For its nominated categories, Twilight outperformed all comers in the Saturday night MTV awards, leaving many Hollywood movie industry watchers to speculate that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences voters might be too old to “get” the MTV blood sucking saga. But hope prevails Twilight might get some notice come awards season.
For the MTV Awards showing, long a bellwether of what’s truly hot at the box office and in the mainstream, Twilight took swept up five awards, including best movie, best kiss(Bella/Edward) and best fight(the dance studio) at the MTV event where viewers had a sneak preview of the movie’s forthcoming sequel “New Moon.”