So did you catch the recent MTV Movie Awards by any chance? If you did you would have seen the digital short done by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell and surprisingly, JJ Abrams. It makes fun of how in movies, the cool guys always walk away from an explosion and never stick around to watch it. It’s hilarious, the tune is pretty catchy and JJ is wicked on the keyboards, if it really is him. So stick around to watch it below.
One of the most anticipated things (by tween girls, not me) to feature at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards was, of course, the first official trailer of the Twilight sequel, New Moon. I still have not see Twilight so I don’t know what all the hoo-haa is about but I don’t like the franchise already. Why? Because it made this year’s MTV Movie Awards more of a farce than it already was. I don’t know anything about the franchise, other than people going crazy over it. So here’s the brand spankin’ new trailer. I know most of you will love this. I, however, is somewhat less than excited.
At the recent 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as Brüno, dressed up in an angel costume and was hung from the ceiling with a harness. His grand entrance apparently went haywire and he landed on Eminem, ass in his face, who was seated in a sea of celebrities. Eminem started yelling. Immediately, Eminem’s entourage began shoving Brüno off him. Eminem looked pissed and walked out of the show.
So, the question is, was this staged? Was Eminem in on the act? Or was Brüno being Brüno, catching Eminem by surprise? I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it was staged. First of all, it didn’t look convincing at all. Eminem wasn’t as pissed as he should have been. But more importantly, if you watch the video below, you will see that right before Brüno comes crashing down, the camera focuses right in on Eminem. It was so obvious that the camera knew that Eminem was going to be Brüno’s landing point. Watch the video and decide for yourself. Tell me what you think. Staged? Or totally unbeknownst to Eminem?
The MTV Movie Awards must be one of the silliest and most pointless awards show there is, but as always, it’s fun to watch and fun to talk about. A show in which Twilight is nominated seven times and win five of those, cannot be taken seriously. But, again, it’s good fun.
So the awards show wasn’t shown live in Malaysia. How many of you caught it live on the Internet though? I couldn’t because I was in college. I guess I’ll just wait to watch the awards show on June 12 when they air it here in Malaysia on MTV. Here is the complete list of nominees and winners of the recent 2009 MTV Movie Awards. As I thought, Twilight pretty much swept the awards. Check it.
BEST MOVIE
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
BEST VILLAIN
BEST FIGHT
BEST KISS
BEST WTF MOMENT
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE
So what do you think? Are you outraged by the fact that Twilight beat Slumdog for Best Movie? Astonished that Zac Efron pipped Robert Downey Jr. for Best Male? Pissed that Kristen Stewart was thought to be better than Kate Winslet? Annoyed that Ashley Tisdale was more of a breakthrough female than Freida Pinto? Devastated that Robert Pattinson was voted as Breakthrough Male ahead of Dev Patel? Gobsmacked that the Twilight fight was better than The Dark Knight fight? Or even the Pineapple Express fight? Well if you are all of the above, tell me about it.
Wow. Most of the people who voted for these winners suck.
Only one awards show gives out pointless, meaningless awards and yet, are so much fun to watch. One one awards show has categories like Best Kiss, Best Villain and Best WTF Moment. And only in one awards show can Twilight rack up seven nominations, almost twice as many that The Dark Knight. The awards show I'm talking about is the MTV Movie Awards.BEST MOVIE
• The Dark Knight - Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Charles Roven and Emma Thomas (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Director: Kenny Ortega, Producers: Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Iron Man - Director: Jon Favreau, Producers: Avi Arad and Kevin Feige (Paramount Pictures)
• Slumdog Millionaire - Director: Danny Boyle, Producer: Christian Colson (Fox Searchlight)
• Twilight - Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan (Summit Entertainment)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
• Angelina Jolie – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
• Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
• Kate Winslet – The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
• Kristen Stewart – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
• Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
• Christian Bale – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
• Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
• Vin Diesel – Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
• Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
• Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
• Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
• Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Kat Dennings – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
• Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
• Taylor Lautner – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
• Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
• Bobb’e J. Thompson – Role Models (Universal Pictures)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
• Amy Poehler – Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
• Anna Faris – The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
• James Franco – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
• Jim Carrey – Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Steve Carell – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST VILLAIN
• Derek Mears – Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night (Screen Gems)
• Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
• Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
• Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
• Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
• Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
BEST KISS
• Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
• Freida Pinto and Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
• James Franco and Sean Penn – Milk (Focus Features)
• Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
• Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
• Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
• Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
• Angelina Jolie – Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
• Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
• Ben Stiller – Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
• Jason Segel and Kristen Bell – Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
• “Jai Ho” – AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
• “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
• “The Climb” – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
• “Decode” – Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
