MTV Movie Awards 2014 Round-Up

Hello again blogosphere! Excitingly, today marks the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, which are always pretty awesome. They tend to be more entertaining than your standard, drawn-out award show (which I still love), so that's a bonus. And once again, I'll be blogging live as I watch it, so who knows what will happen? Things could get super cray pretty soon. I guess you'll just have to wait and see . . .

Best and Worst Dressed

The time has come again for me to become majorly judgemental (but let's face it, when am I not?). Saving the worst for last, let's start with the people on my best dressed list.

Best Dressed

Bella Thorne

Sure, I'm not the biggest fan of 'Shake It Up' (or a fan of it at all by any stretch of the imagination), nor do I like anything that Disney Channel's been pumping out for about the last 5 years, but I have to say, Bella Thorne looks pretty awesome. She's wearing Versace, so you know, you'd hope it was nice, but I seriously love this. The colour's awesome, and the style of it's a bit different, which I have to say most definitely works well. 

Nicki Minaj

I know, I'm surprised by this too. Again, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of her or anything, but I have to admit, besides the fact she looks about as happy to be there as Grumpy Cat, she looks super awesome. With Nicki Minaj you honestly never know what she'll rock up in (there have been some train wrecks in the past), but this time, she really dressed to impress. It's classy, it's a bit glam, and she looks awesome. That to me is a quality dress. 

Victoria Justice

I seriously really like this. Apparently, Victoria's been getting some mixed reviews on her MTV Movie Awards ensemble, but I have to say, I think she looked awesome (hence her place on my list). First off, she came in pink, how could that not be amazing? It's got kind of an unusual pattern going on which I really love, the sparkly accessories just finish it off really nicely. What can I say? She rocked it.

Jessica Alba

Although this wasn't terribly fancy, I have to say, I like what Jessica Alba managed to pull together. Let's face it, if you're going to dress down at an award show, the MTV Movie Awards are the one to pick. I like the lemon colour of the skirt, and you can't go wrong with a crop top, high waisted skirt combo. She looked pretty and what she wore was suitable for the event, so that in my books is a winner.

Debby Ryan

Also rocking black at the awards was Debby Ryan. Once again, it seems that a newbie Disney star whom I'm not very familiar with has made it onto the list (although I have to admit, I did used to watch 'The Suite Life on Deck' way back in 2009). And I have to say, she looks pretty awesome. It's sleek, it's elegant and looks great. What is there to fault? 

Worst Dressed

Lupita Nyong'o

I'm sorry Lupita, I really am. It seems that everyone on the internet really loved this outfit, but I'm sorry, I just don't at all. The top of it looks a bit like the debris left over from an explosion at M&M World, while the bottom looks the colour swatches you'd find stuffed at the bottom of an interior designer's brief case. It's just too confusing, I can't get on board with that. Also, if the dress has a turtle neck, odds are it isn't going to be the best. Hopefully you'll be back to your stylish self in no time Lupita. 

Iggy Azalea

What is this? I honestly don't even know what I'm looking at. This is just one big no from me. Surprisingly, this has actually been on a couple of people's best dressed list, can you believe that?  To me, this dress just looks like a sack of cat vomit (perhaps Grumpy Cat got to her before the show?). It does nothing for her, and the pattern around the top is just off. You think it can't get any worse? Just wait until you get to the shoes. What are those? They look like one of those brick mobile phones from the '80's. This is just a big pile of no. 

Jillian Rose Reed

Unfortunately, I couldn't let my bias get in the way of this one. No matter how much I like 'Awkward', I just couldn't let this horrible dress slide. I don't even know why this image would be put on a dress. What is it even supposed to be anyway? Some sort of sea landscape I suppose. But as someone who has recently just gone on holidays and managed to escape the burden that is geography, this dress offends me on so many levels. Why Jillian why? Maybe you should get some tips from your character Tamara next time you rock up to an award show. 

Kat Graham

What is this? Is it a jumpsuit, is it a weird wrap dress? I just don't know. Whatever it is, it's horrible. It kind of looks like a really bad kimono sort of thing, and I'm just not digging that. What's with the belt? It's strange and unnecessary. Also what is with the random prints? I can see a black and white leopard print, as well as other random monochrome stripes. Whacking on random bits of orange stuff on top of that doesn't make it interesting, it makes it stupid. Just, no. 

