MTV movie awards gay friendly again --mostly

In case you missed it today, our mainpage article today was the Summer Movie Blockbusters we'd like to see. We took a gander at what's coming up this summer movie-wise and upon realizing it pretty much sucks gay-wise, we queered up the offerings, even creating our own movie posters. In case you missed it, here are two of my favorites.

 

Spiderman exploring his kinkier side

And Live Hard or Die Free which shows the downside of product placement

Be sure to check out the others

Speaking of a cheeky look at the movies, it's doubtful Will Ferrell will ever score an Oscar win, but his odds of winning at this year's MTV Movie Awards are pretty damn great. Ferrell is up for a whole slow of awards, most notably for our interests, he snagged a nod for Best Kiss for the same-sex snogging in Talledega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby. This follows in the footsteps of last year's winners Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. However, Ferrell's lip lock with Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights was considerably more lighthearted than Brokeback Mountain's smooch. (I've got the Ferrell/Cohen smooch after the jump.) Ferrell and Cohen will have to beat out Cameron Diaz & Jude Law in The Holiday, Columbus Short & Meagan Good in Stomp The Yard, Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks in Invincible, and Marlon Wayans & Brittany Danie lin Little Man.

Looking at that list of nominees, I'd say the same-sex snog has a good chance of winning again.

Other gay noms of interest include Best Picture nominees Blades of Glory, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Little Miss Sunshine all of which were more or less gay-friendly. Even Pirates of the Caribbean has a gay-sensibility.

On the downside, the revisionist, homophobic 300 is also up for a slew of award including Best Picture, Best Fight Scene, Best Performance for Gerard Butler, and, ugh, Rodrigo Santoro (pictured below as a very inaccurate Xerxes) for most tired stereotypical gay villian. (Maybe I'm paraphrasing that last one.) All in all, the awards look to be good fun, mostly because they don't take themselves too seriously.

And here is Will's kiss with Sacha!