So the MTV movie awards ended a little while ago, and i must say, they just seem to be getting worse and worse as the years have passed. Every year they reach a new low and the streak continued on this year. First lets talk about the host because i'm not even going to talk about the "red carpet" and the ghetto folks from "Jersey Shore". What ever happened to hosts that people know and recognize? Sarah Silverman, Justin Timberlake, Samuel L. Jackson. Granted not all the previous hosts were worth mentioning, (JT, Lindsay) at least we as a general audience know who they are.
This year they brought in Aziz Ansari (who the hell are you?) who i didn't even know existed until this weekend because of his 2 line bit part in Get Him to the Greek, (which is not worth the money by the way). He was never very funny and his lines seemed like someone in high school wrote his jokes for him.
On top of that, is MTV getting desperate? I mean not only did they bring in Aziz, but they resurrected a horrible role played by of all people Tom Cruise. Now i don't mean to bash on Tom Cruise because i loved him in Legend and Top Gun, but Les Grossman? Really? They didn't have any other actors or characters they could have portrayed or at least attempted to portray? If anything, they should have had Diddy continue his (terrible) role as Sergio from "The Greek." At least it would have fit with the times.
Another thing that i found hilarious and at the same time just disturbing was the fact that almost none of the presenters seemed like they wanted to be there. Everyone from the cast of Grown Ups to the Twilight clan seemed like they were having their wisdom teeth pulled the way they were reading the cues. I mean they couldn't have made it more obvious they were reading from cues, but they all sound like Ben Stein. Slow, monotone drones who obviously didn't want to be there. Aside from maybe Dwayne Johnson and Eva Mendez, no one seemed to be enjoying themselves, and i think the only reason they did was because Will Ferrell was hanging by a harness over their heads.
And that was only the first half of the show. The second half was pretty much more of the same with the exception of the new "categories." Why do they have to go and change the categories though? Whats wrong with best animated picture? Best fight scene? Best villain? Now they have best WTF moment, and biggest bad ass. What the hell is that? And that brings up another point. Why the hell was Angelina Jolie as "Salt" nominated for biggest bad ass when the movie "Salt" isn't even scheduled for release until July? If you don't believe me, go to www.whoissalt.com and you can see for yourself.
If things weren't bad enough though, Christina Aguilera had to come out and lip sync, (it was so obvious) a couple of her new songs. Now i've got nothing against Christina Aguilera. She is an amazing singer and a great talent. But i think she's been away for too long and she forgot where she came from. That or she's intimidated by Lady Gaga. Take a look at her newest video and you'll understand why. She is no longer a pop diva, or even a dirty diva. Now she looks like a wannabe gaga. She's trying to hard to be different and it shows in her music. Its more electronic, more rough, more new wave, and her outfits and dance moves are doing the same thing. Its not as hardcore or outrageous as Lady Gaga but its getting there. You can tell she's trying to compete.
The only bright lights in this dreadfully dark night though would have to be the performance by Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg of her new single "California Gurls" and the presentation of the Generations Award to Sandra Bullock. Katy Perry is a great singer and a great performer and its demonstrated wonderfully once again by her performance tonight. It was typical Katy Perry style, very bright and colorful, very bubble gum pop, but very sexy at the same time. As for Sandra Bullock, well, she's Sandra Bullock. She's come a very long way from "the net" and "speed" and she's just gotten better with age. She is well deserving of the award presented to her, and her kiss with Scarlett Johansson was icing on the cake.
Aside from this though, there was nothing worth watching at this award show unless you are one of teeny-bopper, vampire/werewolf obsessed masses. But i guess thats the majority of MTV viewers nowadays so oh well, i guess they are doing their job then aren't they? Til next time,
May the Force be with You,
The Nerd
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