14 DAY TRIAL // Ladies and gentlemen, the nominations for the 2014 MTV Movie Awards have been announced and, at first glance, it looks like there are no major surprises. In fact, there are just a couple of new picks from the major award show to account for the preferences of the younger generation the network caters to on a regular basis.
Unsurprisingly, the most nominations were earned by two popular movies this year, "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "American Hustle," but let's hope for their sake that they are actually going to win something and not repeat their Oscar performance where it's safe to say they both got snubbed.
Each movie managed an impressive 8 nominations, while being closely followed by "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" that earned only seven. Trailing behind them is the comedy "We're The Millers" with six nominations in total.
A big surprise is the fact that this year's Oscars darling, the space adventure “Gravity,” has only managed a single nomination for Sandra Bullock in the Best Actress category. Meanwhile, at the Oscars, it literally swept through the major categories taking home seven golden statuettes and coming out as the absolute winner.
“12 Year a Slave,” the winner of this year's Best Picture at the Oscars, also managed fewer nominations, coming in at four. It remains to be seen if fans will also pick it as the best movie for MTV and earn it that Golden Popcorn trophy.
The Best Picture category is regarded as the most important one since it will be the only one still open for public voting during the award show. MTV prides itself as one of the few award shows which lets the public decide who gets crowned as a winner.
Apart from the regular award show categories like Best Film and Best Male or Female Performance, the MTV Movie Awards has made a name for itself by adding some unusual categories such as Best Kiss, Best Fight and Best WTF Moment.
A special nod has to go to the unusual Best WTF Moment category which nominated the 15-actor fight scene in the comedy “Anchorman 2.” And don' think that the organizers were shy about listing each one in the nomination roster, because they weren't.
Leaving aside the odd categories, there were also some odd nominations, such as Brad Pitt being listed in the Best Comedic Performance category for his role in “World War Z,” which just happens to be an action movie, or nominating the Backstreet Boys for their on-screen performance in the apocalyptic satire “This Is The End.”
The 2014 MTV Movie Awards is going to be hosted by Conan O'Brien and is set to take place on April 13 at the Nokia Theater. Without further ado, let's see what this year's nominations are:
Movie of the Year
"12 Years a Slave" "American Hustle" "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Female Performance
Amy Adams, "American Hustle" Jennifer Aniston, "We're the Millers" Sandra Bullock, "Gravity" Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Best Male Performance
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle" Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street" Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Breakthrough Performance
Liam James, "The Way, Way Back" Michael B. Jordan, "Fruitvale Station" Will Poulter, "We're the Millers" Margot Robbie, "The Wolf of Wall Street" Miles Teller, "The Spectacular Now"
Best Kiss
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams, "American Hustle" Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson, "Don Jon" James Franco, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens, "Spring Breakers" Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, "The Spectacular Now" Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter, "We're the Millers"
Best Fight
"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Steve Carell vs. James Marsden vs. Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Kanye West vs. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vs. Jim Carrey and Marion Cotillard vs. Will Smith vs. Liam Neeson and John C. Reilly vs. Greg Kinnear "Identity Thief," Melissa McCarthy vs. Jason Bateman "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin vs. Mutant Monkeys "This is the End," Jonah Hill vs. James Franco and Seth Rogen
Best Comedic Performance
Kevin Hart, "Ride Along" Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street" Johnny Knoxville, "Bad Grandpa" Melissa McCarthy, "The Heat" Jason Sudeikis, "We're the Millers" Best Scared-as-S**t Performance Rose Byrne, "Insidious: Chapter 2" Jessica Chastain, "Mama" Vera Farmiga, "The Conjuring" Ethan Hawke, "The Purge" Brad Pitt, "World War Z"
Best On-Screen Duo
Amy Adams and Christian Bale, "American Hustle" Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, "Fast & Furious 6" Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, "Ride Along" Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Shirtless Performance
Jennifer Aniston, "We're the Millers" Sam Claflin, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street" Zac Efron, "That Awkward Moment" Chris Hemsworth, "Thor: The Dark World"
Best Villain
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips" Benedict Cumberbatch, "Star Trek Into Darkness" Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave" Mila Kunis, "Oz the Great and Powerful" Donald Sutherland, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
Best On-Screen Transformation
Christian Bale, "American Hustle" Elizabeth Banks, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Orlando Bloom, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Best Cameo Performance
Robert De Niro, "American Hustle" Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" Kanye West, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" Joan Rivers, "Iron Man 3" Rihanna, "This is the End"
Best Hero
Henry Cavill as Superman, "Man of Steel" Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, "Iron Man 3" Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Chris Hemsworth as Thor, "Thor: The Dark World" Channing Tatum as John Cale, "White House Down"
Best Musical Moment
"This is the End," Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson "American Hustle," Jennifer Lawrence "The Wolf of Wall Street," Leonardo DiCaprio "Identity Thief," Melissa McCarthy "We're the Millers," Will Poulter
WTF Moment
"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner The Channel 4 News Team's afternoon is no longer a delight as their speeding van filled with bowling balls, scorpions and hot oil takes a tumble on the highway. "Bad Grandpa," Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll manage to strike fear into a room full of unsuspecting beauty pageant-loving parents thanks to a bump n' grind dance routine to a Warrant classic. "The Counselor," Cameron Diaz Having intercourse in a car is pretty much a rite of passage, but having intercourse with a car? Cameron Diaz's Malkina gets down and dirty with a bright yellow Ferrari to show the world how it's done. "The Wolf of Wall Street," Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio's iconic portrayal of excessive Wall Street player Jordan Belfort takes a turn for the insane when he takes his Lamborghini for a spin. "This is the End," Danny McBride and Channing Tatum Danny McBride shows an apocalyptic world, and uncomfortable theater-goers everywhere, that there's no better pet than a scantily-clad Channing Tatum.