Cast Your Vote in the 2007 MTV Movie Awards

The nominees for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards were announced today, and they're a predictably colorful lot indeed. As is always the case, you can cast your very own vote and then sit down to root for your favorites on June 3, when the presentation will be broadcast LIVE with Sarah Silverman as your host. Whew, I sounded like a press release there for a minute. Let's dig through the nominees...

Best Movie: 300, Borat, Blades of Glory, Little Miss Sunshine, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Wow, Blades of Glory? Really? I mean, even among hardcore Ferrell-heads I doubt it's considered one of his best movies. Also, I know several young people who definitely fall within MTV's most coveted demographic ... and they've pretty much all seen (and adored) The Departed. (To say nothing of Pan's Labyrinth.) As much as I love MTV's willingness to throw a lot of love towards the "popcorn" movies, I don't think they need to dumb it down quite this much.

Best Villain: Bill Nighy in Pirates 2, Jack Nicholson in The Departed, Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Rodrigo Santoro in 300, Tobin Bell in Saw 3

Give it to anyone but that big bronze goofball. His were the (unintentionally) funniest scenes in 300.

Best Performance: Johnny Depp in Pirates 2, Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness, Gerard Butler in 300, Keira Knightley in Pirates 2, Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, Beyonce Knowles in Dreamgirls

We'll give it to Will Smith just so they can play "Parents Just Don't Understand" when he comes up to collect the award. It'll be ironic because Happyness is about a parent who definitely understands ... the importance of overt melodrama. Otherwise, it's Johnny and Keira (???) duking it out, another Dreamgirls battle in the making, and ... oh, Gerard Butler. He'll definitely win.

Breakthrough Performance: Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine, Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada, Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness, Justin Timberlake in Alpha Dog, Columbus Short in Stomp the Yard, Lena Headey for 300

This is the Smith that will win. Just picture how cute it will be.


Best Comedic Performance: Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat, Will Ferrell in Blades of Glory, Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada, Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum, Adam Sandler in Click

No offense to Stiller, Sandler, Ferrell and Blunt, but they don't have a shot in hell.

Best Kiss: Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights, Marlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel in Little Man, Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks in Invincible, Columbus Short & Meagan Good in Stomp the Yard, Cameron Diaz & Jude Law in The Holiday

This one's gotta go to Ferrell and Cohen, right? Just on the off chance that they'll both be there to accept the award and perhaps kiss again?

Best Fight: Gerard Butler vs. "The Uber-Immortal" in 300, Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ken Davitian in Borat, Jack Black & Hector Jimenez vs. Los Duendes in Nacho Libre, Uma Thurman vs. Anna Faris in My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Will Ferrell vs. Jon Heder in Blades of Glory

Looks like this awards presentation is setting itself up to be the Borat & Butler show.

And here's a strange new category: "The Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet," or as I like to call it "Free Advertising for the Studios." Your choices are Evan Almighty, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Hairspray, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Rush Hour 3 and Transformers. (May's releases were obviously excluded because you will have seen Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates 3 long before June 3 rolls around. Admit it. Kinda surprised that Die Hard 4 and Bourne 3 were left out, though ...)