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You can't have a strong movie without a strong script (unless you're some weird kind of moviemaking magician that we've yet to come across), and thankfully, there were plenty of powerful scripts that made it to the big-screen this year—with plenty of dynamite dialogue to boot.

That's why it's a very competitive field in the newly created Best Line From A Movie category at the MTV Movie Awards this year, and there's just no way we can decide on a winner ourselves. Luckily for us, the decision falls upon you guys! Read on for the full list of the Best Line From A Movie contenders, and cast your vote for the winner today!

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"

"...A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?"
"You?"
"A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up."

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The 2011 MTV Movie Awards are just days away, but before you cast your vote for Best Movie, how about looking at each nominee through a slightly different lens?

MTV News has teamed up with Starbucks Frappucino ® for the MTV Movie Awards Meme Mash-Ups, where we'll be spoofing each of this year's Best Movie nominees by way of the internet's most beloved and most notorious viral clips, from Talking Twin Babies to David After the Dentist.

We revealed four of the five Meme Mash-Ups already -- "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" retold through the lens of Talking Twin Babies, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" as interpreted by Charlie Sheen, "Black Swan" from the point of view of someone who really, really likes Friday and an "Inception" spoof that we suggest you hide ya kids and hide ya wife for -- and now it's time for the final spoof to be revealed: "The Social Network" by way of David After The Dentist!

So, which spoof was your favorite? Vote in the poll below and check back tomorrow to see the results!

Tags MTV Movie Awards, MTV Movie Awards Meme Spoofs, The Social Network

The 2011 MTV Movie Awards are just around the corner, but before you cast your vote for Best Movie, how about looking at each nominee through a slightly different lens?

MTV News has teamed up with Starbucks Frappucino ® for the MTV Movie Awards Meme Mash-Ups, where we'll be spoofing each of this year's Best Movie nominees by way of the internet's most beloved and most notorious viral clips, from Talking Twin Babies to David After the Dentist. Every day, you'll vote on which movie spoof you want to see next, with the first video coming your way on Monday (May 30).

So, which spoof do you want to see first? Click past the jump for more details on each spoof, then cast your vote and make your voice heard!

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Tags black swan, eclipse, harry potter and the deathly hallows, inception, MTV Movie Awards, The Social Network

The Academy Awards are only two days behind us and there’s already chatter of a sequel to one of this year’s Best Picture nominees.

Mark Wahlberg dished about a continued take on “The Fighter” while walking the Oscar red carpet this past Sunday (February 27). Supposedly, he’s already entered into talks regarding a companion film, which would focus on the torrid ring-bound history of Micky Ward and boxing opponent Arturo Gatti.

We’re not exactly shocked by the prospect – after all, 2011 is already the biggest year for movie sequels, so why not up the ante for 2012? We’re fairly certain these other five Best Picture nominees could be stretched into a second story, too!

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Tags inception, the fighter, The Fighter 2, The Social Network, toy story 3, True Grit, winter's bone

With just hours to go before the Oscars launch, it's time to tackle the big question: who's going home with the Best Picture award?

In a field of ten nominees, it's seemingly once again down to two familiar competitors. Just as "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" raced neck-and-neck throughout the 2009 Academy Awards, tonight's show appears to be a similar throwdown between the popular favorite and the critical darling: "The Social Network" versus "The King's Speech."

But is the race really down to two? What of the other eight contenders? We've got some analysis after the jump, and make sure to cast YOUR vote for the Best Picture winner in our poll!

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Tags 127 Hours, black swan, inception, Oscars 2011, the fighter, the kids are all right, the king's speech, The Social Network, toy story 3, True Grit, winter's bone

There's this little shindig happening on Sunday — maybe you've heard of it — called the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. It's just a ceremony centered on the most coveted statuette in Hollywood; no big deal.

