2008 MTV Movie Award Nominees and Winners!!

Posted on June 1, 2008

The MTV movie awards 2008 aired this evening, with the coveted Popcorn Award being given for such categories as “Best Kiss,” “Best Villain,” and “Best Comedic Performance.”

Top contenders this year included “Superbad” which led the nominations for Best Movie; Best Comedic Performance (Jonah Hill); and three nods in the Best Newcomer category for Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Michael Cera.

Traditional favorites included Johnny Depp – up for Best Comedic Performance in Pirates of the Caribbean (and also competing as Best Villain in Sweeney Todd with Angelina Jolie in the same category for her monster performance in Beowulf) ; Matt Damon for Best Male Performance and Best Fight in The Bourne Ultimatum; and Will Smith for his star turn in I Am Legend.

This year, Mike Myers hosted from Universal City’s Gibson Amphitheatre in California. This was Myers’ first appearance since hosting the awards show in 1997.

Johnny Depp took best comedic performance honors for his turn as Captain Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean and won best villain for Sweeney Todd. Zac Efron won for his breakthrough performance in Hairspray. Tom Cruise presented funnyman Adam Sandler with the MTV generation award.

Here are the nominees and *winners for 2008:

BEST MOVIE
* Transformers
Juno
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
I Am Legend
Superbad
National Treasure: Book of Secrets

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
* Will Smith I Am Legend
Shia LaBeouf Transformers
Denzel Washington American Gangster
Matt Damon The Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Cera Juno

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
* Ellen Page Juno
Keira Knightley Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Katherine Heigl Knocked Up
Amy Adams Enchanted
Jessica Biel I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

BEST VILLAIN
* Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Denzel Washington American Gangster
Angelina Jolie Beowulf
Topher Grace Spider-Man 3
Javier Bardem No Country For Old Men

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
* Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Adam Sandler I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jonah Hill Superbad
Seth Rogen Knocked Up
Amy Adams Enchanted

BEST FIGHT
* Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet Never Back Down
Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah The Bourne Ultimatum
Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco Spider-Man 3
Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell Jumper
Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming Rush Hour 3
Alien vs. Predator- Aliens vs. Predator Requiem

BEST KISS
* Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman Step Up 2 The Streets
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer Disturbia
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey Enchanted
Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ellen Page and Michael Cera Juno

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
* Zac Efron Hairspray
Seth Rogen Knocked Up
Jonah Hill Superbad
Michael Cera Superbad
Chris Brown This Christmas
Nikki Blonsky Hairspray
Megan Fox Transformers
Christopher Mintz-Plasse Superbad

BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR
* Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sex and the City: The Movie
Speed Racer
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian