2009 MTV Movie Award Nominees

God bless the MTV Movie Awards.

They have the same self-indulgence but lack the arrogance of the People’s Choice Awards, and they always offer the best excuse for movies that came out last summer to get re-hyped as if they still haven’t come out yet. Plus, it’s probably the only award show where a film selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as “Best Picture” has the chance of losing to a movie called High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

Nominees for this year’s awards (which can be seen live on May 31st) were announced a few days ago, with Slumdog Millionaire and Twilight getting six nominations each. Totally more awesome than the Golden Globes, this award show aims at the real important elements of a good film. Some categories include “Best Kiss,” “Best Fight,” and even “Best WTF Moment.” Suck it, Oscar!

Here’s a list of the nominees, with assistance from movies.about.com

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards Nominees

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

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 and 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 and 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 13th
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

Will Prom Night get rewarded for something?! Will Robert Pattinson receive even more acclaim for his “Breakthrough” performance in Twilight?!! Will Bruce Springsteen’s song from The Wrestler finally get the award recognition that it deserves, while beating Miley Cyrus and that “Jai Ho” song in the process?! Stay tuned!