The MTV Movie Awards are meaningless, empty, and driven mostly by corporate profits. But we'll all be watching on June 8th when they're handed out. Or, if not on June 8th at 9pm, some time in the months after when MTV reruns the ceremony over and over and over again.
Face it, they mean nothing but watching them can be a lot of fun. More fun usually than the Oscars, Independept Spirit Awards, or People's Choice Awards of the world. It helps that they're talking about movies that we've all actually seen, instead of say... some movie that hasn't even been released anywhere outside of New York and LA.
So, in preparation for their empty-headed 2006 awarding MTV has released their batch of 2006 nominees, culled from a random sampling of whichever nominees they think will get them the most ratings. The 40 Year-Old Virgin will get at least a little of the attention it deserved. It'll probably lose to Wedding Crashers since MTV caters to teenagers easily swayed by an excessive amount of bare boobies (the only category in which Crashers trumps Virgin, but at least MTV nominated the hell out of it. Other movies mostly overlooked by other awards undeservedly like Sin City appear, as well as some less undeservedly overlooked films. For instance this is Tyler Perry's second year in the MTV Awards nomination list. Last year he was nominated for Diary of a Mad Black Woman, this year for Family Reunion.
Scroll down for a look at all the 2006 MTV Movie Award nominees. The ceremony will film June 3rd and then be aired on MTV June 8th.
BEST MOVIE
The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
King Kong (Universal Pictures)
Sin City (Dimension Films)
Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
Rachel McAdams Red Eye (DreamWorks SKG)
Steve Carell The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)
Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Owen Wilson Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
Adam Sandler The Longest Yard (Paramount Pictures)
Steve Carell The40 Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion (Lions Gate Films)
Vince Vaughn Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM
Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen & Romany Malco The40 Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott & Jessica Simpson The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans & Michael Chiklis Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox)
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
BEST VILLAIN
Cillian Murphy Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Hayden Christensen Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)
Ralph Fiennes Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tilda Swinton The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Disney Pictures)
Tobin Bell Saw II (Lions Gate Films)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Andre "3000" Benjamin Four Brothers (Paramount Pictures)
Isla Fisher Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
Nelly The Longest Yard (Paramount Pictures)
Jennifer Carpenter The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Screen Gems)
Romany Malco The40 Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Taraji P. Henson Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)
BEST HERO
Christian Bale Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jessica Alba Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox)
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Kate Beckinsale Underworld: Evolution (Screen Gems)
Ewan McGregor Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)
SEXIEST PERFORMANCE
Beyonce Knowles The Pink Panther (Sony Pictures)
Jessica Alba Sin City (Dimension Films)
Jessica Simpson The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ziyi Zhang Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures)
Rob Schneider Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (Sony Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
Kong vs. The Planes King Kong (Universal Pictures)
Stephen Chow vs. Axe Gang Kung Fu Hustle (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Mr. & Mrs. Smith (20th Century Fox)
Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)
BEST KISS
Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)
Anna Faris & Chris Marquette Just Friends (New Line Cinema)
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Mr. & Mrs. Smith (20th Century Fox)
Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen Sin City (Dimension Films)
BEST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Rachel Nichols The Amityville Horror (MGM)
Jennifer Carpenter The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Screen Gems)
Derek Richardson Hostel (Lions Gate Films)
Paris Hilton House of Wax (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dakota Fanning War of the Worlds (Paramount Pictures)
mtvU STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD
Joshua Caldwell (Fordham University) - A Beautiful Lie
Sean Mullin (Columbia University) - Sadiq
Stephen Reedy (Diablo Valley College) - Undercut
Jarrett Slavin (University of Michigan) - The Spiral Project
Landon Zakheim (Emerson College) - The Fabulous Felix McCabe
