MTV Movie & TV Award winners that have aged the worst

Yes, many of his one-liners were iconic, as was the movie. But this has a blockbuster bounce in the voting written all over it. "Ahnuld" spoke 700 words total (for $15 million) and was certainly the odd man out regarding talent in going up against Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Val Kilmer and Kevin Costner. 

I recognize these as words, but together they don't mean anything. Does anyone even remember this movie? It's a good thing Christian Slater returned to relevance with "Mr. Robot."

"Free Willy" and Michael Jackson retrospectively do not go well together. The song, released at the end of Michael's prime, works within the context of the film...but that's the problem, considering it's a mostly forgotten early '90s kids film. Add the documentary "Blackfish" to the mix, and this is just a stinky piece of cheese to consider in the present.

Three words: fictional African country. Aside from being horribly offensive, this movie was terrible, and Jim Carrey simply was not that great in it. Unfortunately, the deserved winner was Mel Gibson for “Braveheart,” which may have also caused problems in this context of looking back if it wasn’t such a superb movie.

While “Scream” effectively made the horror genre credible again, pulling it away from straight-to-video exile, it just doesn’t stand up to the test of time. Despite a compelling opening sequence with Drew Barrymore, the meta, deconstructionist methods seem shallow and did not leave any lasting influence on the genre.

It was bad enough that Nicolas Cage won this award the previous year for having dialogue with old, long-haired James Bond in "The Rock." But MTV voters went back for seconds and honored him for trading faces with John Travolta. In a film having nothing to do with hockey, because "Sudden Death" was already taken, this is just laughable. As Wayne Campbell once quipped, "so it's not just a clever name."

There is no way in heaven and on earth that Neve Campbell was deserving of the Best Female Performance when Kate Winslet was throwing around lines like, “paint me like one of your French girls, Jack.” Sorry, but nope. Even as a popularity contest win, this doesn't make any sense.

I did not like the Farrelly Brothers’ gross-out comedy then, and I do not like thinking about it now. It is shocking that it won four times in 1999, including Best Movie over "Armageddon," "Saving Private Ryan," "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Truman Show," which were all far superior.

This romantic teen drama is a late '90s time capsule of then-young stars like Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Joshua Jackson, Sean Patrick Thomas and Tara Reid. It's forgettable otherwise, minus this infamous kiss, which today feels just like a stunt involving two of the era's young female stars.

Hey, it's Mini-Me! He's a clone of Dr. Evil and only one-eighth the size! That's pretty much the joke, and in this day and age, using a little person in this way looks like the worst kind of appropriation.

The fact we even have to recall this movie is sad, and that it won even a single award is downright depressing. "The Phantom Menace" set back the entire "Star Wars" franchise, and many die-hard fans still don't think their beloved space opera ever recovered. "Chesko, Sebulba," indeed.

Ah, the early 2000s, when raunchy, mindless teen sex comedies and gay panic could rule the box office. You could say at least the winners weren't two women like the MTV Movie and TV Awards often does for Best Kiss. But then again, the handling of this particular moment just screams of fake awkwardness.

The kiss between Dunst and Tobey Maguire absolutely deserved its win for the Best Kiss Award because it pushed the boundary of romantic, sexy and cheesy with Mary Jane not even attempting to discover Spider-Man's identity in a rain-soaked, upside-down make out. But her storyline lacks depth and struggles from wholly servicing Peter Parker's character arc. Also, getting yelled at by your dad is decidedly not feminist.

It is a well-known trope that foreign actors often take work from their American colleagues, and it is generally accepted because the talent shines through. However, the MTV Movie and TV Awards questionably decided to celebrate this with an entire category. Fortunately, it was short-lived and only awarded this year at the height of the "Lord of the Rings" franchise. Unfortunately, they got the winner wrong by honoring Colin Farrell for "Phone Booth" instead of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jude Law or Rosamund Pike.

Ho-hum, just another "Hey, let's have two attractive actresses make out," but this time we added a dash of Owen Wilson for good measure. Not only does this movie fail the test of time but so does this particular scene and probably this entire category.

Despite being one of Adam Sandler's more charming roles to date (even though he was a cad in the beginning of the movie), the premise of the film presents a question never answered in the plot: How can Drew Barrymore's Lucy actually consent to anything if her memory keeps getting wiped out? It seems this was not something audiences (or the screenwriters) were asking back then.

"Napoleon Dynamite" became an unexpected hit in 2004, thanks to the quirky, offbeat (and clean) humor of the Hess brothers, who created and directed it. The backlash since has seen polarizing receptions to the film, and today it doesn't quite live up to the enthusiasm of its most ardent supporters, being composed of mostly inoffensive drivel and stunted catchphrases.

Star Wars fans were still holding out hope for redemption, with the epic, volcano-side lightsaber duel between Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker being the centerpiece of the entire prequel. Unfortunately, Christensen's descent into Darth Vader was completely undermined by "killing younglings," and the performance was as much undeserving of this award as the actor was unsupported by the questionably bad writing and direction of George Lucas. Christensen (and Lucas) now seem incapable of bearing the responsibility (and burden) of one of the greatest all-time villain's origin.

The wild popularity of all things Vince Vaughn and/or Owen Wilson in the aughts is a hallmark of the decade. Sure, they're sleazebags, but they're our sleazebags. Over a decade has passed, and the desperation and scumbaggery comes off as, well, still desperate and scummy.

I remember there being exactly one good scene in this movie: the escape sequence from the cannibals on the tropical island. "300" for its action and visual effects, "Little Miss Sunshine" for its indie charm or "Borat" for its irreverent political humor all could have taken the mantle of Best Movie in 2007 over this stuck-in-the-middle installment of the great "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. 

This is a clear example of the MTV Movie and TV Awards often succumbing to a popularity contest. Johnny Depp's performance as Sweeney Todd is serviceable, but there is no way it wins even a coin flip against Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning effort in "No Country for Old Men." Unfortunately, the voters were quite capable of ignoring a masterful performance when handed a star-turn in a shiny musical blockbuster. 

"Twilight" beating out "The Dark Knight" and "Slumdog Millionaire" is downright embarrassing and began a trend in the MTV Movie and TV Awards that I would call the "Twilight Depreciation Era." It is fine that "Slumdog" didn't win despite its Oscar victory, but the real surprise was "The Dark Knight" losing. It was the clear peak of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, a box office heavyweight and much more in line with the MTV audience. Unfortunately, teens would vote in droves for all things Bella and Edward the next four years.

The popularity contest vote strikes again! Just one year removed from the "Twilight Depreciation Era," the second installment from the "Hunger Games" series swept into the void and gained wins for Movie of the Year, Best Female Performance (Jennifer Lawrence) and Best Male Performance (Josh Hutcherson). What's worse: There were excellent candidates in "12 Years a Slave, "American Hustle," "Frozen" and "The Wolf of Wall Street." Is it more shocking that "Frozen" or the better Jennifer Lawrence movie didn't win?