Nikki DeLoach

Yet again, it seems another 'Awkward' star has made it onto my worst dressed list. Before we even get to her outfit though, what is she doing? It looks like she took too many laxatives before she left home and just decided to relieve herself in the middle of the red carpet. That is never a good look, ever! She certainly embodies the name of her show in this picture. The dress isn't even actually that bad. Sure, it's totally ill-fitting and looks like a wannabe princess sort of thing, but at least it's not hideous. But seriously, what is going on with her hair? It looks like something a16 year old would have to go to their prom and later regret. It's age inappropriate, and I still can't get over that pose. No, just no. 

The Actual Award Show

The show started, like it always does, with a little video intro. What witty remarks did host Conan O'Brien manage to make in this? Legitimately pretty much none. Why is this you ask? Simply because he hardly even spoke. It was all based around him in a board room with a bunch of random executives trying to come up with something to do for the intro. They then decide upon having a bunch of celebrity cameos (50 to be exact) for no apparent reason. Do these celebrities say anything? Not really. What really sucked was that the only person who got to speak was Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift! She shouldn't be allowed to speak ever, let alone on television. Just because I'm cool and feel like wasting time, the cameos were:

1. Andy Samberg, 2. Seth Rogen, 3. Sarah Silverman, 4. Ice Cube, 5. Elijah Wood, 6. Chris Pratt, 7. Jessica Alba, 8. Ashton Kutcher, 9. Anna Faris, 10. Danny McBride, 11. Ed Helms, 12. Jason Bateman, 13. Lupita Nyong'o 14. Adam Sandler, 15. Russell Crowe, 16. Jennifer Connelly, 17. Emma Watson, 18. Anthony Hopkins, 19. Logan Lerman, 20. Shaun White, 21. Rosario Dawson, 22. Willie Nelson, 23. Blake Griffin, 24. Taylor Swift, 25. Martin Scorsese, 26. James Franco, 27. Paul Rudd, 28. Aziz Ansari, 29. Grumpy Cat, 30. Carrie Brownstein, 31. Fred Armisen, 32. Skrillex, 33. Demi Moore, 34. Banksy, 35. Tom Arnold, 36. Simon Helberg, 37. Melissa Rauch, 38. Mayim Bialik, 39. Johnny Galecki, 40. Jim Parsons, 41. Kunal Nayyar, 42. Kaley Cuoco, 43. Mindy Kaling, 44. Adam Scott, 45. Ellen Page, 46. Charles Barkley, 47. Jack Nicholson, 48. Katy Perry, 49. Jack White ending predictably with 50. Conan O'Brien

All in all, it was pretty sucky. I mean I guess seeing celebrities is entertaining, but seriously, it gets old very quickly. 

Anyway, he eventually actually made it onto the stage, pyrotechnics in full swing, making jokes about satanic cults. I don't know if it's just me, but I just seriously don't find that guy funny. I've never seen his show, nor will I ever now. Personal opinions aside, it just kind of kept dragging on like that, before finally he broke into a musical number which was all about how he didn't want to do a musical number (because logic is no longer prevalent). The only joke he made that I found vaguely entertaining was when he pointed out that Grumpy Cat got a better seat than Nick Lachey. However, this was probably only due to the fact that it was about Grumpy Cat.

And the Winners are . . .

The Hunger Games

- Movie of the Year

Jennifer Lawrence

- Best Female Performance, The Hunger Game: Catching Fire

Josh Hutcherson

- Best Male Performance, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Will Poulter

- Breakthrough Performance, We're The Millers

Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter

- Best Kiss, We're The Millers

Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs

- Best Fight, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Jonah Hill

- Best Comedic Performance, The Wolf of Wall Street

Zac Efron

- Best Shirtless Performance, That Awkward Moment

Mila Kunis

- Best Villain, Oz The Great and Powerful

Jared Leto

- Best On-Screen Transformation, Dallas Buyers Club

Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson

- Best Musical Moment, This Is The End

Rihanna 

- Best Cameo Performance, This Is The End

Channing Tatum

- Trailblazer Award

MTV Generation Award

- Mark Wahlberg

Musical Performances

Conan O'Brien and Adam DeVine

I talked a bit about their performance before, and I'll say it again, I really don't find Conan funny. Still, the song was okay. When Pitch Perfect's Adam DeVine came to the stage it made it a bit more entertaining, but I have to say, as far as songs about nothing go, this wasn't the best. They legitimately did everything to try and make the audience like it, including randomly whipping out a gospel choir, but still, it just didn't work for me. I'm sorry guys, but you're unfunny song just didn't do it for me. 

Rihanna and Eminem

What can I say? Their performance of 'Monster' was spot on. What I really liked about it was that although Rihanna sounded similar to the recording, she changed it up a bit in the live setting, which is always to be appreciated. Plus, the song's super catchy, so that never hurts. And Eminem, oh my god. I've never heard him perform live before (to be honest, before last year, I don't think I'd ever heard him on a recording, but whatever), and he was honestly so good! I don't know how people can speak that fast and make it sound good. Sure, I've been known to speak a mile a minute, but not in a way that vaguely interests people. All in all, an awesome performance. 

