MTV Movie & TV Award Nominees
Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 6:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, It, MTV, Stranger Things, The Last Jedi, Timothée Chalamet, superheroes

by Nathaniel R

We lost interest in the MTV Movie Awards during the looooong stretch of them turning into the (which year is this?) blur of franchise awards with Harry's Twilight Hunger Games. But let's check back in since nominees were announced a few days ago and voting is now open.

And Oops! spoke to soon in the previous post on the GLAAD Awards. The GLAAD honor wasn't the last hurrah for Call Me By Your Name. Timothée Chalamet, the internet's current boyfriend, is up for an MTV Movie Award for his performance. That he's up against Rey in Star Wars and T'Challa in Black Panther indicates that he'll lose given that the public votes on these awards and that movie earned basically a ha'penny when compared to its competition. But hey, we're part of the public. We can vote now! Because the MTV Awards have a school year schedule, Avengers Infinity War (April 2018) is competing with Wonder Woman (June 2017) for best movie though we all know Black Panther will win. More after the jump...

BEST MOVIE

Girls Trip is the box office weakling here (lol) but that's only in relative terms -- $140 million globally is pretty damn great (if you aren't a superhero or animated movie). We suspect Black Panther won't have any trouble winning this.

BEST SHOW

This category is only two years old since MTV only recently decided to go MOVIES & TV (like Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards) Stranger Things won last year. 

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE


Ohmygod, a nominee in their 40s! Chadwick Boseman is a young looking 40 but still. Occassionally a Best Performance nominee will be in their 40s but this award is like the polar opposite of the Oscars with age ranges (Well, except that both shows love women in their 20s.) I believe the only nominees ever for this top acting prize who were 50 or older) number just three: Denzel Washington for American Gangster (2008), Bill Murray for Lost in Translation (2003) and Samuel L Jackson for Jackie Brown (1998).

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW

BEST HERO


Given that all of these nominees (barring The Flash) are legit blockbusters who do you think will win?

BEST VILLAIN


I mean Michael B Jordan wins this with ease right? 

BEST KISS


This category has often had its political and juvenile issues (like kissing is gross nominees and such) but it's nice that gay kisses are nominated with regularity.

MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE

This is a fun category. I would (surprise!) actually vote for Noah Schnapp here. Excellent and haunted. 

BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM (NEW CATEGORY)

 

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE


Jim Carrey is the all time winner of the category with five wins over the years. The only previous winner nominated here is Jack Black. It seems certain that Tiffany Haddish wins this (and deserves to) but I'm glad Amy Schumer is nominated. I Feel Pretty is so much funnier than it gets credit for. It's like people wanted to hate it but it's a total rebound win, relatively speaking, after Snatched. 

SCENE STEALER (NEW CATEGORY)

 

BEST FIGHT


Really good nominees here, don't you think?! All three of the 2017 nominees were also nominated right here at the Film Bitch Awards under "Best Action Sequence" 

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

BEST REALITY SERIES/FRANCHISE

I mean the best choice is obvious. 

 

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