'Twilight' Eclipses Ho-Hum MTV Movie Awards

COMMENTARY | Opening the MTV Movie Awards was the usual, cleverly done movie spoof -- this time to the "The Hangover." This parody also mixed it up with the lesbian scene from "Black Swan," the cry for help from "127 Hours" and a variety of scenes from "The Social Network." It was certainly one of the better moments from an otherwise slow-moving telecast. "Saturday Night Live's" Jason Sudeikis hosted the festivities by telling a number of Schwarzenegger jokes. Unfortunately, a number of them kept falling flat like a lead balloon. Sudeikis may be funny on "SNL," but not on MTV

If you were one of the countless "Twilight" fans, this was your night of nights. The film overall won a total of five popcorn trophies, including Best Male and Female Performances, as well as the coveted Best Movie. Something must have been in the air during the awards presentation: a lot of jokes from other celebrities were not getting it right. For instance, when Pattinson was introducing Reese Witherspoon for her MTV Generation Award, he actually dropped the F-Bomb without it being censored. The censors were certainly asleep at the wheel. Pattinson may be a great vampire, but he's a bore at speeches.

On a brighter note, MTV initiated a new category this year: "Best Line From a Movie." The winner was 7-year-old Alexys Nycole Sanchez. Her brilliant quote, "I want to get chocolate wasted," was from the film "Grown Ups." She gave the sweetest acceptance speech I have ever heard. Most likely the MTV producers kept this award show a tad bit cleaner because they had a minor in the house. However, the ceremony would not be complete without some obviously staged, but trying to be spontaneous, shocking moments.

During the Best Kiss presentation, when Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were onstage as the winners, Pattinson decided to kiss someone else in the audience. The lucky recipient was none other than Taylor Lautner, who did not win his own award throughout the evening. Another so-called surprise moment was when Justin Bieber, who was channeling Don Johnson from "Miami Vice" with his choice of wardrobe, showed up out of nowhere. He accepted his award for "Best Jaw-Dropping Moment," appropriately enough.

Lastly, Pattinson, Stewart, and Lautner were together to present to the audience and TV viewers the exclusive sneak peek of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn." Now that was an entertaining movie trailer. It even got me interested in the hoopla.

It seemed like it was the Pattinson and "Twilight" Movie Awards instead of MTV. RPattz and KStew may look great in the "Twilight" films and on magazine covers, but, as far as giving acceptance speeches or presenting, they are as exciting as paint drying. Lautner gave the acceptance speech for the cast and crew when they won Best Movie. Lautner is definitely the articulate one of the three actors from "Twilight."

Find out who all the nominees were and who else won besides "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and Pattinson. Here's a full list of winners (along with the nominees):

Best Movie
"Black Swan"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
"Inception"
"The Social Network"
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Best Male Performance
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Zac Efron, "Charlie St. Cloud"

Best Female Performance
Emma Stone, "Easy A"
Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Jennifer Aniston, "Just Go With It"
Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"

Best Comedic Performance
Adam Sandler, "Just Go With It"
Ashton Kutcher, "No Strings Attached"
Emma Stone, "Easy A"
Russell Brand, "Get Him to the Greek"
Zach Galifianakis, "Due Date"

Best Breakout Star
Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"
Chloe Grace Moretz, "Kick-Ass"
Hailee Steinfield, "True Grit"
Jay Chou, "The Green Hornet"
Olivia Wilde, "Tron: Legacy"

Best Line From A Movie
"I want to get chocolate-wasted!" '" Alexys Nycole Sanchez, "Grown Ups"
"There's a higher power that will judge you for your indecency." "Tom Cruise?" '" Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone, "Easy A"
"If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook." '" Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
"...A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?" "A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up." '" Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling." '" Tom Hardy, "Inception"

Best Scared-As-[Expletive] Performance
Ashley Bell, "The Last Exorcism"
Ellen Page, "Inception"
Jessica Szohr, "Piranha 3D"
Minka Kelly, "The Roommate"
Ryan Reynolds, "Buried"

Biggest Bad[expletive] Star
Alex Pettyfer
Chloe Grace Moretz
Jaden Smith
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Robert Downey Jr.

Best Villain
Christoph Waltz, "The Green Hornet"
Leighton Meester, "The Roommate"
Mickey Rourker, "Iron Man 2"
Ned Beatty, "Toy Story 3'
Tom Felton, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Justin Bieber, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never"
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, "Inception"
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Steve-O, "Jackass 3D"

Best Fight
Amy Adams vs. The Sisters, "The Fighter"
Chloe Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong, "Kiss-Ass"
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker, "Inception"
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Best Kiss
Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "Inception"
Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"

SOURCES:

2011 MTV Movie Awards, MTV.com

Archana Ram. "MTV Movie Awards 2011: Tell Us What You Think!", PopWatch-EW.com

Anthony Venutolo, "MTV Movie Awards 2011: The Complete Winners List", NJ.com

Sarah Anne Hughes, "2011 MTV Movie Awards: 'Twilight,' Natalie Portman and all the nominees", Celebritology 2.0 - The Washington Post