MTV Movie Awards
2012 MTV Movie Awards
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Awarded for	Teen popularity in film
Presented by	MTV
Country	United States
First awarded	1992
Official website	www.mtv.com/​ontv/​movieawards/

The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general public. Presently voting is done through MTV's official website through a special Movie Awards link at movieawards.mtv.com.

Production process[link]

Unlike its sister event MTV Video Music Awards (which are broadcast live), the MTV Movie Awards (up to 2007) were taped and then broadcast a few days later.^[1] The entire production was taped in a completely different order than what the MTV viewing audience saw. For example, the show's host would tape all his/her monologues and introductions at one time, and all the musical acts would perform one after the other. Celebrities would often only appear at the live taping for the announcement of their award category, and members of the general audience fill their vacant seats during the other times. Through clever editing, MTV was able to present to its viewing audience an awards show which appears to be taped in live sequence, with celebrities sticking around for the whole show. This method of production allowed foul language to be edited from the show and also is more convenient for celebrities. The actual live taping aired same-day on pay-per-view channels in most metropolitan cities around the world. Some awards telecasts had also been shown in television syndication. However, in 2007, this changed, as MTV and Survivor producer Mark Burnett (who took over duties from Joel Gallen for the 2007 awards) announced the '07 edition would be broadcast live on MTV for the first time on June 3, 2007 in Los Angeles.

Current award categories[link]

• Best Movie
• Best Performance (usually separated into Male and Female categories)
• Best Breakthrough Performance (sometimes separated into Male and Female categories)
• Best Cast
• Best On-Screen Dirt Bag
• Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
• Best Comedic Performance
• Best Music
• Best Kiss
• Best Fight
• Best Hero

Past award categories[link]

• Most Desirable Male (1992–1996)
• Most Desirable Female (1992–1996)
• Best Action Sequence (1992–2005)
• Best New Filmmaker (1992–2002)
• Best Dance Sequence (1995, 1998, 2001, 2004)
• Best Sandwich in a Movie (1996)
• Best Cameo (2001–2002, 2004)
• Best Dressed (2001–2002)
• Best Virtual Performance (2003)
• Best Video Game Based on a Movie (2005)
• Biggest Badass Star (2010-2011)
• Sexiest Performance (2006)
• Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet (2007)
• Best Summer Movie So Far (2008)
• Global Superstar (2010)
• Best Line From a Movie (2011)
• Best Scared-as-S**t Performance (2005-2006, 2010-2011)

Lifetime Achievement Award/MTV Generation Award/MTV Trailblazer Award[link]

MTV has awarded at least three fictional characters their version of the Academy Honorary Award: Godzilla, Jason Voorhees, and Chewbacca. Jason was awarded the honor in 1992. Godzilla was awarded it in 1996, and Chewbacca the following year. (Carrie Fisher presented him with a medal identical to that which Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were given by Princess Leia, who was portrayed by Fisher, at the ceremony at the end of Star Wars since it was a long running complaint that Chewbacca never received one in the movie). The category existed as a spoof award through 1997, where other recipients included Jackie Chan and Richard Roundtree. In 1998, Clint Howard was the last person given the award. The award was retired in 1998, but reemerged seven years later as the MTV Generation Award; Tom Cruise in 2005, Jim Carrey in 2006,^[2] Mike Myers in 2007, Adam Sandler in 2008, Ben Stiller in 2009,^[3] Sandra Bullock in 2010,^[4] Reese Witherspoon in 2011,^[5] and Johnny Depp in 2012. Emma Stone will be awarded the first MTV Trailblazer Award on the 2012 show.

Years[link]

Film parodies[link]

Since 1993, scenes are spoofed, mostly from that year's most popular films, although television shows and older movies have also been chosen. This may include sound and video montages, replacing some of the original cast with other actors (commonly, the hosts of each year's show) generally mocking the scenes of that film. The diversity of the spoofs can vary greatly, from one dialogue (such as in 2005) to several long scenes, including fighting and action sequences (2003).

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Steve Hochman, Awards as American as 'Pie' and Other Silliness; Television, L.A. Times, June 7, 2000, Calendar page 3;

External links[link]

• 2012 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
• 2011 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
• 2010 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
• 2009 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
• 2008 MTV Movie Awards Official Site
• MTV Movie Awards Official Archive
• MTV Movie website
• Best Spoofs from the MTV Movie Awards
• 2007 MTV Movie Awards Spoof site