Ellie Goulding and Zedd

This performance was kind of a weird mash-up of two songs that are on the 'Divergent' soundtrack, these being 'Beating Heart' by Ellie Goulding and 'Find You' by Zedd. Weirdly enough though, it wasn't really a mash-up, it was more like two consecutive songs by two different artists (not that I'm judging or anything). So it felt a bit disjointed, but yeah, it was pretty good. I can't really pick out any technical flaws or anything, it was just a bit boring (although that's my weird taste). While relatively enjoyable, it wasn't exactly super entertaining, but I guess it is the MTV Movie Awards, not the Grammy's, so my hopes weren't particularly high.

My Awards

The time has come again for me to dole out my awards for the most epic and memorable moments of the night. Who will win this time? The anticipation must be killing you. 

Biggest Gummy Bear Attack: This one goes to Tyler Posey of 'Teen Wolf'. He ripped into that massive Gummy Bear in the middle of Zedd's performance like there was no tomorrow. 

Most Angry Feline: There's no question that this title deservedly belongs to Grumpy Cat, the clue's in his name! What makes this photo awesome is that it looks like he stole Pharrell William's hat before rocking up to the award show. 

Most Awkward Shirtless Moment: I know this wasn't the intended reaction, but when Rita Ora practically attacked Zac Efron, I was feeling a little uncomfortable. I'm not entirely sure who's to blame for this one, but it's one of those two. It's fitting that Zac's new movie is called 'That Awkward Moment'. 

Best Impersonation by a Canine: This one has to be a tie between doggy Ron Burgundy and doggy George Clooney from 'Gravity'. I honestly don't know why they were even there, but I'm so glad they were. 

Best Bro Moment: This prestigious award goes to Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill when they shared a little sneak attack bro hug that they thought the audience didn't notice. 

Best Acceptance Speech: The lucky recipient of this award is Will Poulter. In his speech, he managed to jokingly talk about dating two women at once, before getting knocked down via text by an 'annoyed' Jennifer Aniston (you had to be there). 

Most Entertaining Joke: Considering Conan's jokes throughout the night were pretty poor, this one goes to Lupita Nyong'o. 

Best Selfie: I had no choice but to give this to Rita Ora, Tyler Posey and a couple of snappily dressed canines. 

So that's the end of my round-up of the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Congratulations, you made it to the finish line! Now this saves you from enduring the torture that is listening to Conan's off-colour, unfunny jokes. Til' next time . . .

Annabel xx

Traits of Sucky Humans

Greeting readers! Because I'm feeling super mean and judgemental today (which you know, is pretty much me everyday), I've decided to pinpoint some of the human qualities which I find severely annoying and off-putting. To be honest, I have a lot of problems with irritating people, so condensing this list is going to be pretty difficult. Hopefully none of these will apply to you (because if they do, I've just lost a whole lot of my audience). Let's get into it . . .

The inability to understand sarcasm

Some people say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, to which I say I agree, sarcastically. I think quite frankly that sarcasm is pretty awesome. Of course you have to master tone and execution, but that just comes with practice. I like to think that I've become quite good at achieving the art of sarcasm if I do say so myself, but that doesn't mean everyone responds to it well. You know when you're just whipping out your extreme sarcasm and people are all 'are you serious?'. No, I am most definitely not serious! I honestly don't even know how to deal with those people. Do I have to alter my speech and speak literally constantly? I actually don't know how I would survive. Maybe I should just throw a TBBT and hold up a sarcasm sign.

Taking things and Never Returning them

Being an only child, you'd think I have some weird, massive aversion to sharing, but no, I do quite a bit of lending. A few pens, some USB's with an abundance of downloads, just the usual. Sure, I'm willing to let people have them for a short period of time, but forever? Now that's just a bit extreme. You know those people who take things and never give them back? That right there is one sucky human. Pens I don't care about that much, but USB's? That's just downright stealing. They contain a lot of gigage (and yes, that's the accurate term) and depending on the size can be quite expensive. Also, how am I supposed to spread the downloads around if one selfish human just steals them? It disturbs the cycle. Being the awkward person that I am, it's not easy for me to ask for them back. Of course, I seriously do want them returned, but you can't just walk up to someone and be all 'I demand you return my property', because that's really lame. It's a fine line that I'm really not prepared to walk. Plus, it's just really annoying. 

