Quick Hits on the MTV Movie Awards

I know I shouldn't get worked up over a ceremony as trivial as the MTV Movie Awards, but I couldn't help but have these observations on the show:

* I'm awfully impressed at how quickly and thoroghly Justin Timberlake has learned ebonics over the past 18 months.
* I hate how movie stars do the whole "let's plug our upcoming movie by making fun of movie-plugging" bit. It's not clever and it's still shameless.
* Watching 50 Cent's labored, uninspired performance reminds me of why I'm almost always disappointed when I go to rap concerts. I'm not a huge fan of live music in general, but rap in particular is a genre best heard on record. It's just impossible for live performers to rap as coherently, quickly or audibly as they do in a studio.
* Speaking of 50's performance, I laughed out loud when his backup dancers started firing the fake guns. And I'm surprised MTV actually allowed that.
* I can't for the life of me understand why MTV is bringing back "The Tom Green Show." I have never met anyone who thinks he's funny.
* I love that Mariah Carey is still catching shit for doing Glitter.
* I wish they would get rid of those little intro vignettes they have before they list the nominees. Every year they get more random, more time-consuming and more annoying.
* Vince Vaughn is underrated as a comedian.
* There really should be an age limit for people who appear on this show. Watching Harrison Ford, George Lucas and Queen Latifah up there is embarrising for all of us.
* On the other hand, it appears that Demi Moore has caught the reverse-aging gene made famous by Janet Jackson. (Or maybe she has a really good plastic surgeon).
* How come MTV never explains how the winners are determined? It's the same thing with the Video Music Awards-- notice how the winners never thank anyone specifically. Are the winners just picked by a roomful of network execs?