For those of you who don’t follow us on Twitter, it’s been a fight to the death for the last week in voting for Cosmopolis to take out MTV’s Movie Brawl. In fact, I’m finding it hard to type this given the RSI I’m suffering and Vicky can attest to the same! We beat Breaking Dawn 2, we beat The Dark Knight Rises (easily) and then they thought Rob would lose to The Hunger Games – well one thing’s for sure – they have no idea when it comes to the loyalty we, as Rob’s fans, have. Maybe now the industry will see that it’s not sparkly Edward that keeps us interested but the actor that is Robert Pattinson!
Here’s what MTV had to say:
“The final buzzer has sounded, the brawl for it all is over, and Robert Pattinson is the last man standing: “Cosmopolis” has won MTV Movie Brawl 2012.
His indie drama made for one hell of a Cinderella story in the vote-driven tournament to pick the must-see movie of the year. Entering the bracket as a #4 seed (following an impressive showing in the play-in round), “Cosmopolis” appeared to be facing an unavoidable Elite Eight ouster. What were the chances Pattinson’s cerebral film about a young finance wiz taking a day-long limo ride though New York City would beat “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2″? Apparently pretty good. Fans banded together, choosing to support RPattz’s post-vampire career rather than the franchise that made him a star. “Breaking Dawn” was sent packing.
And so, after easily fighting off “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Cosmopolis” came to face “The Hunger Games,” a brand-new franchise that had waltzed through the tournament and seemed to be the odds-on favorite to win the whole tourney. But it was not to be. After more than 3 million votes and a slew of lead changes, Pattinson’s film beat back Jennifer Lawrence’s series to become the undisputed champion of the Movie Brawl. (Maria: my emphasis and fist pumps)
Hours before voting closed Monday afternoon (January 23), with “Cosmopolis” staking out an insurmountable lead and the MTV Movies team at the Sundance Film Festival, we broke the news to Pattinson’s co-star, Paul Giamatti, that their film had won the tournament.
“Holy cow, that’s astounding!” he said. “The fact of that is amazing. … That’s a really cool thing that it brings that visibility to that movie.”
A BIG BIG thank you to everyone who helped get this over the line. Michelle, Vertigo, Lise-Lou, Suze and Jules – huge group hug – hahaha. Yeah we might have gone over the top a little, but it was fun!
UPDATED: Vid of Paul Giamatti’s reaction when told by Josh *Fangirl* Horowitz
I LOVE that pic you used -OH SO PERFECT. 
Brilliant post too – brings a tear to my eye. I just can’t tell you how happy I am right now….for every hateful comment that was made against him in certain corners it just fuelled us on. Do not mess with our guy. 
