Four awards for Disney at the MTV Movie Awards while Will Smith is finally recognized.

Posted by: Andrea van Wyk in Feature Slider, NEWS & OPINION 11th April 2016 0 1,413 Views

Disney was the biggest winner at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, taking home three awards, including Movie of the Year, and the Best Virtual Performance Award going to the studio’s animated hit, Inside Out. Will Smith may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but MTV rewarded him with the Generation Award (basically a lifetime achievement award). Onse Benoni girl, Charlize Theron walked away with the award for Best Female Performance for her role in Mad Max: Fury Road, while Leonardo diCaprio won the award for the Best Male Performance Award for The Revenant.

Here is the full list of winners:

MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

MTV GENERATION AWARD: Will Smith

COMEDIC GENIUS AWARD: Melissa McCarthy

TRUE STORY: Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

DOCUMENTARY: Amy

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant (20th Century Fox)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool (20th Century Fox)

BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE: Chris Pratt, Jurassic World (Universal Pictures)

BEST HERO: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Lionsgate)