Manuel here, pretending he’s still part of the demographic for the MTV Movie Awards. Amy Schumer (“Half of you don’t know me and half of you think I’m Meghan Trainor” she quipped at the start of the show) hosted the show which might just as well have been called the “Shailene Woodley” awards. After Jennifer Lawrence and her Hunger Games dominated the past couple of years, unlikely movie star Woodley emerged as the clear winner last night. On top of her MTV Trailblazer award, her film The Fault in Our Stars (the first non-franchise film to win the Movie of the Year award since Wedding Crashers in 2006!) took home 3 awards. Indeed, original and non-franchise films pretty much dominated, even as the show seemed intent on reminding us that Furious 7, Avengers Age of Ultron and plenty more of summer sequels are out or on their way.
I wish I could find that J-Lo reaction to Schumer's Gone Girl/latina joke because it was EVERYTHING. Oh wait...
In other news, Bradley Cooper may be 3-for-0 at the Oscars, but he won “Best Male Performance” over presumed favorites Chris Pratt (whose Marvel film went empty-handed), and Faults own Ansel Egort, Meryl Streep won her very first popcorn award and Zac Efron won “Best Shirtless Performance” for his beautifully psychopathic performance in Neighbors which sounds about right, don’t you think?
Check the full list of winners below
So many awards for Shai & company and we still didn't get a Laura Dern win?
Movie of the Year
The Fault in Our Stars
Best Female Performance
Shailene Woodley – Fault in Our Stars
Best Male Performance
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Best Comedic Performance
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street
Breakthrough Performance
Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Best Kiss
Ansel Elgort & Shailene Woodley – Fault in Our Stars
Best Duo
Zac Efron & Dave Franco – Neighbors
Dave Franco, doing what we all wish we could do.
Best Scared-as-S*** Performance
Jennifer Lopez – The Boy Next Door
euphemisms next door indoors
Best Shirtless Performance
Zac Efron – Neighbors
Best Fight
Dylan O’Brien vs. Will Poulter – The Maze Runner
Best WTF Moment
Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne – Neighbors
Best Musical Moment
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part
Best On-Screen Transformation
Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Best Villain
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Did everyone watch the ad-heavy show in its entirety? Do you think Faults win somehow presages a move towards franchise fatigue or will The Avengers, Jurassic World, Stars Wars: The Force Awakens prove us wrong when they sweep this next year?