In a year where every category is fiercely competitive, there is perhaps no race more contentious than Best Picture. David Fincher's "The Social Network" and Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" are currently neck and neck among critics' predictions lists, but the other eight contenders all pose a threat as well. If you happened to enjoy this year's nominees, we thought you might appreciate some suggestions of which movies to explore next.

Get pumped for the big show by checking out these solid alternatives after the jump!

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Tags 127 Hours, black swan, inception, Oscars 2011, the fighter, the kids are all right, the king's speech, The Social Network, the town, toy story 3, winter's bone

Let’s be honest: in this day and age, the idea of watching an entire 90-minute movie with uninterrupted concentration is almost inconceivable. Certainly not in a world where e-mail, commercials and, of course, Twitter completely rule our lives.

And it gets worse: this year's Oscar ceremony, airing on Sunday (February 27), has ten Best Picture nominees. Ten! It's hard enough to watch an entire movie on its own, and it's downright impossible to expect that you've seen all ten of the big contenders come Oscar night.

But as always, we have a solution. We're marrying our Twitter fixation with the Best Picture problem: we've seen every movie up for the award this year, and to bring you up to speed, we're reviewing each one of them Twitter style. After the jump, get our quick takes on all of the Best Picture nominees — in 140 characters or less, of course!

#BestPictureNominees, engage!

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Tags 127 Hours, black swan, inception, Oscars 2011, the fighter, the kids are all right, the king's speech, The Social Network, toy story 3, True Grit, winter's bone

There was no way you could know when you clicked on this post that your mind was going to be blown. Now you know. If it's too much to handle, step away now, slowly. The braver at heart should hit play on the below video and keep reading, because you're about to have some of the magic of filmmaking revealed for you.

Armie Hammer did an outstanding job in David Fincher's "The Social Network" in dual roles as twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Josh Pence also did a great job in the role, though you'd never know it looking at the movie. Hammer and Pence were cast to play the brothers, but Pence is used as a body double for Hammer's dual performance. "Body double" is really underselling things though. What happens here is more of a "digital Frankenstein."

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Tags armie hammer, josh pence, The Social Network

To the surprise of few, "The King's Speech" came out of Sunday night's BAFTA awards show with seven of its 16 eligible awards in hand, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor and Actress and Original Music.

These big wins certainly shorten the gap between "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" for the Best Picture race as we head toward the Oscars. Though "The Social Network" originally struck many as the favorite -- and it did land a few big awards at the BAFTAs, including Best Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing -- "The King's Speech" has picked up speed in recent weeks, with the string of BAFTA wins only furthering its momentum.

For those of you still upset about the slights at "Inception" for Oscar nominations you'll be happy to know that Tom Hardy was awarded the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award. It's an obvious recognition of the talent he displayed in "Inception" last year, and the film was also awarded for Production Design, Sound and Special Visual Effects.

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Tags alice in wonderland, christopher lee, Harry Potter, inception, J.K. Rowling, natalie portman, stephen fry, the king's speech, The Social Network, tim burton, toy story 3, True Grit

It seems like one of the biggest qualms with this year's Oscar nominations was the omission of Christopher Nolan from the Best Director category. Sure, "Inception" landed eight Oscar nominations, but most of them were in the technical categories instead of the acting or directing categories.

That means that the two biggest nominations "Inception" is up for at this year's Oscars are for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. It might be tough for "Inception" to win Best Picture with "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" as the continued frontrunners, but now it doesn't seem as big of a long shot for the film to beat out "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" for Best Original Screenplay.

Over the weekend, the Writer's Guild of America honored Nolan with the Best Original Screenplay prize, which many critics believed to be a minor upset. So far, "Inception" has only won awards for its screenplay in smaller venues like the Online Film Critics Society Awards and regional awards ceremonies. At the Golden Globes, it was beat out of the Best Screenplay race by "The Social Network," who also won the WGA award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Tags Boardwalk Empire, christopher nolan, futurama, inception, Mad Men, Modern Family, The Social Network