The MTV Movie Awards is yet another awards show that is voted by the fans, which means you're hard pressed to find Oscar contenders among its list of nominees, much less its winners.
While not featuring the same amount of screaming teenage girls as the Teen Choice Awards, the MTV Movie Awards is followed by the same fandom demographic for blockbuster films. This fact is all the more highlighted by host Russel Brand's sudden and instant declamations of "Twilight!" and "Hunger Games!".
The 2012 MTV Movie Awards features the same formula this year. A revolving door of celebrity presenters, crass humor, bleeped out swearing and a handful of golden popcorn buckets given out as trophies, all presided over by Russel Brand, who delivered one line after another in such rapid succession that I was left breathless every time he delivered a monologue.
This year's program showcased a great opening with the infectious performance of "We Are Young" by the band Fun and Janelle Monae, and a touching moment when the cast of The Dark Knight Rises showed a clip of the first two installments of Christopher Nolan's eventual trilogy featuring the caped crusader. Christian Bale's emotional comment about how good it was to see Heath Ledger on screen was reflective of how fans felt.
All in all, the 2012 MTV Movie Awards was a fun show, although it did feature some moments and dialogue that were not really funny or just plain awkward.
Listed below are the winners of the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. For the full list of nominees for the various categories, you can check out the official website of MTV.
Movie of the Year: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Best Male Performance: Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games
Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Breakthrough Performance: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Comedic Performance: Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Best Music: "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO, 21 Jump Street
Best On-Screen Transformation: Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, The Hunger Games
Best Gut-Wrenching Performance: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper, Bridesmaids
Best Kiss: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Best Fight: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, The Hunger Games
Best Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Best On-Screen Dirtbag: Jennifer Aniston, Horrible Bosses
Best Hero: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
MTV Generation Award: Johnny Depp
MTV Trailblazer Award: Emma Stone
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