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MTV Movie Award winners that have aged the worst

The MTV Movie Awards have always demonstrated a steady finger on the pulse of pop culture consumption, but yes, sometimes even they get it wrong. Because it is not that they got it wrong in the moment; much like a fine wine or a french cheese, pop culture ideally should get better with age. This is not an opportunity to harp on that cute, cool kid who won Breakthrough Performance in 1992 but now looks like bloated death. It is just that, unfortunately, some of these winners do not stand the test of time, culturally speaking. Their victories simply ring hollow, nearsighted and dated upon taking a look back.

 
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Best Male Performance: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1992)

Best Male Performance: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1992)
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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 DeNiro, Robin Williams, Val Kilmer and Kevin Costner.

 
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Most Desirable Male: Christian Slater – Untamed Heart (1993)

Most Desirable Male: Christian Slater – Untamed Heart (1993)
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I recognize these as words, but together they don't mean anything. Does anyone even remember this movie? Good thing Christian Slater returned to relevance with "Mr. Robot."

 
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Best Song: "Will You Be There" by Michael Jackson — Free Willy (1994)

Best Song: "Will You Be There" by Michael Jackson — Free Willy (1994)
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"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.

 
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Best Male Performance: Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996)

Best Male Performance: Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996)
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Three words: Fictional African country. Aside from being horribly offensive, this movie was simply terrible, and Jim Carrey was not that great in it. Unfortunately, the deserved winner was Mel Gibson for “Braveheart” which may have caused problems here if it wasn’t such a superb movie.

 
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Best Movie: Scream (1997)

Best Movie: Scream (1997)
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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. The meta, deconstructionist methods seem shallow and did not leave any lasting influence on the genre.

 
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Best Female Performance: Neve Campbell – Scream 2 (1998)

Best Female Performance: Neve Campbell – Scream 2 (1998)
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There is no way in heaven and earth that Neve Campbell was the Best Female Performance when Kate Winslet was throwing around lines like “Paint me like one of your French girls, Jack.” Sorry, but nope.

 
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Best Movie: There’s Something About Mary (1999)

Best Movie: There’s Something About Mary (1999)
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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.

 
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Best Kiss: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair - Cruel Intentions (2000)

Best Kiss: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair - Cruel Intentions (2000)
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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.

 
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Best On-Screen Duo: Mike Myers and Verne Troyer - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (2000)

Best On-Screen Duo: Mike Myers and Verne Troyer - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (2000)
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Hey, it's Mini-Me! He's a clone of Dr. Evil, only one-eighth the size! And that's pretty much the joke. 

 
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Best Action Sequence: The Pod Race – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (2000)

Best Action Sequence: The Pod Race – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (2000)
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The fact we even have to recall this movie is sad, that it won even a single award is downright depressing. Chesko, Sebulba, indeed.

 
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Best Kiss: Seann William Scott and Jason Biggs - American Pie 2 (2002)

Best Kiss: Seann William Scott and Jason Biggs - American Pie 2 (2002)
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Ah, the early 2000s, when raunchy, mindless teen sex comedies and gay panic could rule the box office.

 
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Best Kiss: Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra, and Amy Smart - Starsky and Hutch (2004)

Best Kiss: Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra, and Amy Smart - Starsky and Hutch (2004)
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Ho-hum, just another "Hey, let's have two attractive actresses make out," with a dash of Owen Wilson for good measure. 

 
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Best Duo: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (2004)

Best Duo: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (2004)
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Despite being one of Adam Sandler's more charming roles to date (despite being a cad in the beginning of the film), 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? Not something audiences (or the screenwriters) were asking back then, it seems.

 
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Best Movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2005)

Best Movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2005)
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"Napoleon Dynamite" became an unexpected hit in 2004, thanks to the quirky, offbeat (and clean) humor of the Hess brothers, who created and directed. 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 mostly inoffensive and reduced mostly to its catchphrases.

 
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Best Movie: Wedding Crashers (2006)

Best Movie: Wedding Crashers (2006)
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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. A decade on, the desperation and overall scumbaggery comes off as, well, desperate and scummy.

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