--- title: MTV Movie Awards 2015: Nominations description: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fault in Our Stars and Neighbors rule the nominations; Amy Schumer will host on April 12. canonical: https://time.com/3731441/mtv-movie-awards-2015-nominees/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-04T14:32:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:46.525Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here Are the Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards og:description: 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' 'The Fault in Our Stars,' and 'Neighbors' rule og:url: https://time.com/3731441/mtv-movie-awards-2015-nominees/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ca4026e1423209/6987820f06f2c1af1d33444c/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4066 og:image:height: 2287 og:image:alt: Amy Schumer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards twitter:description: 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' 'The Fault in Our Stars,' and 'Neighbors' rule twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ca4026e1423209/6987820f06f2c1af1d33444c/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:52 video:published: 2015-01-07 section: entertainment topics: Selma, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights movement, film portrayal of historical figures, storytelling and tension, Ferguson, police aggression, civil disobedience, activism, biopics genre: interview, behind-the-scenes tones: reflective, candid, earnest, witty emotions: admiration (medium), pride (medium), anger (low), hope (medium) sentiment: neutral audience: film enthusiasts, civil rights history readers, movie industry followers, general news audiences people: Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Martin Luther King Jr., Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela organizations: SCLC products: Selma content_suitability: violence [02:11-02:18]; death [01:57-02:11]; politics [01:57-02:37] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Here Are the Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards > Sponsored content. 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They discuss why the speech itself is hard to perform, why the film focuses on a three-month period under pressure, and how the Ferguson unrest has developed into organized civil disobedience. They also connect the film's 1955 context to contemporary events. ## Key points - Oyelowo says performing the 'I Have a Dream' speech is daunting because it is so well known, comparing it to doing karaoke. (00:40) - Oyelowo says a good portrayal of King should be revelatory, since audiences could otherwise watch a documentary or read a book. (00:57) - DuVernay says choosing to focus on just three months of King's life gives a stronger sense of the man under pressure. (01:06) - DuVernay says great storytelling moves through the highest moments of tension and the deepest conflict. (01:31) - DuVernay notes that the public has increasingly referred to cases by the names of places, such as Ferguson, rather than individuals. (01:57) - DuVernay says the unrest in Ferguson has blossomed over recent months into targeted civil disobedience with people organizing on the ground. (02:26) - DuVernay says Selma is not set purely in history, since audiences watching its images may relate them to events that just happened. (02:37) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:40] Knowledge of King and the Civil Rights Movement. The speakers discuss how King and the movement are taught and known, comparing the United States and the United Kingdom. - [00:40 to 01:31] Playing Dr. King and the 'I Have a Dream' speech. Oyelowo discusses the challenge of performing a famous speech, and DuVernay explains why the film focuses on a three-month period. - [01:31 to 01:44] Tension as the core of storytelling. DuVernay argues that the moments of greatest tension and conflict are central to strong storytelling. - [01:44 to 02:52] Ferguson, protest, and the film's contemporary relevance. The speakers discuss how recent cases and Ferguson have shaped public action and how Selma resonates with current events. ## Key quotes - [00:40] David Oyelowo: "I can think of nothing worse than having to do the I have a. I Have a Dream speech." - [00:57] David Oyelowo: "What you want in playing a character like Dr. King is you want it to a revelatory otherwise go and watch a documentary, go and read a book." - [01:06] Ava DuVernay: "ironically you get more of a sense of the man by going into a time where he's under pressure." - [02:11] Ava DuVernay: "stands up to police aggression, raises its hand and says breaking up a black body is not acceptable." - [02:37] Ava DuVernay: "Selma is not a film that takes place in the context of history." ## Questions this video answers - Why is performing Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech considered difficult for an actor? [00:40] - Why did the filmmakers choose to focus on a three-month period of King's life? [01:06] - What makes a portrayal of Dr. King revelatory rather than merely a repeat of what audiences already know? [00:57] - How has the public's way of naming social justice cases changed, according to DuVernay? [01:57] - How does DuVernay describe the evolution of the unrest in Ferguson? [02:26] - Why does DuVernay say Selma feels connected to present-day events? [02:37] ## Content suitability - violence [02:11-02:18]: References police aggression and the breaking up of a black body in the context of the Ferguson protests. - death [01:57-02:11]: References the Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin cases, which involved deaths, without describing them in detail. - politics [01:57-02:37]: Discusses police aggression, civil disobedience, and social justice movements.