Forcing you to be involved

This one's a biggie for me. Sure this can mainly apply to teachers, but you've always got the occasional student pressuring you into joining a team or to put yourself out there. With me, it's sport. Being one of the least athletic people on the planet, let's just say PE and I don't really get along very well. Every lesson, I pretty much just aim to blend in as much as possible and ideally avoid any contact with the ball. I'm the kind of person that will bolt in the other direction if the ball comes towards them, and quite frankly, I'm happy with that. Surprisingly, most teachers just go along with my sporting inability and that's that. Students however? That's a different ball game (sporting pun!). You always get those random few who are all 'come on, participate, we're just going to keep chucking the ball at you so you'll play'. When will people understand that I seriously just want to do nothing? I'm not exactly being subtle about it. 

Randomly Showing Off

I'm all for singing and dancing and acting and all that kinda stuff (obviously), but when people start parading it around? That's when my anger starts coming into play. It's all well and good to be talented, good for you, but seriously, don't start randomly singing full out (unless of course you're trying to start a musical number, in which case I'm all for it and will definitely join in). What really annoys me is when people start to feign ignorance and are all like 'what, I didn't know you were listening'. How could I not be listening, you're singing super loudly in a public place?!? And then there are those people who will just start whipping out some fan kicks and pirouettes and are all 'look at me, I can turn'. Well that's great for them, but maybe save it for the stage. It doesn't just apply for the performing arts, it's legitimately any talent that people have that they decide to display publicly and very arrogantly. So much anger, so much annoyance.

People who are overly emotional about everything

No, don't worry, I'm not a totally callous person, I do feel emotion over some things, but you know those people who are weirdly temperamental and have problems with keeping their emotion in check? They ignite my burning hatred. What really gets to me is when people feel the need to tell you all of their little qualms. Seriously though, I'm not a counsellor, I have no time for your problems! What makes it doubly annoying is if you hardly know this person, and then randomly they start freaking out over something stupid. Here's a tip for life, get over it! Or you know (and I mean this in the nicest way possible), find someone who cares. Next time you'd like to throw a massive, theatrical pity party, please don't send me an invitation.

So that's now the end of my little ranty blog post about society. If any of these traits apply to you, I guess I'm sorry about that.

Hopefully you've found this post vaguely entertaining and not too offensive. Even if you did find it super judgemental, let's hope it was in a way that makes you want to read more and not vibrate with anger. Til' next time . . .

Annabel xx

8 Unanswered Questions from the How I Met Your Mother Series Finale

Hello blogosphere! As you're probably already aware, last week officially marked the end of the beloved sitcom HIMYM forever, and fans were super depressed for a number of reasons, (I'm going to warn you now, this post has many spoiler alerts). In fact, it has been described by many people as a:

Because of the magic that is the internet, I watched the finale pretty soon after it came out. Personally, I quite liked the twist ending, but as with most series finales, there are still a bunch of unanswered questions which will probably annoy me for the rest of my life. I officially warn you for the last time, if you don't want spoiler alerts, stop reading now.

What kind of fatal disease did the Mother die from?

It seems that everyone (including the writers) was so caught up in the fact that the mother had died that no one stopped and realised that we never found out why. I get that she got sick, but is that really all the information we get? Considering Tracy (the mother)'s previous fiancé died from an unknown cause, you'd think we'd at least find out what happened to the character whom the entire show was technically about. The show's named after her! Yet still, no cause of death. I mean, apparently it's some sort of magical disease that in no way alters her physical appearance, because that's totally a thing (insert heavy sarcasm here). I guess it wouldn't really have changed anything if we did know what it was, but it would be nice to find out what mysterious sickness she randomly obtained and how it happened. Perhaps it was their way of keeping some sort of mystery alive? I honestly don't know, but I do know it's annoying. 

How long has this story taken to tell?

I honestly don't even vaguely know what time frame the show occurs in. Originally I'd just assumed that he was telling the kids this story over the course of a couple of hours (which let's face, is still a ridiculously long time for any parent to be talking to their kids). That was until I realised that the kids have gone through two outfits during the time this story has been told. Don't believe me? The evidence is right here. 

They also seem to have been able to buy a new couch and table and rearrange all the pictures in the background, but that's another issue. The only hint we really have is that it was told in 2030, meaning that it could've taken anywhere between 1 and 365 days for Ted to tell this story. That doesn't exactly narrow it down. Could it have taken days maybe? Months even?! We just don't know. I feel so sorry for those kids, listening to their dad rattle on about how he met their mother, which legitimately could've been summed up in one sentence. 'She was the bass player at a wedding I was at'. That's all that was needed! Ugh, the annoyance. 

