cruise vs. Michael Nyqvist - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton - Warrior

Best Kiss:
Channing Tatum & Rachel McAdams - The Vow
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson - The Hunger Games
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart - Breaking Dawn Part 1
Rupert Grint & Emma Watson - Harry Potter
Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone - Crazy, Stupid, Love

Best Gut-Wrenching Performance:
21 Jump Street
Bridesmaids
Drive
The Help
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 

Best On-Screen Dirtbag:
Bryce Dallas Howard - The Help
Colin Farrell - Horrible Bosses

Jennifer Aniston - Horrible Bosses

Jon Hamm - Bridesmaids
Oliver Cooper - Project X

Best Music:
"The Devil is in the Details" by The Chemical Brothers - Hanna
"Impossible" by Figurine - Like Crazy
"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO - 21 Jump Street

"Pursuit of Happiness" by Kid Cudi - Project X

"A Real Hero" by College with Electric Youth - Drive


My picks, of course, are in red. The categories that don't have a pick mean I really don't care.
The one thing that made my bones happy was seeing that Twilight only got two nominations. I think this is a good sign of what is yet to come. Kristen Stewart got shafted for Best Female Performance, as she should. and both Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner didn't get Best Male Performance. This will force the teenage girls to actually vote for someone who did a good job. Well, kind of. Channing Tatum was nominated ffs.
To my surprise, I didn't pick The Hunger Games for anything. I loved it but I feel like it is too new to even include in this. There are movies that are already a year old included here.

MTV revamping the Movie Awards format

I'll admit it, I usually watch the MTV Movie Awards every year. Although I must admit the last 3-4 years have been a bust due to the high popularity of Twilight and Harry Potter. Good movies always get ignored because of the Jersey Shore loving teenage girl crowd that MTV has. MTV president Stephen Friedman states,

"We want to make sure some of the unexpected, smaller, quirkier films have a chance." 

 In the attempt to do that, MTV is introducing "Academy voting" where directors and other people in the industry vote in categories. They are also introducing new categories and getting rid of some classic categories that have been around for a while.

New categories:
Best On-Screen Transformation
Best Music
Best Gut Wrenching Performance
Best Cast
Best On-Screen Dirt Bag

Retired Categories:
Best Villain
Best Scared as Shit Performance
Best Jaw Dropping Moment
Biggest Badass Star
Best Line From a Movie

MTV veteran Jesse Ignjatovic is also involved in this revamp of the show. His involvement is seemingly bringing the music back to the show. However, he stated...

"It’s not just about bringing more music to the show. It’s about integrating music and movies.”

Personally, I feel that the MTV awards shows in general have turned into a joke for the most part. The same movies and actors win every year and like I mentioned above, so many good movies get ignored and shafted when they don't deserve to be. Shows like this should try to introduce independent film to different audiences and give them something they might not have heard about or seen otherwise. That's what I would do. I guess it's pretty much a given for me to watch it this year just to see the changes in action. The 2012 MTV Movie Awards airs on June 3rd.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mtv-movie-awards-fun-academy-voting-315729