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Mar 4, 2015 2:32 PM UTC  Amy Schumer Amy Schumer Charles Sykes—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Mar 4, 2015 2:32 PM UTC The Oscars are great and all, but do they have an award for Best Scared-as-S–t Performance? What about Best Shirtless Performance? Nope, and that’s where the MTV Movie Awards come in: The annual ceremony, first started in 1992, cuts through the clutter of seemingly endless winter film awards with their offbeat categories, whose 2015 nominees were announced Wednesday morning. Amy Schumer will host the April 12 ceremony, during which _Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fault in Our Stars_ and _Neighbors_ will compete to see how many of their respective seven nominations they can take home. The full nominees are: **Movie of the Year** _American Sniper_ _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1_ _Guardians of the Galaxy_ _Gone Girl_ _The Fault in Our Stars_ _Boyhood_ _Whiplash_ _Selma_ **Best Female Performance** Jennifer Lawrence, _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1_ Emma Stone, _Birdman_ Shailene Woodley, _The_ _Fault in Our Stars_ Reese Witherspoon, _Wild_ Scarlett Johansson, _Lucy_ **Best Male Performance** Bradley Cooper, _American Sniper_ Chris Pratt, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Ansel Elgort, _The Fault in Our Stars_ Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ Channing Tatum, _Foxcatcher_ **Best Scared-as-Sh-t Performance** Rosamund Pike, _Gone Girl_ Annabelle Wallis, Annabelle Jennifer Lopez, _The Boy Next Door_ Dylan O’Brien, _The Maze Runner_ Zach Gilford, _The Purge: Anarchy_ **Breakthrough Performance** Ansel Elgort, _The Fault in Our Stars_ Rosamund Pike, _Gone Girl_ David Oyelowo, _Selma_ Dylan O’Brien, _The Maze Runner_ Ellar Coltrane, _Boyhood_ **Best Shirtless Performance** Zac Efron, _Neighbors_ Chris Pratt, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Channing Tatum, _Foxcatcher_ Ansel Elgort, _Fault in Our Stars_ Kate Upton, _The Other Woman_ **Best Duo** Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, _22 Jump Street_ Zac Efron and Dave Franco, _Neighbors_ Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, _The Fault in Our Stars_ Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ James Franco and Seth Rogen, _The Interview_ **Best Fight** Jonah Hill and Jillian Bell, _22 Jump Street_ Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan, _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ Dylan O’Brien and Will Poulter, _The Maze Runner_ Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, _Neighbors_ Edward Norton and Michael Keaton, _Birdman_ **Best Kiss** Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley, _Fault in Our Stars_ James Franco & Seth Rogen, _The Interview_ Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone, _The Amazing Spider-Man 2_ Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans, _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ Rose Byrne and Halston Sage, _Neighbors_ **Best WTF Moment** Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, _Neighbors_ Jonah Hill, _22 Jump Street_ Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, _Horrible Bosses 2_ Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ Rosario Dawson and Anders Holm, _Top Five_ **Best Villain** Rosamund Pike, _Gone Girl_ J.K. Simmons, _Whiplash_ Jillian Bell, _22 Jump Street_ Meryl Streep, _Into the Woods_ Peter Dinklage, _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ **Best Musical Moment** Jennifer Lawrence, _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1_ Chris Pratt, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, _Neighbors_ Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, _The Skeleton Twins_ Miles Teller, _Whiplash_ **Best Comedic Performance** Channing Tatum, _22 Jump Street_ Chris Pratt, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Rose Byrne, _Neighbors_ Chris Rock, _Top Five_ Kevin Hart, _The Wedding Ringer_ **Best On-Screen Transformation** Eddie Redmayne, _The Theory of Everything_ Elizabeth Banks, _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1_ Zoe Saldana, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Steve Carell, _Foxcatcher_ Ellar Coltrane, _Boyhood_ ## Transcript [00:00] Well they don't teach anything about Dr. King or the [00:03] Civil Rights Movement in ,- Is that true? In schools. In [00:06] the UK? Well it's the United Kingdom, not the United [00:09] States. No. But he's a worldwide icon. What do you [00:12] know about the United Kingdom in your schools? Oh. [00:13] True. Touche. [ LAUGH ] But, you [00:19] know, Dr. King is an icon, in the same way that [00:21] Mandela is an icon, in the same way that Gandhi is an [00:23] icon, and so, therefore, you are aware. Aware of him, [00:26] and I was aware of him admittedly in a very peripheral [00:31] way. What I need to know right now what' Martin Luther [00:35] King about to do next? I have [00:40] a dream. I [00:45] can think of nothing worse than having to do the I have [00:47] a. I Have a Dream speech. I mean really, I, I, it's like [00:50] doing to be or not to be in Hamlet. It's just at that [00:54] point not to denigrate the speech. It's a bit like doing a [00:57] karaoke song. What you want in playing a character [01:01] like Dr. King is you want it to a revelatory otherwise go [01:04] and watch a documentary, go and read a book. One of [01:06] the genius, elements of. Of Selma is [01:10] choosing to do just those three months because [01:13] ironically you get more of a sense of the man by [01:18] going into a time where he's under pressure. [01:20] [ INAUDIBLE ] when a mans stands up and says enough [01:22] is enough. These are all the things that reveal who the [01:26] human being. Is great storytelling, great, [01:31] writing, is always going through the highest moment of [01:34] tension. The deepest moment of conflict. And that's [01:37] what this represented. And it's also the greatest [01:39] moment of triumph for this, for SCLC. [ MUSIC ] [01:44] You think about a couple of years ago, where we were [01:46] very focused on the tragedy around Oscar Grant. And [01:49] we would say, Oscar. Oscar Grant. We think about last [01:52] year when we were talking about Trayvon Martin, we'd [01:54] say the Trayvon Case. Around this summer, we kept [01:57] hearing, Ferguson, which is the name of a whole [01:59] community. Similar to the way people talk about Sama [02:01] and not when Jenny legi, Jackson and it, something [02:04] different. A catalyst that has triggered action within [02:09] a whole community and a community that. You know, [02:11] stands up to police aggression, raises its hand and [02:14] says breaking up a black body is not acceptable. And [02:18] maybe not knowing exactly how to articulate that. And [02:21] maybe it comes out initially in rage or unrest or [02:24] whatever but, it's been really beautiful to me over the [02:26] last months to see the way that that unrest has [02:28] blossomed. [ MUSIC ] Into a very targeted civil [02:31] disobedience, with a lot of boots on the ground. A lot [02:34] of people really organizing themselves. Selma is not a [02:37] film that takes place in the context of history. You [02:39] watch those images, and you, you understand how it [02:42] feels to be someone in 1955, being shocked about [02:44] what they see on TV. 'Cuz it just happened to you in [02:46] August. 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