Who's the mother of Barney's kid and does she care that he's taken it?

Sure, this random girl was referred to as 'Number 31' as a part of Barney's 'Perfect Month', but that doesn't tell us anything. So far, we know it's someone who has the ability to have kids, so that indicates female, but apart from that, I have no clue. Could it truly just be a random? Who knows, maybe it's Quinn? Or Patrice? Or Marshall's cougar ex-professor? Whoever it is though, you'd think they'd mind that Barney totally just stole the kid. Let's look at the facts- Barney scammed a girl, accidentally got her pregnant, complained about it for 9 months, denied being the father in the delivery room and then was all 'I love it, it's mine'. If I were that girl, I wouldn't just hand it over forever to a random guy in a suit, how is that safe? I guess we'll just never know. 

How did the yellow umbrella last so long?

You know the yellow umbrella that they use in like every promo for HIMYM ever? When you think about it, that thing's survived through a lot. Here's what we know- Tracy had it for who knows how long before Ted found it at a St Patrick's Day Parade. He then held on to the umbrella for a few years, used it in a couple of storms, before leaving it at his ex-girlfriend's apartment (who just happened to be Tracy's roommate). Okay, so she somehow has it again, uses it for quite a few years after that, before finally we see it in 2013, working perfectly. What kind of magical umbrella is this? I don't know what the average life-span of an umbrella is, but I'm pretty sure it's not over 9 years. And it's not like it's been cooped up in a corner for ages, it's been used many times! It's probably had more public outings than I have in the past 9 years, how is that fair? 

Why didn't the Mother have a doppelgänger?

If you've stuck out these nine years and have been following HIMYM pretty closely, you'll know that everyone has got their doppelgänger, just look below:

 

You've got Lesbian Robin, Moustache Marshall, Stripper Lily, Mexican Wrestler Ted and Fertility Doctor Barney, but where's Tracy's doppelgänger? That's just a tad unfair. First you kill her off, and now she can't even have a look-a-like, what is this? Having a doppelgänger was like a HIMYM group right of passage. Does that mean the mother was never in their little group at all? Perhaps they were foreshadowing her death? Whatever the answer, I think it's pretty mean that she didn't have a double. 

Do the gang still keep in touch regularly?

Obviously, based on the last scene between Ted and Robin, it seems that those guys have kept in contact, but what about everyone else? The 5 of them practically lived in McLaren's for pretty much 9 years, and now what? I get that they're kinda promoting the message that friends grow apart and all that jazz, but don't you just wish that the magic of television could just ignore that and make them all best buddies forever. I always rely on TV to lie to me, I'm perfectly happy firmly in denial! What will the world come to if Hollywood is, dare I say it, vaguely realistic? It's just too horrible to think about. Does Ted just not have friends anymore? Is he a sad loner who decides to torture his children with ridiculously long stories? We'll never know.

How was Ted allowed back into 'Carmichaels'?

We all know about Ted's little blue French horn fixation, but you'd think by now, so would 'Carmichaels' (the restaurant he keeps stealing it from). He's not only stolen it once, but twice. Every time he feels the need to woo Robin, there it is again. If some maniac kept trying to come in and steal your French horn, wouldn't you be prepared for them to come back and steal it again? To be fair, it was shown once under lock and key, but apparently by the time 2030 rolls around, their standards have slipped. I'm pretty sure he would have to get a lifetime ban, it's been 3 times now, that's ridiculous. Also, what kind of restaurant doesn't change their decor for 25 years? Do they even clean it? That must go against all kinds of OH&S. Still, I guess it's the magic of television, logic is a thing of the past . . .

Seriously, what happened with the pineapple?

I've stuck with this show for so long, yet I still have no idea what happened with the pineapple! In 'The Pineapple Incident', we're all aware that a lot of crazy stuff went down, but what is it all exactly? It's still all a blur to Ted. But seriously, couldn't they have given us a hint? They're driving us crazy! So many conspiracy theories, so little time. Pineapples don't just appear from nowhere, what has life come to? I honestly thought the writers would give the fans a break and be all 'you know what, we killed off the mother, but here's what happened with the pineapple', but no, we don't even get that. Sure, it's kinda fun trying to figure everything that went down, but not if we never get to know! The agony just continues forever now. Even Marshall agrees!

So that's pretty much the end of my post. As much as I've complained, I really liked the 'How I Met Your Mother' finale (despite public opinion). Who knows, maybe all my questions will be answered soon enough considering it's just been revealed that the Season 9 DVD will come with all sorts of extras, including an alternate finale which will supposedly solve all our problems, yay! There may be hope for me yet. Til' next time . . .

Annabel xx