The 2016 MTV Movie Awards, this year’s installment of the awards show known to cater more to the tastes of MTV’s historically teen-centered demographic rather than critics or film buffs, was taped yesterday to air tonight on MTV. It was the 25th anniversary of the awards, and MTV celebrated the occasion by filming the event outdoors on a Warner Bros. backlot and inviting thousands of people to attend.

The awards show was hosted by Central Intelligence’s Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, who used the occasion to plug their upcoming film. Hart joked about the movie winning next week’s awards, saying “We’re basically going to be the Titanic of 2017. And we’re going to f*** a bear, just in case.” The awards had a distinctly Star Wars-focused theme to it as well, with the movie winning several awards and the event ending with a fireworks display and fans waving red and blue lightsabers in the air.

The list of nominees and winners for the 2016 MTV Movie Awards (via the LA Times) is below. With MTV not afraid to be controversial by awarding movies that are pop culture milestones rather than necessarily the most critically beloved of the year, feel free to weigh in with your own opinions on their picks in the comments section.

Movie of the Year

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Creed

Deadpool

Jurassic World

WINNER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Straight Outta Compton

Documentary

WINNER: Amy

Cartel Land

He Named Me Malala

The Hunting Ground

The Wolfpack

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Ensemble Cast

Furious 7

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

WINNER: Pitch Perfect 2

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Trainwreck

Best Villain

WINNER: Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Ed Skrein, Deadpool

Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max: Fury Road

James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron

Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsman: The Secret Service

Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Best Fight

WINNER: Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein), Deadpool

Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear, The Revenant

Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), Mad Max: Fury Road

Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Avengers: Age of Ultron

Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri), Spy

Best Hero

Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron

Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas

WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

Paul Rudd, Ant-Man

Best Kiss

 

Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, Trainwreck

Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey

Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, Vacation

Margot Robbie & Will Smith, Focus

Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

WINNER: Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2

Breakthrough Performance

Amy Schumer, Trainwreck

Brie Larson, Room

WINNER: Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey

John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton

Best Comedic Performance

Kevin Hart, Ride Along 2

Melissa McCarthy, Spy

Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2

WINNER: Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Will Ferrell, Get Hard

True Story

The Big Short

Concussion

Joy

The Revenant

Steve Jobs

WINNER: Straight Outta Compton

Best Action Performance

WINNER: Chris Pratt, Jurassic World

Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Vin Diesel, Furious 7

Best Virtual Performance

WINNER: Amy Poehler, Inside Out

Andy Serkis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda 3

Lupita Nyong’o, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Seth MacFarlane, Ted 2

Best Female Performance

Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2

WINNER: Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Morena Baccarin, Deadpool

Best Male Performance

Chris Pratt, Jurassic World

WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Matt Damon, The Martian

Michael B. Jordan, Creed

Will Smith, Concussion

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So that’s the list of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards winners. Did Star Wars: The Force Awakens deserve Movie of the Year? Who was left out this year and who should have been left out? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Source: LA Times