April 23, 2004

Pirates Of The Caribbean The Flick To Beat At 2004 MTV Movie Awards

By Robert Mancini (MTV.com)

Perhaps the only thing better than being a young, photogenic couple in love is being a grimy, deceitful and usually well-lubricated pirate... such is the lesson to be gleaned from the nominees for this year's MTV Movie Awards.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl leads the pack with six nods, including Best Movie, Best Villain, and Breakthrough Female. The film's three other nominations are due at least in some part to Johnny Depp, who landed nods for Best Male, Best Comedic Performance and Best On-Screen Team (with Orlando Bloom).

Riding on the heels of Pirates Of The Caribbean with four nominations each are the Adam Sandler/ Drew Barrymore amnesia comedy 50 First Dates, and the super-powered sequel X2: X-Men United. Each will vie with Pirates for Best Movie, along with Finding Nemo and the category's 12-ton elephant, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.

Depp and Sandler will battle Bill Murray (Lost In Translation), Tom Cruise (The Last Samurai) and Jim Caviezel (The Passion Of The Christ) for Best Male Performance, while Barrymore will square off against Queen Latifah (Bringing Down The House), Halle Berry (Gothika), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 1) and Charlize Theron (Monster) for Best Female Performance.

In addition to the night's big honors, some familiar Movie Awards categories return, like Best Fight, Best Kiss and Best Villain. This year, however, organizers threw in Best Dance Sequence, giving Barrymore, Ben Stiller and Seann William Scott the opportunity to duke it out with Omarion and Marques Houston.

The 2004 MTV Movie Awards airs June 10 at 9 p.m. ET in the U.S.

Nominees for the 2004 MTV Movie Awards:

Best Movie
50 First Dates
Finding Nemo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
X2: X-Men United

Best Male Performance
Adam Sandler - 50 First Dates
Bill Murray - Lost in TranslationJohnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai
Jim Caviezel - The Passion of the Christ

Best Female Performance
Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates
Queen Latifah - Bringing Down the House
Halle Berry - Gothika
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 1
Charlize Theron - Monster

Best Comedic Performance
Jim Carrey - Bruce Almighty
Will Ferrell - Elf
Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
Johnny Depp - Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Jack Black - School Of Rock

Best On-Screen Team
Adam Sandler/ Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates
Will Smith/ Martin Lawrence - Bad Boys II
Johnny Depp/ Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jack Black/ School of Rock band - School of Rock
Ben Stiller/ Owen Wilson - Starsky & Hutch

Best Villain
Demi Moore - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kiefer Sutherland - Phone Booth
Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Breakthrough Male
Ludacris - 2 Fast 2 Furious
Cillian Murphy - 28 Days Later
Shia LaBeouf - Holes
Shawn Ashmore - X2: X-Men United
Omarion - You Got Served

Breakthrough Female
Lindsay Lohan - Freaky Friday
Scarlett Johansson - Lost In Translation
Keira Knightley - Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Jessica Biel - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen

Best Kiss
Jim Carrey & Jennifer Aniston - Bruce Almighty
Keanu Reeves & Monica Bellucci - The Matrix Reloaded
Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci - Monster
Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra & Amy Smart - Starsky & Hutch
Shawn Ashmore & Anna Paquin - X2: X-Men United

Best Action Sequence
Intercoastal freeway pursuit - Bad Boys II
Escape from Mongolia - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Battle at Gondor - The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Champion crane chase - Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

Best Fight
Queen Latifah vs. Missi Pyle - Bringing Down The House
Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama - Kill Bill Vol. 1
Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving - The Matrix: Reloaded
The Rock vs. Kontiki Rebels - The Rundown
Hugh Jackman vs. Kelly Hu - X2: X-Men United

Best Dance Sequence
Ben Stiller & Jennifer Aniston (hot salsa dance) - Along Came Polly
Seann William Scott (disco dance-off) - American Wedding
Steve Martin (in da club) - Bringing Down The House
Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu (burlesque revue) - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Omarion, Marques Houston and the Lil Saints Dance Crew (the big bounce) - You Got Served