MTV Movie Awards Really Love Daisy Ridley

The Oscars are apparently not the end of awards season, as the MTV Movie Awards nominations were announced today. Star Wars: The Force Awakens led the field with 11 nods and despite being in theaters for less than a month Deadpool scored 8 nominations. Joining the two in the best film category are Avengers: Age of Ultron (6 nominations), Creed (only one other nomination for its star Michael B. Jordan), Jurassic World (3 nominations) and Straight Outta Compton (3 nominations).

Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley also received lots of love with 4 nominations (female performance, breakthrough performance, hero and best fight). The last shared with Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren.

Other multiple nominees include Jennifer Lawrence who was nominated for both Joy (female performance) and the latest Hunger Games ( action performance and best hero). Will Smith was also nominated for two movies, Concussion (male performance) and Focus (best kiss shared with Margot Robbie). Leonardo DiCaprio scored a double, although he had to share one with Judy the Bear for best fight.

A new category was introduced this year, for best true story. Perplexing because it’s for narrative films that are based on factual stories but are not documentaries. Hey, if the Oscars can have two categories for screenplay!!

There’s also a prize for best virtual performance, a grab bag mix of motion capture and voice performances. So we get the interesting clash of Amy Poehler (Inside Out) vs. Lupita Nýongo (The Force Awakens) vs. James Spader (Age of Ultron).

The full list...

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

· Avengers: Age of Ultron

· Creed

· Deadpool

· Jurassic World

· Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· Straight Outta Compton

TRUE STORY

· Concussion

· Joy

· Steve Jobs

· Straight Outta Compton

· The Big Short

· The Revenant

DOCUMENTARY

· Amy

· Cartel Land

· He Named Me Malala

· The Hunting Ground

· The Wolfpack

· What Happened, Miss Simone?

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

· Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina

· Anna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 2

· Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

· Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· Jennifer Lawrence – Joy

· Morena Baccarin – Deadpool

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

· Chris Pratt – Jurassic World

· Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

· Matt Damon – The Martian

· Michael B. Jordan – Creed

· Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

· Will Smith – Concussion

 BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

· Amy Schumer – Trainwreck

· Brie Larson – Room

· Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey

· John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton

 BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

· Amy Schumer – Trainwreck

· Kevin Hart – Ride Along 2

· Melissa McCarthy – Spy

· Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 2

· Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

· Will Ferrell – Get Hard

BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE

· 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

BEST HERO

· Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

· Chris Evans – Avengers: Age of Ultron

· Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas

· Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

· Paul Rudd – Ant-Man

BEST VILLAIN

· 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

BEST VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE

· 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

ENSEMBLE CAST

· Avengers: Age of Ultron

· Furious 7

· Pitch Perfect 2

· Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

· Trainwreck

BEST KISS

· 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

· Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine – Pitch Perfect 2

BEST FIGHT

· 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

Nominees Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart will host on April 10. Will you be watching? And are you as perplexed as we are that teenagers liked Concussion? Or that Brie Larson is still considered a breakthrough 7 years after United States of Tara debuted? 

Comments

[Potter]

I dont understand how Mad Max was not nominated for best movie!

[Sean Diego]

How anyone enjoyed Jurassic World beyond feelings of nostalgia for the original is completely beyond my comprehension.

Also, how did they forget about Charlize for Best Action Performance?!

I love the MTV Movie Awards nominations because they're always this really bonkers and out-of-touch combination of "What do the youths like?" (Deadpool) and "What would people see as a Serious Nominee™?" (Will Smith in Concussion).

[Tr]

The Academy should absolutely copy "virtual performance"

[Sonja]

Your yearly reminder Meryl Streep is an MTV Movie award winner. ;)

I like their categories like "scared as sh*t-performance" or "best shirtless performance", but there aren't any this year.... Not even a best musical moment? 8(

[fabio]

The question is: does anyone still care about this award?

[caroline]

MTV movie awards has a documentary category now? Did they always have that or did they just get serious in the last couple of years? I remember there used to be a "best kick-ass performance," which was pretty fun

[Jaragon]

Isn't virtual performance a special fx?