MTV Movie Awards Get Dirty

[kidd]

MTV Movie Awards Get Dirty: Baron Cohen, Ferrell Mash; Rihanna Sizzles; Silverman Says 'Bleep!'

Show was less about awards and more about moments.

By James Montgomery

By now, you know the formula for the typical Hollywood awards show: Take a red carpet, add some diamond-encrusted dresses, a few golden statuettes and a handful of fairly awkward political appeals and/or acceptance speeches, bake for four-plus hours, sit back and try to enjoy.

By that standard — or any standard, for that matter — the 2007 MTV Movie Awards were not your typical glitzy soiree (though Jack Nicholson was there, front and center and randy as ever). Rather, they were a wonderfully profane, incredibly irreverent goof on the staid Hollywood system, a full-blown, Spartan-esque assault led by potty-mouthed host Sarah Silverman and bolstered by a whole lot of jaw-dropping, sure-to-be blogged-about moments.

Like, for example, a skin-crawlingly awkward Paris-Hilton-goes-to-jail joke lobbed by Miss Silverman during her opening monologue that was met with silence from Hilton (see "Paris Hilton Talks About Jail: 'I'm Obviously A Little Scared' ") and a whole lot of catcalls from the audience. (Note: this probably marked the first time in history that a majority of the U.S. population felt sorry for Paris Hilton — for a few seconds, anyway.)

Or the aforementioned Nicholson, who ambled up to accept his award for Best Villain and delivered a rambling, raspy-voiced acceptance speech that included a shout-out to Martin Scorsese, a nod to our troops overseas and a solidly placed F-bomb.

(Watch Nicholson and Silverman give the censors a workout and Rihanna and Jay-Z heat up the stage in this Movie Awards recap.)

Oh yeah: There were awards too! They were given out almost, it would seem, as a respite from the profanity ("It's live TV! Everybody curse!"). Fans of pirates had plenty to be happy about: "Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest" took home the Golden Popcorn for Best Movie. Johnny Depp — looking Oscars above the waist (smooth sportcoat) and "21 Jump Street" below (ratty flannel knotted on his hips) — won the Best Performance award for his turn as the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow.

Sacha Baron Cohen won a pair of awards, for Best Comedic Performance and Best Kiss — the latter a victory he shared with his "Talladega Nights" co-star Will Ferrell in a sensual, beard-on-beard smooch that quickly evolved into a serious grappling session that rivaled anything in "300."

And speaking of those shirtless Spartans, "300" star Gerard Butler scored the award for Best Fight thanks to his mind-blowing battle against the Uber Immortal.

Other than that, "300" — which went into the night with more nominations (five) than any other film — came up short. But honestly, perhaps the biggest success of the Movie Awards was that they managed to make the event less about the awards and more about the electric charge you get when you pack a bunch of ready-to-party stars into a room, throw in the irreverent Silverman and add pair of high-profile musical performers to spice things up.

Rihanna and Jay-Z delivered a muscled-up version of her summertime smash "Umbrella" — all showers of sparks, power chords, synth stabs and (you guessed it) a pink umbrella or eight, with Rihanna herself heating things up in her patent-leather summer finest.

Later, Amy Winehouse vamped and amped her way through the strangely timely (given the sheer amount of jokes on the topic during the show) "Rehab," her beehive reaching epic heights and her attitude cutting through the sheer star-power in the house. Josh Duhamel and Fergie were seen singing along on camera.

Hot as those performances were, the evening was more about moments. Like a pair of appearances by Bruce Willis (who had censors on edge thanks to a lightning-quick "Yippee kay ay, motherf-----"); a hirsute, portly guy in a skin-covered Speedo who forcibly removed those who dared to go long on their acceptance speeches; Robin Williams in an inexplicable kilt; and, uh, Dane Cook?

They were all there — incredibly, gloriously live — and if you missed it, shame on you. Because these were the kinds of things that probably won't be allowed to happen next year. The 2007 MTV Movie Awards proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it doesn't really matter who won or lost — it's more about showing up, loosening up and having a really great time.

And, by that formula, they were a huge success: a big, ballsy, bleeping one.

