TFA is up for Movie of the Year, but it is a crowded field with geek culture heavy-hitters (Deadpool, Age of Ultron, and the massively successful Jurassic World, but weirdly no Mad Max). And with Creed and Straight Outta Compton in the running too, it seems like the MTV awards might compensate for the Hollywood diversity crisis that dogged the Oscars. I would be (pleasantly) surprised if TFA took this category.
I see better odds for the many performances categories: Adam Driver (Best Villain), John Boyega (Breakthrough Performance and Best Action Performance), Daisy Ridley (Best Female, Best Hero, and Breakthrough Performance), and Andy Serkis and Lupita Nyong'o (Best Virtual Performance). With the sheer number of individual performance nominations, chances seem good. And come on, Daisy Ridley was basically the Best Hero ever, so...
No nominations for Oscar Isaac, but with so little screen time, not surprising. Although if Finn and Poe had greeted each other with more than just that leaping embrace, Best Kiss would've been theirs to lose!
At any rate, Isaac deserves a great deal of the credit for the infectious and extraordinary cast chemistry that earned TFA a best Ensemble Cast nomination. This will be the category where I really root for them.
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