2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners

The MTV Movie Awards must be one of the silliest and most pointless awards show there is, but as always, it’s fun to watch and fun to talk about. A show in which Twilight is nominated seven times and win five of those, cannot be taken seriously. But, again, it’s good fun.

So the awards show wasn’t shown live in Malaysia. How many of you caught it live on the Internet though? I couldn’t because I was in college. I guess I’ll just wait to watch the awards show on June 12 when they air it here in Malaysia on MTV. Here is the complete list of nominees and winners of the recent 2009 MTV Movie Awards. As I thought, Twilight pretty much swept the awards. Check it.

BEST MOVIE

• Twilight
• The Dark Knight
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Iron Man
• Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

• Angelina Jolie - Wanted
• Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars
• Kate Winslet - The Reader
• Kristen Stewart - Twilight
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

• Christian Bale - The Dark Knight
• Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man
• Shia LaBeouf - Eagle Eye
• Vin Diesel - Fast & Furious
• Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE

• Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia!
• Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
• Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie
• Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Kat Dennings - Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE

• Robert Pattinson - Twilight
• Taylor Lautner - Twilight
• Ben Barnes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Bobb’e J. Thompson - Role Models

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

• Amy Poehler - Baby Mama
• Anna Faris - The House Bunny
• James Franco - Pineapple Express
• Jim Carrey - Yes Man
• Steve Carell - Get Smart

BEST VILLAIN

• Derek Mears - Friday The 13^th
• Dwayne Johnson - Get Smart
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Johnathon Schaech - Prom Night
• Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST FIGHT

• Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars
• Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight
• Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride - Pineapple Express

BEST KISS

• Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - Wanted
• Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• James Franco and Sean Penn - Milk
• Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight
• Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon - I Love You, Man
• Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BEST WTF MOMENT

• Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink
• Angelina Jolie - Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill
• Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed
• Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head
• Jason Segel and Kristen Bell - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE

• “Jai Ho” - AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire
• “The Wrestler” - Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
• “The Climb” - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
• “Decode” - Paramore, Twilight

So what do you think? Are you outraged by the fact that Twilight beat Slumdog for Best Movie? Astonished that Zac Efron pipped Robert Downey Jr. for Best Male? Pissed that Kristen Stewart was thought to be better than Kate Winslet? Annoyed that Ashley Tisdale was more of a breakthrough female than Freida Pinto? Devastated that Robert Pattinson was voted as Breakthrough Male ahead of Dev Patel? Gobsmacked that the Twilight fight was better than The Dark Knight fight? Or even the Pineapple Express fight? Well if you are all of the above, tell me about it.

Wow. Most of the people who voted for these winners suck.

More Bourne at Twilight?

Its official. Universal Pictures have bought the rights to the Jason Bourne character and has signed a first-look deal on any upcoming books. So we are in store for a fourth Bourne film, out in the summer of 2010 most probably. Possible upcoming titles could be The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Betrayal and The Bourne Sanction. And another thing possibly happening in the future is the Bourne franchise taking the path of the Bond franchise. What I mean is that now that Universal have the rights to practically everything, there might be more than just one or two more sequels. Maybe over 20 more to come? Who knows? Bond did it, by recasting. I don't want to see Jason Bourne recasted though. Matt Damon is the perfect guy.

Twilight just went through its first weekend in America and the buzz and predictions for the movie were spot on. Earning $35mil on its opening day in the US and a total of $70.6mil over the weekend. And to Twilight fans, here's a treat. The studio has announced two sequels are to come. And lookie here, Twilight is the second highest grossing vampire movie after Will Smith's I Am Legend.

