It’s MTV Movie Awards night, the only awards show were the winners don’t matter and we’re only tuned in for the self-serving blather in between. Though in the past MTV has pre-recorded the show and announced the results before even airing it, in recent years they’ve been experimenting with a more traditional awards show format and been rolling live.
Since it’s live, and because some of you seem to care about the who wins of this year’s Moon Man presenting, we’ll be updating this page live with the results tonight, along with various rumblings about what’s happening, from my point of view on my couch in my underwear. At the bottom of this page below my blathering, you’ll find a listing of all the nominees which I’ll live update with the winners as they’re announced. So if you’re here only to find out what won and want to skip on my textual meandering, just click here for an auto-scroll to the bottom. Winners will be red and in bold. In the meantime, here we go. Here’s what’s happening with 2008 MTV Movie Awards right now!
7:40 The pre-show is rolling, and it’s so boring my wife has opted to go shave her legs, rather than spend another second sitting in the living room being forced to stare at the TV with me. If I thought it was a viable excuse for getting out of watching this, I might consider a good leg shave too. Note to MTV: You’re “exclusive” clip of Hancock was released about a month ago. Granted, your clip contained an additional 2 seconds of film, but basically, we’ve seen it. It’s not an exclusive. You can do better!
7:50 Clip from Twilight introduced by the author. Another MTV exclusive. I know a lot of people are excited about this movie, but the way it’s filmed, it barely even looks like a movie. Forever Knight had better special effects than this.
8:00 The show starts! Mike Myers kicks things off with a recorded intro in which he wears angel wings and kicks Seth Green in the nuts during a surreal black and white, art film spoof. Not bad.
8:02 And we’re live. Myers called out for doing lame monologue jokes and spamming his movie. Ha ha jokes about how shameless celebrities are. Never seen that before. Now a dance battle! Never seen that before either. Sarcasm indicated.
8:04 Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron to spam Hancock and give the award for Best Female performance. Damn, they aren’t wasting any time with this thing. Four minutes in and we’re already on an award! Yet they have more time for more spamming. Self-promotion stopped being funny 5 years ago, now it seems to be a substitute for actual entertainment and jokes. Promotion is not in itself entertainment folks! Ugh. Anyway… and the winner is… Ellen Page for Juno! Literally the only person on that list who even remotely deserved it.
8:08 Rainn Wilson, huge movie star, sits in the audience with a mic, and threatens extermination for anyone whose acceptance speech goes too long. First funny bit in the last 8 minutes.
Best Comedic Performance
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Jonah Hill - Superbad
Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
Adam Sandler - I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Best Female Performance
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Jessica Biel - I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up
Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Ellen Page - Juno
Best Fight
Alien vs. Predator - Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell - Jumper
Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah - The Bourne Ultimatum
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet - Never Back Down
Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco - Spider-Man 3
Chris Tucker vs. Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming - Rush Hour 3
Best Kiss
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey - Enchanted
Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman - Step Up 2 the Streets
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer - Disturbia
Ellen Page and Michael Cera - Juno
Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Male Performance
Michael Cera - Juno
Matt Damon - The Bourne Ultimatum
Shia LaBeouf - Transformers
Will Smith - I Am Legend
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Best Movie
I Am Legend
Juno
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Superbad
Transformers
Best Summer Movie So Far
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Sex and the City: The Movie
Speed Racer
Best Villain
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Topher Grace - Spider-Man 3
Angelina Jolie - Beowulf
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Breakthrough Performance
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Chris Brown - This Christmas
Michael Cera - Superbad
Zac Efron - Hairspray
Megan Fox - Transformers
Jonah Hill - Superbad
Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Superbad
Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/2008-MTV-Movie-Award-Winners-Updated-Live-9018.html
