‘Transformers’ wins top film honor at MTV Movie Awards
Transformers director Michael Bay and cast member Megan Fox are backstage at the MTV Movie Awards after receiving the award for best film Sunday in Los Angeles.
Universal City, Calif. ? The “Transformers” have another chunk of metal to add to their collection.
The blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the golden popcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, and Johnny Depp won two buckets for best comedic performance and best villain at the awards show.
A couple of hundred yards downhill, the final remnants of a disastrous fire that ripped through Universal Studios was extinguished as the ceremony got under way.
While there was no mention of the fire, there was definitely smoke during the over-the-top ceremony: Presenters Seth Rogen and James Franco, stars of the upcoming stoner comedy “Pineapple Express,” pretended to smoke marijuana before handing out the popcorn trophy for new category of best summer movie so far.
“Kids, don’t really smoke fake weed like this,” Rogen sarcastically told the crowd at the Gibson Amphitheatre.
Winners were threatened to keep their speeches short by a man resembling Javier Bardem’s character from “No Country for Old Men” – complete with the bob hairdo and pneumatic cattle gun. Best female performance winner Ellen Page from “Juno” escaped unscathed, but best fight winners Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet were ushered off stage by the menacing lookalike.
Host Mike Myers and Dana Carvey resurrected their “Saturday Night Live” characters Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, the cable access hosts of “Wayne’s World.” They presented a risque top ten list of adult film titles (No. 8: “I Am Legend : In Bed”).
Depp showed up to accept his trophies for best comedic performance for “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and best villain for “Sweeney Todd.” While the crowd was visibly excited – including a nearly swooning Diablo Cody – “Superbad” actors Jonah Hill and Rogen shook their fists at Depp and give him the thumbs down. Depp kept his first acceptance speech short.
“You can ask anybody,” he said. “I’m not a very funny person. I’m not even remotely funny.”
Tom Cruise presented Adam Sandler with the Generation Award, the MTV Movie Awards’ highest honor, for his various comedic and “stupid” performances over the years. Sandler sang a live version of “Nobody Does It Better” alongside a bevy of backup dancers clad in skintight gold outfits. Among them: Rob Schneider.
“It’s the most arrogant thing I’ve ever done,” Sandler said.
Other winners included Will Smith for best male performance for “I Am Legend”; Zac Efron for best breakthrough performance for “Hairspray”; and Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman for best kiss in “Step Up 2: The Streets.”







