June 7, 2010 9:36 am

VIDEO: Tom Cruise and Jennfier Lopez had a dance-off at the MTV Movie Awards

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Remember when everyone went from loving Tom Cruise to hating him and thinking he was a complete lunatic? The thing most responsible for bringing him back from that abyss was his part in 2008′s “Tropic Thunder” as movie exec Les Grossman. This year, the character was brought back for the MTV Movie Awards and, as you’d expect, he got into a dance-off with Jennifer Lopez.

It’s certainly a fun little gimmick (and I was definitely impressed with some of Tom Cruise cum Grossman’s dance moves), but this little set just reeked a bit of two stars who maxed out in 1999 trying to reclaim some hint of their old glow with performance that would leave people going, “Wow, that is so fresh amidst the usual crap that is the MTV Movie Awards.” That said, if Cruise smashed J-Lo in the back of the head with the cane, and stood tall over her, I’d be cheering. It’s much less charming when a woman pushing 40 who has two kids keeps acting like her booty is the hottest ticket in the building when it’s about as appealing as Little Miss Muffet’s tuffet.