1) Kristen Stewart is really socially awkward. But I really liked her sneakers with designer dress look -- is it cool if i adopt that from now on? my feet will thank me.
2) Justin Timberlake is an attention-whore, and feels the need to insert himself into everything Andy Samberg does.
3) At least some people realize when not to take themselves too seriously. This isn't the Oscars.
4) MTV needs to decide if the movie awards are for popular teeny-bopper films or serious films -- but can't have both. It looks sort of ridiculous to have both Vanessa Hudgens (HSM) and Kate Winslet (The Reader) nominated for the same award.
5) The cast of Harry Potter is adorable and poised. The cast of Twilight needs lessons on public speaking. I still want to see both new movies.
6) Comedians are the new heartthrobs. Or at least they should be.
7) Nothing is spontaneous anymore.
8) Zac Efron has a good sense of humor, particularly at his own expense.
9) Two words about Megan Fox: OVER. RATED. (Also, Shia LaBeouf is not hot and people need to stop pretending that he is. He's gotta be one of the scrawniest action movie stars in history.)
10) MTV clearly wasn't trying to hide the fact that every single presenter and nominee was only there to promote their new projects -- it was ridicuously obvious.
The show has some incredibly funny moments -- Andy Samberg's digital shorts, Abigail Breslein telling Cameron Diaz how she admires her career as an 'adult film star' being two of my faves -- and I did enjoy my own personal little relapse into adolescence. But overall, I got the feeling like something was missing. There was nothing outrageous, nothing spontaneous, nothing particularly genuine. I mean, not only was the Bruno's butt-in-Eminem's face thing staged, it wasn't even original: Howard Stern did basically the same thing in 1992. Um, yeah, that's a whole 17 years already. Granted, most of the kids watching the show weren't even born when that aired. (Yikes, i'm old. 25 -- may as well be 60!) Also, maybe I'm confusing it with their big production for the music video awards, but I sort of got the feeling like MTV had to go low-budg this year. Overall, it was a good show. Not great, but good. That said, I will probably still watch at least 5 of the 10949 reruns MTV airs over the next two weeks. It's inevitable.
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