Here's a list of the show's big winners:

» Best Movie: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
» Best Villain: Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
» Best Performance: Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
» Breakthrough Performance: Jaden Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
» Best Comedic Performance: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
» Best Kiss: Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"
» Best Fight: Gerard Butler vs. the Uber Immortal, "300"
» Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet: "Transformers"

Clip1: MTV Movie Awards 2007 Best Kiss: Will Farrell + Sacha Cohen
Clip2: The Award winning Kiss
Credit: http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/artic...03/story.jhtml

[LuNaR]

omg did u hear wat silverman said to paris hilton? "I heard to make her feel more comfortable in prison the guards are going to paint the bars to look like penises. ... I'm just worried she's going to break her teeth on those things" ahahahah

[kidd]

omg did u hear wat silverman said to paris hilton? "I heard to make her feel more comfortable in prison the guards are going to paint the bars to look like penises. ... I'm just worried she's going to break her teeth on those things" ahahahah

Yeap, I saw that scene. I personally felt the joke was very distasteful. What's worse, Paris Hilton herself was there. If she didn't know Paris was there, her action might still be forgivable. If she knew and still made such a joke, shame on her.

[LuNaR]

hey nothing can go wrong when ur making a joke about paris hilton lol, the crowd were cheering when she made that joke hahahaha

[kidd]

hey nothing can go wrong when ur making a joke about paris hilton lol, the crowd were cheering when she made that joke hahahaha

That doesn't make the joke less distasteful or the person who made it less shameful.

[The_One]

That doesn't make the joke less distasteful or the person who made it less shameful.

I'm guessing you never saw the video Paris made of herself making racist comments. She deserved what was coming to her.

[warlock110]

That doesn't make the joke less distasteful or the person who made it less shameful.

it's call comedy, it ain't funny if someone wasn't hurt.

[Guo Xiang]

It's very distasteful. It's never okay to be laughing over someone else's misfortune.

[kidd]

it's call comedy, it ain't funny if someone wasn't hurt.

You have a very sick sense of humor.

[LuNaR]

I'm guessing you never saw the video Paris made of herself making racist comments. She deserved what was coming to her.

agree ....

[Guo Xiang]

I'm guessing you never saw the video Paris made of herself making racist comments. She deserved what was coming to her.

agree ....

A 'she deserves it' is quite enough, actually. When you guys make remarks of Paris Hilton like that, especially when she's in trouble, it doesn't make you any better than she is.

You don't have to stoop to her level.

[0-0-0]

A 'she deserves it' is quite enough, actually. When you guys make remarks of Paris Hilton like that, especially when she's in trouble, it doesn't make you any better than she is.

she's in trouble... yeah, for thinking she's above the rest of the world and able to buy her way out of anything

it's a bit distasteful since she was there, but i think the world has had enough of that stuck up, racist, b!tch.

[Guo Xiang]

she's in trouble... yeah, for thinking she's above the rest of the world and able to buy her way out of anything

it's a bit distasteful since she was there, but i think the world has had enough of that stuck up, racist, b!tch.

I wonder why people has to even take her so seriously in the first place. I mean, can't you just ignore her and make life happier for yourself?

[fridaythe13th]

I wonder where you guys have been. All of the recent MTV awards, Movie or Music, have been getting very dirty. It is not something new.

[christinatran]

The joke couldn't be any more distasteful than her homemade porn video.

[yearning]

Meh the joke itself is distasteful only because of the content, but I don't care if poor little Paris gets offended. She can go and rot for all I care.

[lilviet_grl8o8]

bleh. i can't believe people actually bother arguing over paris. who cares about her? but, by saying things up like she deserves it & making jokes about her low points just shows that you actually care enough to talk about her...

[Corey]

have no idea who that silverman person is.. but "good on ya" .. that was soo funi about the penises on the bars nd stuff!

johnny depp is awesum! jayden is cute!

[Duke_Darcy]

Corey, you live in Australia? That's ace, I'm 1/2 Aussie. Anyway, I'm glad that Pirates of the Caribbean subject won something. I love At World's End.