I watched the MTV Movie Awards tonight, and unlike the epic failure that was last year's Music Video Awards, this show was pretty enjoyable and entertaining. There were a few things I didn't understand -- for instance, why Usher was in every other commercial (seems a bit extreme even for album promotion), why National Treasure: Book of Secrets and American Gangster were nominated for several awards (doesn't seem like the MTV demographic), or why Transformers won Best Movie of the Year (I know it's fan-voted, but really? People preferred that over the last Pirates of the Caribbean and Juno?).

Regardless, the movies and people who win the awards are generally just the supporting act to the other shenanigans of the show. I did like Mike Myers as the shamelessly promoting host (even though I have serious doubts about the hilarity of The Love Guru) and his skits were great. The former porn star's catering service? The animal wrangler with a right hoof instead of a hand? Oh shit, a Wayne's World skit with Dana Carvey? Hell, yeah!

And the "Tropic Thunder Viral Video" slayed me. Slayed me. Apparently, I'm still a sucker for seeing a dude get his junk pounded in a variety of crazy ways. Since I first read about the movie a few months ago, I've been hyped for Tropic Thunder, but even moreso after seeing the way Stiller, Black, & Downey Jr. interacted in this and other promos (re: the "Gladys Knight & the Pips" skit they did on the American Idol finale last week). It looks absolutely hysterical.

Finally, other thoughts: Wow, Megan "It's gonna be fuckin' badass!" Fox. You're one unclassy chick. Wow, Johnny "Ageless" Depp, you look amazing. And wow, Adam "Man-boy" Sandler, I can't believe you've made a really lucrative career out of being an obnoxious jackass, but more power to you. If only we could all be so lucky.