MTV Movie Awards 2011

The MTV Movie Awards were last week and in true fashion I'm posting a blog about my favorite outfits :)

Selena Gomez

I think she looks really pretty, but the dress is just ok for me.

Mila Kunis

Again, she looks cute, but the outfit is just ok. Kinda boring.

Leighton Meester

I like this outfit, but I'm pretty sure it's the same one that J.Lo wore to another awards show this year already.

Chelsey Handler

Simple, but cute

Cameron Diaz

Kinda boring. At least it's not a bad outft.

Katie Cassidy

I like this dress, but not really for the MTV awards. It's like a summer dress.

Brooklyn Decker

I love this dress, but it doesn't really show her shape and I don't really like her hair.

Worsts

Amanda Bynes

Her shoes are a weird color for the dress. They cut off her legs and make her look stubby. The clutch doesn't match. And her boobs look really funny. Not a great look.

Jessica Szohr

This is seriously so bad. Why would you buy this? As point out on "Fashion Police", it looks like a uterus and ovaries...where they should be...

Nicki Minaj

She is so terrible. That's all.

Elle Fanning

I just don't like this. Not a fan of the pattern or the style for this awards show.

Crystal Reed

I just don't know what is going on here. There is way too much going on with the shoes and the flowers, and the poof...

Nikki Reed

What in the world is up with the sheer pants? Yuck

Bests

Emma Watson

I think she has the best style. She always looks so cute. I love the sleeves on this dress.

Reese Witherspoon

She always looks good. Fun dress.

Rosie Huntington

I love this dress for this show. So fun.

Nina Dobrev

I love this dress and fits her so well. I like her hair a lot too.

Kristen Stewart

I love this dress on her. Usually I don't like her outfits, but she looks so cute here!

Blake Lively

So simple, but so put together. Love it. Love the color.

Emma Stone

I love. That's all. My favorite.

Oscars After Parties

Ok I figured I'd post about the after parties too, because most of the outfits I saw I did NOT love...really? have fun, but still look good people!

Madonna

ohmigosh I want to hurl. I know it's Madonna, but it doesn't make it ok. Yeah she looks better than when Britney did something like this, but still...just say no.

Jessica Biel

I thought she looked really good. I just liked this dress. Nothing bad to say.

Emma Stone

This picture she looks cute in...but I don't like her dress. And in the next one...she does not. Plus you can see more of the dress. I hate the weird train thing it has on the back and it's just too busy or something.

Heidi Klum

I think I would like this if it was a short dress. But it's too much as a long dress.

Cameron Diaz

This is ok, but I don't love the ruffle. I like that it's just fun though.

Gwyneth Paltrow

I thought she would have changed :( I think it looks good on her though.

Selena and Biebs

They look like they're going to prom, but I think they both look really good. Her dress is so pretty on her. I love the color against her hair.

Lea Michele

I really like this dress, but it's heavy on her. For an after party I would have worn something shorter and more fun. I do really like her hair and make up though.

Kim Kardashian

I like this dress a lot. I think it looks really good on her. But again I think she looks too dressed up or something. I would have worn a lighter material if I was wearing a long dress.

Chace and Emma

I love this. I think she is one of the best dressed for the after parties. I love the detail.

Taylor Swift

Loved her dress. Thought it was perfect. Short and fun, glitter, shoes matched perfect....so good!

THE HOLIDAY

The Holiday is a romantic fantasy, with a great cast, including Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law in what may be his best romantic performance, Jack Black in his first romantic role, and Eli Wallach, still spry at 90.

WARNING -- This post contains SPOILERS.

OK... it's not like any great secrets are going to be revealed... but the film depends in part on little surprises, so any information about the film may be more than you want to know before you see this film.

If you don't read on, then you should just know that in addition to being a romantic fantasy with an attractive cast and a first rate romantic-fantasy writer-director, the disk contains a first rate commentary by the writer-director, Nancy Meyers, on both the writing and directing.

SPOILERS BELOW

The Holiday is a romantic fantasy, where the great men are loving single dads... or sensitive composers who write a theme just for you... or cute old men as helpless and adoring as puppies; and the not-so-great men look terrific and talk seductively, but sleep with or even marry other (younger!) women. As for the women, they work hard, live in the most beautiful houses in LA or country England (all alone after they are betrayed by their men), and are miserable, trapped, insecure, and confused; yet potentially, happy, free, independent, confident, loving and lovable.

The film contains laughs and chuckles. It has some little surprises. It is well acted, nicely directed and even believable (insofar as possible). And of course it ends well.

It does not have great laughs, biting wit, deep insights into the human condition, or brilliant intensity. It's not that kind of film.

What the DVD does have is an extremely good commentary by Nancy Meyers. (It also has a "making the film," film which has a very interesting description of the English locations, but suffers from too many "he's great", "she's great", "he's so funny", "she's so funny" "interviews.") Meyers discusses in great detail the decisions that went into writing and directing the film, including the casting process, the choice of music, costuming, sets, and so on. As with most commentaries, it is very interesting to observe what is talked about and what is not discussed. Here, it is the details that concern her, not a discussion of the whole concept of the film -- the fact that she is making a romantic fantasy about real people (something slightly different from a romantic comedy about real people -- eg Clueless or Sleepless in Seattle -- or a romantic fantasy about fabulous people-- eg Pretty Woman). The slender reality of the basic premise holds together, I suspect, because of the richness of detail described so well in the commentary. So many of the details she mentions are so subtle they are almost subliminal, and almost impossible to notice explicitly if you have not been clue'd into them, yet they do seem to really help ground the film.

A pleasant movie, probably best around a fireplace with popcorn during the winter holidays... Yes, it probably will make for seasonal repeat performances on television -- one of the perks of using "holiday" in the title. And it is not by accident that the movie ends with Kate Winslet, just barely audible as the camera pulls back from the cute country cottage where all the principal characters are having a party, saying, "Happy New Year!"