MTV Movie Award Nominations 2004

The defiantly lowbrow MTV Movie Awards announced their nominations yesterday, and the omens are looking good for Pirates of the Caribbean with six nods. Oscar darling and world-beater The Return of the King managed a paltry two, for Best Film and Best Action Sequence, and tied on four awards each were X-Men 2 and 50 First Dates. Despite having narry a Billy Crystal in sight, the awards manage to be highly amusing viewing, with some of Hollywood's finest comics lining up to host. Last year's awards featured Seann William Scott in a pair of Y-fronts adorned with the face of co-host Justin Timberlake, along with some rather amusing spoof scenes featuring the two as superheroes. Previous years saw Jack Black dressed up as Legolas, Ben Stiller in a Twister skit, and the cast of Charlie's Angels spoofing themselves (intentionally, as opposed to they way they spoofed themselves in Full Throttle). The awards are also notable for the kind of risqu fashions that would get you slung out of the Oscars on your ear, and such categories as "Best Kiss", "Best Villain", "Best Action Sequence" and "Best Fight", which give the big action movies a much stronger presence than they have at traditional award shows. The MTV Movie Awards are to be held on 10 June this year, so expect to see them repeated ad nauseam on the channel after that date. The full list of nominees is below, and you can vote for your favourites at this address. BEST MOVIE 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures) Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema) Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Disney Pictures) X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox) BEST MALE PERFORMANCE Adam Sandler - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures) Bill Murray - Lost in Translation (Focus Features) Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean (Walt Disney Pictures) Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai (Warner Bros.) Jim Caviezel - The Passion of The Christ (Newmarket Film Group) BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures) Queen Latifah - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures) Halle Berry - Gothika (Warner Bros.) Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films) Charlize Theron - Monster (Newmarket Film Group) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE Jim Carrey - Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures) Will Ferrell - Elf (New Line Cinema) Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures) Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean (Walt Disney Pictures) Jack Black - School of Rock (Paramount Pictures) BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures) Will Smith/Martin Lawrence - Bad Boys II (Sony Pictures) Johnny Depp/Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean ( Disney Pictures) Jack Black and the "Band" - School of Rock (Paramount Pictures) Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson - Starsky & Hutch (Warner Bros.) BEST VILLAIN Demi Moore - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony Pictures) Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films) Kiefer Sutherland - Phone Booth (20th Century Fox) Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean (Walt Disney Pictures) Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema) BREAKTHROUGH MALE Ludacris - 2 Fast 2 Furious (Universal Pictures) Cillian Murphy - 28 Days Later (Fox Searchlight) Shia LaBeouf - Holes (Walt Disney Pictures) Shawn Ashmore - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox) Omarion - You Got Served (Screen Gems) BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE Lindsay Lohan - Freaky Friday (Walt Disney Pictures) Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation (Focus Features) Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean (Walt Disney Pictures) Jessica Biel - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema) Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen (Fox Searchlight) BEST KISS Jim Carrey & Jennifer Aniston - Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures) Keanu Reeves & Monica Bellucci - The Matrix: Reloaded (Warner Bros.) Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci - Monster (Newmarket Film Group) Owen Wilson & Carmen Electra & Amy Smart - Starsky & Hutch (Warner Bros.) Shawn Ashmore & Anna Paquin - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox) BEST ACTION SEQUENCE Intercoastal Freeway Pursuit - Bad Boys II (Sony Pictures) Escape from Mongolia - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony Pictures) Battle at Gondor - Lord of The Rings: Return of the King (New Line Cinema) Champion Crane Chase - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Warner Bros.) BEST FIGHT Queen Latifah vs. Missi Pyle - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures) Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films) Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving - The Matrix: Reloaded (Warner Bros.) The Rock vs. Kontiki Rebels - The Rundown (Universal Pictures) Hugh Jackman vs. Kelly Hu - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox) BEST DANCE SEQUENCE Ben Stiller & Jennifer Aniston - Along Came Polly - "Hot Salsa Dance" Seann William Scott - American Wedding (Universal Pictures) - "Disco Dance Off" Steve Martin - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures) - "In da Club" Drew B./Cameron D./Lucy L. - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle "Burlesque Revue" Omarion, Marques Houston and the Lil Saints' Dance Crew - You Got Served(Screen Gems) - "The Big Bounce"