ROTTEN TOMATOES: 2008 MTV Movie Award Nominations Announced

2008 MTV Movie Award Nominations Announced

One awards show that will not be swept by No Country for Old Men.

by Jeff Giles | May 06, 2008

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It's almost time to hand out some golden popcorn -- the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards have been announced!

To cast your vote for each category's winner -- and to choose your favorite of the fan-created movie spoofs in the, um, "Best Movie Spoof" category -- head to MovieAwards.MTV.com (link below). A complete list of the nominees follows:

Best Movie:
Juno
Transformers
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
I Am Legend
Superbad
National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Best Male Performance:
Will Smith, I Am Legend
Shia LaBeouf, Transformers
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
Matt Damon, The Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Cera, Juno

Best Female Performance:
Ellen Page, Juno
Keira Knightley, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Jessica Biel, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Best Villain:
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
Angelina Jolie, Beowulf
Topher Grace, Spider-Man 3
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Best Comedic Performance:
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Adam Sandler, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jonah Hill, Superbad
Seth Rogen, Knocked Up
Amy Adams, Enchanted

Best Fight:
Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah, The Bourne Ultimatum
Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco, Spider-Man 3
Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell, Jumper
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet, Never Back Down
Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming, Rush Hour 3
Alien vs. Predator, Aliens vs. Predator Requiem

Best Kiss:
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer, Disturbia
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey, Enchanted
Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ellen Page and Michael Cera, Juno
Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman, Step Up 2 The Streets

Breakthrough Performance:
Zac Efron, Hairspray
Seth Rogen, Knocked Up
Jonah Hill, Superbad
Michael Cera, Superbad
Chris Brown, This Christmas
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Megan Fox, Transformers
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Superbad

Best Summer Movie So Far:
Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sex and the City: The Movie
Speed Racer
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Source: MTV Movie Awards

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	Enchanted
	Beowulf
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	Jumper
	Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
	Sex and the City - The Movie
	This Christmas
	Step Up 2 the Streets
	Speed Racer
	National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets
	I Am Legend
	No Country for Old Men
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
	Transformers
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
	Iron Man
	The Bourne Ultimatum
	Disturbia
	Hairspray
	Rush Hour 3
	Knocked Up
	I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
	American Gangster
	Never Back Down

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JamesEarl writes:
on May 06 2008 01:27 PM

MTV sucks.

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MM54 writes:
on May 06 2008 01:28 PM

I know these are awards for the most mainstream of the mainstream films here but...

Chuck and Larry?

Like...

Seriously?

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John Z. Delorean writes:
on May 06 2008 01:59 PM

...and the award goes to whoever decides on showing up to these crap awards. They're just a chance for MTV to act cool and give people awards so they can agree to co-host TRL sometime. I'm sure Denzel won't be able to sleep at night when he loses to Michael Cera.

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N720MF writes:
on May 06 2008 02:11 PM

Good. Lord.

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ck100 writes:
on May 06 2008 02:13 PM

I used to like the awards shows on MTV, but each year it's gets more and more tedious. I can't remember the last time this program was memorable. You know some of the choices in some of these categories are "filler". Other choices are kind of baffling like Topher Grace for "Spider-Man 3" and

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FullMelson writes:
on May 06 2008 02:28 PM

Wow I had honestly forgotten MTV even still had this show
considering all the channel is now is an endless stream of
horrible "reality" programs.

It looks like they just took whatever films made over a 100
million and put the charaters into their categories

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stevegilpin writes:
on May 06 2008 02:42 PM

I'm really surprised that Cloverfield wasn't nominated for anything. I mean, come on, that is such an awesome movie and definitely seems to fit into the whole MTV Movie Awards thing.
Also, I'm Not There....it's a movie about Bob Dylan, one of the most influential musicians ever. MTV still stands for Music Television, right?
I guess not.
This is lame.
I do, however, hope that the Bourne Ultimatum wins best fight. That scene rocked.

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Poncho_E writes:
on May 06 2008 02:42 PM

"Best film so far. . ." COME ON MTV!!! Be more creative.

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FullMelson writes:
on May 06 2008 02:57 PM

In reply to this comment (#1722714)
Sadly Cloverfield didn't have the box office or MTV relevant stars enough
to make the cut.

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Oblivioncry writes:
on May 06 2008 03:36 PM

so what does M stands for now?

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blsinner writes:
on May 06 2008 03:45 PM

National Treasure and Transformers get nominated for Best picture are you FUC*ing kidding me!!!!! Damn I hate MTV.

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blsinner writes:
on May 06 2008 03:48 PM

In reply to this comment (#1722771)
Moronic or maybe Motherfuc*ers. Does anyone actually think that Transformers was the Best movie of 08?

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blsinner writes:
on May 06 2008 03:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#1722771)
Sorry I meant 07

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jomapohe writes:
on May 06 2008 04:07 PM

Worst channel so far:

MTV

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on May 06 2008 04:10 PM

MTV SUCKS.

TOPHER GRACE AS BEST VILLAIN?

MTV SUCKS!

It doesn't even show music videos anymore.

DIE MTV DIE.

MTV GET OFF THE AIR!

-Jello Biafra

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martinscorsese25 writes:
on May 06 2008 05:23 PM

If harry potter doesnt win the best kiss then they are robbed!!!!

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rockclmbr6 writes:
on May 06 2008 05:29 PM

Wow, those are absolutely terrible nominees...that's why I don't watch MTV :-)

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PlanBFromOuterSpace writes:
on May 06 2008 06:21 PM

Sooooooo, Sex and the City is nominated for "Best Summer Movie So Far" and will have been out for exactly 2 days when this "awards" show airs. What a bunch of *****. This is only a little less dumber than last year's "Best Movie You Haven't Seen Yet", a.k.a. "Best Movie Trailer", which was won by Transformers.

I remember when the MTV Movie Awards was actually a clever and funny show, like something I would still make an effort to see, even years after MTV itself had become rather unwatchable. Even the VMAs were still OK for awhile (last year's show was actually pretty entertaining in an "Oh my God, this thing is such a trainwreck, I can't believe they haven't pulled the plug in mid-broadcast"/televised execution kind of way), but now it seems like they just wing it, which isn't a good thing when they parade out a bunch of non-actors and/or musicians with no personality or improvisational abilities on live TV. When someone that should know better botches something, it still might be entertaining, but when the cast of The Hills can't read the cue cards (or anything for that matter), it's sort of expected. You'll just be able to catch the highlights on The Soup or Best Week Ever anyway...

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sam.chomnoky writes:
on May 06 2008 06:34 PM

Just about National Treasure, well i watched it in a hotel room with some buds. And i thought it was gonna be stupid, and it was. But in a good way. It was one of those stupid movies that don't really have any plot, they can get away with everything (one minute they're in downtown London shooting and running over people, next minute they're in Washington WTF?) has some very corny jokes (that can be funny if your in the right state of mind) and in conclusion, was probably written by a team of monkeys. But god damn it, it was so GOOD! i don't know why, i guess it was the mood i was in, but hey ignore the plot holes, the bad editing, the bad acting, the bad script and just sit down, let ur brain ooze out your ears and watch. It's much more better that way...

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manofthemovie16 writes:
on May 06 2008 07:49 PM

I love this list! In my opinion, the front runners for this competition will include the movies Juno, Superbad, At World's End, Transformers, Enchanted, and one for I am Legend (I wonder for who?). It's good to give these movies some credit for actually existing as old-fashioned movie entertainment and not existing as education disguised as movie entertainment, nuff said.

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