Oscars schmoscars, I want my MTV awards

Serious Film Critics consider the annual MTV Movie Awards to be a chance for junk cinema to get props because that's about all the MTV audience demands from cinema. Cynicism becomes me.

Then comes the announcement of this year's MTVMA nominees. While there are some movies that shouldn't be anywhere near an award show (Rush Hour 3, Jumper, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry), I'm very impressed that the nominations list also includes three of my top-10 film choices for 2007: Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) for best villain, four nods for Juno and one for Sweeney Todd (although I doubt many MTV voters sat through that much opera but Johnny Depp is tooooo cute for this crowd to overlook).

Either I'm going through my second juvenile delinquency or the kids are wising up.

The list is still slanted toward sophomoric comedy (Superbad leads with five noms), geeks they can relate to (Michael Cera's two nominations), celluloid video games (Transformers) and whoever's pin-ups are gracing bedroom walls (Jessica Biel, Zac Efron, paparazzi terrorist Chris Brown).

Perhaps the best example of the MTV Movie Awards' silliness is a new category: Best Summer Movie So Far. Keep in mind that voting ends May 23, one days after the nominated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in theaters. Sex and the City: The Movie won't debut until a week later. That gives an advantage to Speed Racer (but not much when you see it), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Iron Man.

Check out the link to nominees and post your choices for the best and worst honorees. I'll be watching  June 1 to see if  Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman win Best Kiss for Step Up 2: The Streets. That is, if I can figure out which channel they'll be broadcast on.

 

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[Princess Di]

Favorite MTV Movie Awards moment: Jim Carrey, looking like a vintage-hippie version of Bo Bice "Would it kill you to play some Foghat?"