2009 MTV Movie Award Winners and Show Recap
I am not a fan of award shows, I just find them boring and unentertaining, even the ones that are supposed to be informal pop culture junkets like the MTV Movie Awards. I guess if I was at an award show it would be a different story but until that happens I just don’t care. So here is a recap of last night’s MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Andy Samberg.
This weekend MTV had their usual movie awards which proved to be a comedy-filled night as host Andy Samberg welcomed a variety of his celebrity friends including Justin Timberlake and Will Ferrell to collaborate on ingenious short films and controversial, unexpected moments like Eminem getting T-bagged by Sasha Baron Cohen’s Brüno.
This year the big winner was Twilight, which took home five golden popcorn statues and received a huge majority of the record breaking votes submitted this year online and via text message.
Zac Efron, Kiefer Sutherland and Triumph the Insult Dog presented former MTV Movie Awards host Ben Stiller with the MTV Generation Award for his dynamic career and entertainment of MTV audiences over the years. The honorees began with lofty praises reminiscent of this year’s Oscars®, but the tribute awkwardly turned into a no-holds-barred roast when Sutherland broke down sobbing and Triumph started taking jabs at Stiller.
The MTV audience was treated to exclusive first looks at the highly anticipated movie releases of 2009 including The Twilight Saga’s New Moon Trailer Premiere, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, and Public Enemies.
Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Grammy Award® winner LeAnn Rimes and multi-platinum recording artist Chris Isaak paid respect to Andy and his incredibly vibrant musical career as they serenaded the crowd with a classical arrangement of SNL Digital Short Songs such as “Jizz In My Pants,” “I’m On A Boat,” “Lazy Sunday,” “Dick In A Box” and “Motherlover.” The talented trio earned a standing ovation as they turned these edgy hits into an operatic masterpieces worthy of an award show.
As per MTV tradition the night started with its usual parody of some of this year’s favorite films including Slumdog Millionaire, Twilight, The Reader and Star Trek. Andy’s wild journey included a cameo by Taylor Swift and ended with him naked in the back of a limo next to Justin Timberlake. Finally arriving onstage in time to open the show, Andy got the crowd hyped up with the help of Mixmaster Mike.
Winners for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards are:
BEST MOVIE - Twilight Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE - Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE - Kristen Stewart - Twilight
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE - Robert Pattinson - Twilight
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE - Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE - Jim Carrey - Yes Man
BEST VILLAIN - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
BEST FIGHT - Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight
BEST KISS - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight
BEST WTF MOMENT - Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Scene - Peeing In the Sink
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE - “The Climb” - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