ALL-TIME TOP 10 OPENINGS FOR A VAMPIRE MOVIE
1. I Am Legend - $77.2M opening - $256.3M cume
2. Twilight - $70.55M (projected)
3. Van Helsing - $51.7M cume - $120.1M opening
4. Interview with the Vampire - $36.3M opening - $105.2M cume
5. Blade II - $32.5M opening - $82.3M cume
6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula - $30.5M opening - $82.5M cume
7. Underworld: Evolution - $26.8M opening - $62.3M cume
8. Underworld – $21.7M opening - $51.9M cume
9. Blade – $17M opening - $70M cume
10. Blade: Trinity - $16M opening - $52.4M cume

November Movies

Well October's almost over. Which means its gonna be blockbuster season again. As the Christmas movie season is just around the corner, lets see what's in store for the U.S. market in November and which of those movies will make it to Malaysia before 2009.

Soul Men

Starring: Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson

USA Release: 7 Nov

M'sian release: N/A

Plot: A comedy in which two legendary soul singers who have not talked to each other for two decades reunite to sing in the honor of their recently deceased former bandmate. The irony is that after this movie was shot, both Bernie Mac as well as a supporting cast member, Isaac Hayes, both passed away. R.I.P. Bernie. And Isaac, whoever you are.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Schwimmer

USA release: 7 Nov

M'sian release: 13 Nov

Plot: This sequel sees Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo hatch an ingenius plan to leave Madagascar. After getting a plane to fly, it doesn't stay up for long, but long enough for the whole gang to crash land in the plains of Africa. Although the forst movie wasn't all that bad, i thought it didn't produce many laughs and i certainly think it didn't merit a sequel.

I like to move it move it. Hahaha.

Quantum of Solace (Oooh)

Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench

USA release: 14 Nov

M'sian release: 6 Nov

Plot: With bitter vengeance being the theme of this 007 flick, James looks for the organization which betrayes Vesper Lynd, his love back in Casino Royale. On a mission that takes 007 to Italy, Austria and South America to track down a ruthless businessman from the organization Quantum, who is trying to take control over one of the world's most precious resources. Be prepared for a huge dose of bullet-dodging, car-chasing, jumping-off-building action in this. Definitely one movie to look out for this year-end.

Did you know, that in 22 Bond films (Quantum of Solace is the 22nd) this is the first one that Bond throughout the whole movie does not even once say the phrase "Bond. James Bond." Such a shame.

Bolt

Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus

USA release: 21 Nov

M'sian release: 27 Nov

Plot: The latest Disney animated movie is about...a dog who believes he has superpowers. Thats because Bolt's lived his whole life on a hit action TV show. When he accidentally gets seperated from his owner and his normal Hollywood life, he gets shipped to New York City. He then tries to find his way back home with the help of an old cat and a fat hamster. Sounds cute. Should be a great movie for the kids and the family.

Twilight

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson

USA release: 21 Nov

M'sian release: 27 Nov

Plot: Personally i had no idea Twilight was a big deal as a book. But apparently, everybody is soooo excited about it. So, this highly anticipated movie adapted from the book of the same title is about some chick falling in love with some dude who runs super fast, can stop a car with his bare hands, hasn't aged for 90 years and is a vampire. Yeah, real typical romance story right? So these two, they fall in love...yada yada yada...and this is where it gets interesting. The closer the vampire boy gets to his one true love, the stronger he has to fight the urge to be drawn into an uncontrollable vampire frenzy. Ooooh. If this movie is as good as people say the book is, then we're all in for a real unorthodox action-romance ride.

"I'm so sorry. I vanted to give you a hicky but i gave you two puncture vounds instead." Hahaha.

Transporter 3

Starring: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Natalya Rudakova

USA release: 26 Nov

M'sian release: 4 Dec

Plot: Guess who's back for a third time?? Yes it is the crazy, gun slinging, kung fu fighting, maniacal, bald, Brit chauffeur cum assassin. Haha. This time, he's joined by an even more maniacal character played by Robert Knepper (T-Bag in Prison Break). In this one, its real simple. Frank Martin. Bomb strapped to wrist. Must deliver package for bad guy. If package not delivered, Frank Martin goes Ka-Boom. Get it? Yeah thats about it. The basic shooting, fist-fighting and car crashing. Should get your adrenaline pumping.