MTV Video Music Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)

Directors:

M Pink Christofalo
Mark Stepp

Writer:

Harris Wittels (consultant writer)

Release Date:

9 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Awards Show

Cast

50 Cent	...	Himself
Akon	...	Himself
Lily Allen	...	Herself (archive footage)
Pamela Anderson	...	Herself
Bobby Aronofsky	...	Himself
Adam Bertrand	...	Himself
Mary J. Blige	...	Herself
Bono	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chris Brown	...	Himself
Cee-Lo	...	Himself
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs	...	Himself
Lauren Conrad	...	Herself
Chris Daughtry	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rosario Dawson	...	Herself
Dr. Dre	...	Himself
Shari Emami	...	Reporter
Eve	...	Herself
Fall Out Boy	...	Themselves
Stacy Ferguson	...	Herself (archive footage) (as Fergie)
Foo Fighters	...	Themselves
Megan Fox	...	Herself
Jamie Foxx	...	Himself
Nelly Furtado	...	Herself
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself
David Grohl	...	Himself
Gym Class Heroes	...	Themselves
Bill Hader	...	Himself
Martín Hernández	...	Himself
Keri Hilson
Joshua Homme	...	Himself
Jennifer Hudson	...	Herself
Jay-Z	...	Himself (archive footage)
Justice	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Alicia Keys	...	Herself
Kid Rock	...	Himself
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Herself
Shia LaBeouf	...	Himself
Avril Lavigne	...	Herself (archive footage)
September Day Leach	...	Live Voice Over Announcer (voice)
Tommy Lee	...	Himself
Adam Levine	...	Himself
Linkin Park	...	Themselves
Lil Mama	...	Herself (archive footage)
Daniel Merriweather	...	Himself
Mims	...	Himself (archive footage)
Heidi Montag	...	Herself
Tim Mosley	...	Himself - Performer (as Timbaland)
Nelly	...	Himself
Hayden Panettiere	...	Herself
Peter Bjorn And John	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Whitney Port	...	Herself
Queens of the Stone Age	...	Themselves
Rihanna	...	Herself
Seth Rogen	...	Himself
Mark Ronson	...	Himself
Nicole Scherzinger	...	Herself
Shakira	...	Herself (archive footage)
Sarah Silverman	...	Herself
Britney Spears	...	Herself
Brianna Tatiana	...	Herself
Robin Thicke	...	Himself
T.I.	...	Himself (archive footage)
Justin Timberlake	...	Himself
Carrie Underwood	...	Herself (archive footage)
Caitlin Upton	...	Herself
Peter Wentz	...	Himself
Kanye West	...	Himself
The White Stripes	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Amy Winehouse	...	Herself (archive footage)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Palms Casino Resort - 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Levels Audio Post

Trivia:

The opening act was Britney Spears' much talked about comeback.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Britney's New Look (#12.2)" (2008)

Gimme Less

I too was anxiously awaiting this show, specifically to see Britney perform for the first time in years. While I wouldn't consider myself an actual fan of hers, I do think she's done some great music videos in the past, and some of her recorded songs are good. I've always thought she was a decent performer and I was rooting for her to do good on Sunday night. When the number first started, signaled by "It's Britney, bitch" , I was thinking it boded well, that she was gonna have to back up that brazen statement with a kick-ass rendition of her new song, "Gimme More." That, however, was hardly what followed.

Britney's always been a high-energy performer, with attitude to spare, but none of that was present on Sunday night. It was like she was an amateur, thrown on stage for the first time in front of a huge audience, with all the bright lights, and she just couldn't get a handle on it. The lip-synching was off completely, the dance moves looked, as one critic wrote, "as if they were choreographed for a nursing home" and her choice of outfit was severely misconceived. She would've served herself much better to have worn any one of the outfits her female dancers were sporting, which were not quite as revealing but extremely sexy just the same. She blew this one on every count, although I liked the song itself.

People have been speculating about why this happened, why she would blow her big chance at a "comeback" - I chalk it up, at the bottom line, to the fact that she just doesn't have the mentality it takes to perform at a high level consistently. And along with the mentality comes discipline, which she clearly lacks as well. She's no Madonna, is what I'm saying, although I do think she might still have a shot at at least partially resurrecting her career if she starts hiring people who will give her some seriously honest input. It seems she doesn't want that though, from what I've been reading; she seems to prefer surrounding herself with "yes men" to indulge her obviously insecure nature. I don't see her, as many do, as a victim.

The rest of the show was OK, I guess, if you go for mostly over-indulgent rock and rap stars who really have nothing to say, either on the podium or off stage afterwards. Alicia Keys were great, as always,which was the high point for me. During the last hour, I didn't see it all, I was watching the rerun of "Damages" on Fx.