This past Monday, the pre-taped MTV Movie & TV Awards aired, and it was a pretty decent time. Sure, there were some cringe-worthy moments, but would it be MTV if there weren’t any? Since adding television in the same categories as movies a few years back, the categories just seem like they’re missing quality performances, but this is all about what the fans like, so I suppose I can’t be too critical. Either way, there seemed to be a nice mix of winners between the two mediums.
The biggest winner of the night was Avengers: Endgame, taking home Best Movie, Best Hero, and Best Villain, which it honestly deserved. Other no-brainer wins came from Games of Thrones and “Shallow” for Best Song from A Star is Born. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before got a lot of love (pun intended), too, for Best Kiss and Best Breakthrough Performance for Noah Centineo. That movie checked all the rom-com boxes for me when it came out, so I was very pleased!
The MTV Movie & TV awards also has its fair share of “serious” awards, but nothing about this awards show is serious in my personal opinion, so I think in the future they should drop the Best Documentary and Best Real Life Hero categories. Bring back Best WTF Moment! The Generation and Trailblazer awards are also a little ambitious, but they pick the right stars for those awards; this year’s recipients were Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jada Pinkett Smith, respectively.
Host for the night’s events was Shazam! star Zachary Levi. Being that he is a man-child, he was the perfect host, despite those long-winded Game of Thrones and Us spoofs. I was a fan of the eclectic mix of presenters for the evening, with my personal favorite being Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lych, and Gavin Leatherwood from the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Bazzi and Lizzo were the musical performances of the night, and Lizzo absolutely killed it! She threw in a little Sister Act tribute to her performance of her hit “Juice.”
Being an MTV junkie most of the time, I will never not watch their awards shows, no matter the shortcomings! I’ve seen that there was a pretty steep drop in viewership, which is the case across the board for all awards shows, so I will be interested to see how they pique interest for the VMAs later this year.