MTV Movie Awards Wrap Up

It's late. I'm tired. And this MTV Movie Awards Wrap up, thankfully, will be kept short. Basically all you need to know is that teen and twenty something girls flooded the MTV site and voted a gillion times for everything that had to do with Twilight. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and company won just about everything they were nominated for EXCEPT best song from a movie (which went to Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" from Hannah Montana: The Movie).
This goes to show you once again that fans don't know shit-which is why the Oscars are voted on by the academy. No offense to Twilight but it was NOT the best movie of the year. Slumdog Millionaire was better in every facet (well maybe not hotness of the main character, but that shouldn't really count). The MTV Movie Awards are another excuse for celebrities to shamelessly plug their upcoming projects in front of millions of viewers. MTV will run the seemingly endless show ten different times a day for the next two months until you want to vomit every time you turn on the TV and see a star holding a bucket of gold popcorn.
I didn't watch the show during its original air (the Red Wings Stanley Cup match took precedent), but luckily for me MTV re-aired it twenty five minutes later. My favorite moment of the night was when Ashley Tisdale won "Breakout Female" for her role in High School Musical:3. Here's my question: Can you be a "Breakout Female" if you've starred in the first two installments of the same franchise? Did everyone just ignore the fact that Disney had already put out two OTHER HSM movies? That's like giving a "Best Original Screenplay" award to one of the Rocky sequels.
In case you actually cared about the results of the show, they're as follows:

BEST MOVIE
* Twilght
The Dark Knight
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
* Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Shia LaBeouf, Eagle Eye
Vin Diesel, Fast & Furious

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
* Kristen Stewart, Twilight
Angelina Jolie, Wanted
Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST VILLAIN
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Derek Mears, Friday the 13th
Dwayne Johnson, Get Smart
Johnathon Schaech, Prom Night
Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
* Jim Carrey, Yes Man
Amy Poehler, Baby Mama
Anna Faris, The House Bunny
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Steve Carell, Get Smart

BEST FIGHT
* Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, Twilight
Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson, Bride Wars
Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride, Pineapple Express

BEST KISS
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilight
Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, Wanted
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
James Franco and Sean Penn, Milk
Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon, I Love You, Man
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
* Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia!
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, MALE
* Robert Pattinson, Twilight
Ben Barnes, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Bobb'e J. Thompson, Role Models
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Taylor Lautner, Twilight

BEST WTF MOMENT
* Peeing In The Sink, Amy Poehler in Baby Mama
Curved Bullet Kill, Angelina Jolie in Wanted
Jumping In The Poop Shed, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in Slumdog Millionaire
Tasting Decapitated Head, Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder
Naked Break Up, Jason Segel and Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE
Miley Cyrus "The Climb", Hannah Montana: The Movie
A.R. Raham "Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire
Bruce Springsteen "The Wrestler", The Wrestler
Paramore "Decode", Twilight

It's True, Miley's Influence Reaches into the Twilight Genre as Well

There is nothing more handsome then being serenaded by a gorgeous man. So when I saw there was a video of Twilight's Taylor Lautner singing I had to check it out. Then I heard WHAT he was singing and it almost blew me away. I don't know if this video will make Miley cool for other closet Miley Cyrus males out there, but it certainly makes the boys hot who broke into song (at least IMAO).

Sorry Twilight Fans, Taylor Lautner is Taken

Michigan native (Grand Rapids) Taylor Lautner, 17, has been on a number of woman's radars after his casting in the mega-hit vampire franchise Twilight. Fans of the series who have been drooling over the buff werewolf apparently aren't the only ones...
Lautner has recently been linked to Disney channel starlet (and rumored heir to the Miley throne) 16 year old Selena Gomez. The Wizards of Waverly Place star has been in Canada shooting Beezus while Launtner has been there shooting New Moon. People.com has reported the two have been spending lots of time together and have been spotted cuddling at the movies and eating together.
I've scoured Gomez's Twitter account (which she updates with a surprising frequency) and can't find any link to Lautner...but he may not have hopped on board the Twitter train himself so I won't rush to judgement on that point just yet.

