Awards season is in full swing...

...and all we can say is "eh." Is anyone else just pretty bored by the movies and subsequent awards this year? I mean, don't get me wrong, there have been some really good movies this year. I will have no trouble making a top ten (other than my normal issue of keeping it to ten). but there have been very few that i have died for, that i've just walked out of the theater having been completely enraptured. i normally have at least a couple of those experiences over a movie season, but I'm running out of things to watch. which is issue number one.

Issue number two is that there is no suspense. you've already heard my rant about The Social Network. I can't see any movie beating it at the Oscars, and that just bums me out. But it's also the acting categories. Can anyone beat Firth or Portman? I don't think so. (a different question than should anyone beat Firth or Portman- I was the biggest Firth supporter of all last year because he was phenomenal in A Single Man, and, while he's great in The King's Speech, I do believe Franco's better; and don't even get me started on Michelle Williams). Do Bale and Melissa Leo have it wrapped up for the supporting awards? The only big category where there's really suspense is Original Screenplay, because, frankly, The Social Network can only win for Adapted.

Does any of this mean that we weren't glued to the TV for the Golden Globes (freaking out over a technical glitch that delayed our watching) or that I won't be getting my ass up at 5:30am tomorrow to see the Oscar nominations announced live? No. But I'm not a normal movie watcher.

As far as the Golden Globes went, I think my sister put it perfectly in an e-mail to the 3pies4rolls crew: "have you two been seeing all of the stuff people have been writing about how ricky gervais went too far at the GGs? i wonder what it says about me that instead of thinking that i kinda thought he was boring." Agreed, Nanc. It was just all a bit yawnsville.

There were some highlights. my two favorite parts of the evening:




But, I mean, even the fashion was boring:


le sigh... I suppose this just means the Oscars will seem that much more awesome by comparison. Keeping my fingers crossed for some twists!

Imma let you finish...

Man, could the VMA's have been more yawnsville? They really made me miss old interrupting Kanye.

The highlight of the evening was BY FAR Lady Gaga's red-carpet walk with former members of the military who had been discharged or resigned in protest due to Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Once I find video of her interview I'll put it up here, but it was definitely the most awesome moment.



Normally the VMA's at least deliver on performances (hello Beyonce last year or gaga and Elton John), but even those were letdowns this year (I mean, beiber? Taylor Swift singing a song about Kanye that I kept hoping was a joke (no, really)? linkin park?). The stage was awesome, and well used by Usher and Kanye (who, yes, is self-important enough to sing a song about douchebags), but otherwise there was not much to talk about.

The one performance I did really enjoy was Eminem's (next to Kanye, that guy looks downright humble and self-reflective these days, doesn't he?):

2010 MTV Video Music Awards - More VMA Video

Usher's performance (MTV is not letting me embed here, but here's the link) was my other favorite, because at least it was entertaining to watch, even if I do find him pretty boring overall (and we have him to blame for unleashing the biebs on us).

and speaking of horrifying things unleashed on us (cough, cough, ke$ha, cough, cough), this happened:



By the way, our Emmy coverage was rather absent this year, as it coincided with vacation time (what do you want from us?), so it deserves a mention as well. While, again, not a ton to write home about, at least that show had a killer opening (plus Jimmy Fallon, who always makes me happy):