So the the event has finally arrived and I am sitting in a hotel room waiting for day 1 of the San Diego Comic Con to begin. I have spent the last 4 hours going through the program book figuring out which panels I want to attend and what signings I will be standing in line for. I will post fun pictures and videos at the end of each day, but for now this is what the next few days will look like for me.
Thursday, July 21
10am - Megamind screening
1pm - Spotlight: Charlaine Harris
3:30pm - Psych panel
4:45pm - The Expendables panel
5:30pm - Geek Girls Exist panel
10pm - Lost Boys: The Thirst screening and Q&A
Friday, July 22
12:45pm - Big Bang Theory panel
2pm - Bones Panel
3pm - Bite Me ~ vampire themed panel
5pm - Girls Gone Genre panel
5:15pm - True Blood Panel
7:30pm - 30 Days of Night panel
9:25pm - New Brow Art Doc screening
Saturday, July 23
10am - Chuck panel
11am - Leverage Panel
12pm - Fang Girls and Fang Boys panel
3:15pm - Fringe panel
4:15pm - Vampire Diaries panel
5pm - Dark Shadows panel
6:15pm - Human Target panel
7:15pm - Kevin Smith
Sunday, July 24
10am - Castle panel
12pm - Blood, Sweat and Tears YA panel
For this being such a HUGE event for me I cannot wait for the festivities to begin. You can be sure that a ton of fun pictures and many exciting costumes will be commented on beginning tomorrow. If you are here in San Diego I wish you the a very geeky week, and if not I promise I will share all of the excitement as best as I can.
Well I'm off to bed so I'm well rested to geek out tomorrow.
So in preparation for the big event, I recently went through the nominees for this years MTV Movie Awards. I have to admit, I feel a little surprised by a few of the nominees, and even feel as those some great roles have been forgotten. However I do not know what the cut off date is set at for while films can be included for the 2010 awards, and which will be included in the 2011 Movie Awards. After going through the list of nominees is looks like the cut off is April, but if a film was included from the April 2 release weekend, I wonder if next year's Movie Awards will include any other April 2010 releases, or if Kick-Ass has been left in the dust (which I feel would be one of their greatest mistakes).
Well, aside from my own prejudice towards my hopes of Kick-Ass being a part of the nominee list, here are the lists which you can go a vote for your favorites at the MTV Movie Awards website.
BEST KISS
K-Stew and Dakota Fanning -- The Runaways
K-Stew and Rob Pattinson -- Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds -- The Proposal
Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner -- Valentine's Day
Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington -- Avatar
BEST FIGHT
Beyonce vs Ali Larter -- Obsessed
Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs Ryan Reynolds -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Logan Lerman vs Jake Able -- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
Robert Downey Jr vs Mark Strong -- Sherlock Holmes
Sam Worthington vs Stephen Lang -- Avatar
BEST VILLAIN
Christopher Waltz -- Inglorious Basterds
Helena Bonham Carter -- Alice in Wonderland
Ken Jeong -- The Hangover
Stephen Lang -- Avatar
Tom Felton -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
BEST WTF MOMENT
Betty White -- The Proposal (feeling up Sandra Bullock)
Bill Murray -- Zombieland
Isabel Lucas -- Transformers 2 (robotic tongue)
Ken Jeong -- The Hangover (jumped out of trunk naked into Bradley Cooper's face)
Megan Fox -- Jeniffer's Body (projectile vomit)
BIGGEST BADASS STAR
Angelina Jolie -- Wanted
Channing Tatum -- G.I. Joe
Chris Pine -- Star Trek
Rain -- Ninja Assassin
Sam Worthington -- Clash of the Titans
BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
Alison Loman -- Drag me to Hell
Amanda Seyfried -- Jennifer's Body
Jesse Eisenberg -- Zombieland
Katie Featerston -- Paranormal Activity
Sharlto Copley -- District 9
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Anna Kendrick -- Up in the Air
Chris Pine -- Star Trek
Gabourey Sidibe -- Precious
Logan Lermon -- Percey Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
Quinton Aaron -- The Blind Side
Zach Galifianakis -- The Hangover
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Amanda Seyfried -- Dear John
Emma Watson -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Kristen Stewart -- Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sandra Bullock -- The Blind Side
Zoe Saldana -- Avatar
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Channing Tatum -- Dear John
Daniel Radcliffe -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Robert Pattinson -- Twilight Saga: New Moon
Taylor Lautner -- Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zac Efron -- 17 Again
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Ben Stiller -- Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian
Bradley Cooper -- The Hangover
Ryan Reynolds -- The Proposal
Sandra Bullock -- The Proposal
Zac Galifianakis -- The Hangover
GLOBAL SUPERSTAR
Daniel Radcliffe
Johnny Depp
Kristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
BEST MOVIE
Alice in Wonderland
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hangover
Twilight Saga: New Moon
Right now it is thought that the main competition is between Twilight and Avatar, but who do you think will take home the Popcorn? Is there a star you are looking forward to seeing either on the red carpet or during the show? With all of the MTV talent and other HOT celebrity talent the will be making their way to the Universal Studios backlot this Sunday I have to admit, I'm looking forward to see Shaun White, Adam Sandler, Anna Kendrick and Chris Rock. As far as winners go, I'm hoping that Twilight shares the wealth a little with some of the other nominees but if they do sweep the show lets just hope Kristen Stewart can hold on to her award this year.
We only have 3 days before the big event, so tune in to MTV Sunday night at 8pm ET/PT to watch find out who will take home the most Popcorn.And if you have not done so already, go to the Movie Awards home page and Vote for who you'd like to see win. Voting ends Saturday, June 5 so hurry and click the link below to cast your votes.
I never thought a film could make me feel like such a sell out. Truth is, I had a hard enough time trying to sit through the film that started it all, but now with the sequel soon hitting theaters I am dumbfounded as to why I even thought Aldus Snow could redeem himself. Get Him to the Greek feels like a cheap knock off in comparison to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and yet with all of the "names" in the film I can't believe a story like this could even be made. Don't get me wrong, I love Russell brand. I love his stand-up and I love what he did with the VMAs as the host two years in a row. My problem with this film is that it was just straight up sell out. But I can be sure on what end is the cause.
Is it for the fact that "Diddy" is involve? Is it because MTV Networks has branded itself all over the film? Is it because I was the only person in the theater that actually laughed when Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) made a cameo appearance during a British bar scene and Jonah Hill pulled out a Harry Potter joke, which sadly was the funniest joke in the entire film. Unfortunately there was so much wrong with the film that I feel like it just sold itself out to be the biggest joke in the world. From the opening scenes of "mockumentary", with TMZ, tabloid, and other popular forms of entertainment news covering the rise and fall of the "rock star" we would soon be following. With clips of MTV News interviews shot in the building and straight through to the "happy ending" with a Vh1 Storytellers, I cannot stop myself from questioning who owed who a favor. Is it a desperate ploy to try and rake in bucks off a film that "has potential"? And I don't care if Diddy is just playing himself, had I known he was a part of the project prior to the screening I would not have wasted my time, no matter how much I enjoy watching Brand make a complete fool of himself on screen. (Russell I am sorry for that comment but I cannot help it in this instance.).
If you really want to watch a "has been rocker story" stay home and watch the real thing for free. Get Him To The Greek is a complete waist of time and money. I give this flick a 1 out of 5.
