Josh Hutcherson and his MTV Golden Popcorn for Best Male Performance in "The Hunger Games". |
6 June – The MTV Movie Awards 2012 paid their tributes to the blockbuster phenomenon, Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games", by bestowing them with four Golden Popcorns, which is the most wins for a fandom at this year's MTV Movie Awards, although the odds were not in their favour to win the Movie of the Year, which went to the other tween fandom, Stephanie Meyer's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1".
The four awards that "The Hunger Games" took away were Best Male Performance by Josh Hutcherson, Best Female Performance by Jennifer Lawrence, Best Fight by the couple against Alexander Ludwig and Best On-Screen Transformation by Elizabeth Banks, but fell short of receiving the top honour, which "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1" walked away with, in addition to Best Kiss.
Elizabeth Banks' win for "The Hunger Games" saw her being carried out by the men of "Magic Mike". |
However, these two were not the only fandom in competition. Fans certainly did not forget the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2", thus saw its cast leaving with several wins such as Best Hero, Best Cast and Emma Watson winning the MTV Trailblazer Award.
R-rated comedy "Bridesmaids" also received accolades for Best Comedic Performance and Best Gut-Wrenching Performance (literally), while Jennifer Aniston received Best On-Screen Dirtbag for "Horrible Bosses". Other honourable mentions include MTV Generation Award, which "Dark Shadows" star, Johnny Depp, was awarded with after his performance with The Black Keys.
One of the highlights of the night was everyone's favourite pirate, Johnny Depp, rocking out with The Black Keys. |
Here is the full list of winners from the MTV Movie Awards 2012:
Movie of the Year: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1"
Best Male Performance: Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"
Breakthrough Performance: Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"
Best Comedic Performance: Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Best Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2"
Best Hero: Harry Potter, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2"
Best Music: LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", "21 Jump Street"
Best Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1"
Best Fight: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, "The Hunger Games"
Best On-Screen Dirtbag: Jennifer Aniston, "Horrible Bosses"
Best On-Screen Transformation: Elizabeth Banks, "The Hunger Games"
Best Gut-Wrenching Performance: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper, "Bridesmaids"
MTV Trailblazer Award: Emma Stone
MTV Generation Award: Johnny Depp
Cinema Online, 06 June 2012