More "New Moon" Casting Non-Sense

Twilight fans have been left in a limbo after the initial thrill of the series, and now the dust settling around the first film. As a result they've had nothing better to do than speculate about the casting for the next film in the franchise: New Moon.
At first fans got their shorts in a knot when Vanessa Hudgens was named as a possible character, then came news that Dakota Fanning was offered a part. The Dakota rumor was given more juice this week when Privileged star Lucy Hale (you've also seen her in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2) said she auditioned for the same role as Fanning and was confident that Fanning was offered the role.
Both Hale and Fanning read for the role of Jane. While I understand this is major casting news, I don't understand why people care nearly so much. Jane is not even that substantial of a character in New Moon. That doesn't mean that Hollywood WON'T make Jane into a substantial character in the movie version. Three quarters of New Moon focus on the relationship triangle between Edward, Bella, and Jacob.
The key is for people not to have a coronary quite yet. Dakota Fanning may not be the ideal Jane in reader's eyes, but Hollywood has worked miracles in the past, and her insignificance as a character may result in her being overlooked in favor of the important roles (like Jacob) anyway.

I didn't quite see the "Twilight" at the end of the tunnel

***POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT***

 I know that millions of teenage girls are going to kill me for saying this. But I have to tell the truth. "Twilight" just didn't do it for me.  Maybe it was the two hour wait for a seat, or maybe it was the fact that I haven't read the book, but when all was said and done I could not have been more disappointed. 

  They will teach you in any basic screenwriting class (of which I have taken) that the key to any good film rests in characterization.  You have to create some sort of character sympathy in order to engage audiences.  I felt as though unless you read the book, and already had sympathy for the characters, you were left hanging.  Bella's character was cold and unappealing, which I would have excused had a cared for Edward Cullen in the slightest. His characterization was rushed, as was the love affair between the two. And, I'm sorry, but in a movie about vampires, a love story won't carry the entire film. There needed to be more drama. One fight scene is not enough. Tension usually is a thread used to hold a film together, here it was a dangling line to which the movie was barely holding on. 

  I wanted to know more about the family.  Kellen Lutz and Peter Facinelli anchored a well cast Cullen clan, but they were underused. The film tried also to establish relationships between Bella and the Fork's High School clan, but besides some scenes invented to instigate some awkward teenage sympathy, they became more of a nuisance than an aid to the plot. 

  I am glad that the film has found a niche in the teen audience. Not since the late 90's, early 2000's has there been a truly successful love story aimed at that market (think back to the good ole days: "10 Things I Hate About You", "She's All That", "Cruel Intentions".)  

  A guest on "Table Talk" attempted to compare "Twilight" with the "Harry Potter" series. She thought that "Twilight" would find as much, or more, success.  The problem is that with the "Harry Potter" franchise, people who weren't fans of the book, or who didn't read it, can still enjoy the films.  With "Twilight" I fear that non-book fans won't find the film nearly as amusing. The good news is that if the creators decide to make the second and third novels into motion pictures, then they'll have two other chances to get it right. 

At the Request of Others: Twilight

I've broken down. At the request of loyal Ebuzz readers, I'm finally posted for the first time on Twilight. 

  I had a Twilight fan on the show a few weeks ago (that video will be up soon), so I figure if I've talked about it on TV, I should talk about it on here too.

  Below you'll find a trailer for the movie.  The film is based on a best-selling series of novels by Stephanie Meyer.  Fans of the teen love books are hailing the movie as a possible "Harry Potter" predecessor.  Whether or not the reaction from audiences will be the same once the box office opens, remains to be seen, but I think Twilight, will at least make some media waves during its upcoming press tour.

  Look for more Twilight in the weeks to come.