Hosted by the upcoming Central Intelligence leading duo of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart, the MTV Movie Awards took place on Saturday 9 April at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. While the Oscars are the most prestigious movie awards ceremony on the calendar, the Golden Popcorn rewards those that captured the attention of audiences most over the last year.
So without further ado, join me as I copy-and-paste all the action straight from this year’s event to your eyes… and your winners are:
Movie of the Year
***WINNER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
–Avengers: Age of Ultron
–Creed
–Deadpool
–Jurassic World
–Straight Outta Compton
Are we surprised? No.
Best Male Performance
***WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
-Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
-Matt Damon, The Martian
-Michael B. Jordan, Creed
-Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
-Will Smith, Concussion
Now if Leo’s Oscar statue (finally!) is feeling peckish it can snack on some well-deserved popcorn.
Best Female Performance
***WINNER: Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
-Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
-Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2
-Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
-Morena Baccarin, Deadpool
The star of Why Is This Film Called Mad Max If Mad Max Isn’t The Main Character: Fury Road takes home the gold for her imperious display.
Breakthrough Performance
***WINNER: Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
-Brie Larson, Room
-Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
-John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton
Well deserved, she delivered a fantastic performance that Reysed the bar. Which was subsequently blown up. Not her fault.
Best Virtual Performance
***WINNER: Amy Poehler, Inside Out
-Andy Serkis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda 3
-James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Lupita Nyong’o, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Seth MacFarlane, Ted 2
I always like it when people are rewarded for bringing Joy to the world.
Best Action Performance
***WINNER: Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
-Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
-Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
-John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
-Vin Diesel, Furious 7
According to Nick, who has an unhealthy fascination with everything Chris Pratt, this is Chris Pratt’s greatest performance ever and he gives it… well, I probably shouldn’t tell you what he gives it.
Best Comedic Performance
***WINNER: Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
-Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
-Kevin Hart, Ride Along 2
-Melissa McCarthy, Spy
-Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2
-Will Ferrell, Get Hard
The Merc with the Mouth, The Regeneratin’ Degenerate, shoots and scores! I don’t know when last I laughed so much in the cinema.
Ensemble Cast
***WINNER: Pitch Perfect 2
–Avengers: Age of Ultron
–Furious 7
–Star Wars: The Force Awakens
–The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
–Trainwreck
The girls are back and they take the gold.
True Story
***WINNER: Straight Outta Compton
–Concussion
–Joy
–Steve Jobs
–The Big Short
–The Revenant
Because sometimes pepper goes better with popcorn than the ever-present salt, am I right Oscars?
Documentary
***WINNER: Amy
–Cartel Land
–He Named Me Malala
–The Hunting Ground
–The Wolfpack
–What Happened, Miss Simone?
There was some very impressive work done in this category, but the tragically cut short life story of Amy Winehouse is this year’s winner.
Best Kiss
***WINNER: Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2
-Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, Trainwreck
-Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
-Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, Vacation
-Margot Robbie & Will Smith, Focus
-Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
The real surprise here is finding out there’s kissing in Fifty Shades of Grey.
Best Hero
***WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
-Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
-Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
-Paul Rudd, Ant-Man
Jennifer Lawrence wins everything. Put her next to a broom and a mop and she’d win best cleaning product.
Best Villain
***WINNER: Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Ed Skrein, Deadpool
-Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max: Fury Road
-James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsman: The Secret Service
-Tom Hardy, The Revenant
And the crowd goes wild! Because how did Samuel L. Jackson not win?
Best Fight
***WINNER: Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein),Deadpool
-Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear, The Revenant
-Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), Mad Max: Fury Road
-Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Star Wars: The Force Awakens
-Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri), Spy
The bear was robbed!
Generation Award Winner: Will Smith
The man is a legend. He even starred in a movie that said so.
Comedic Genius Award Winner: Melissa McCarthy
Comedic geniuses are few and far between. Melissa McCarthy is not one. You may feel differently.
And there we have it – all of this year’s winners and not-losers-because-at-least-we-were-nominated-unlike-those-other-guys. What do you think, are they deserved wins or do these people not know what they’re smoking?
Last Updated: April 11, 2016