The Golden Globes were handed out yesterday…Idiots would be pleased. Here’s the reults (the person with the little symbols ABOVE their name is the winner):
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Martin Scorsese
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Hurt Locker
Voltage Pictures; Summit Entertainment
Inglourious Basterds
The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate
Up In The Air
Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney – Up In The Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Tobey Maguire – Brothers
Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
(500) Days Of Summer
Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures
It’s Complicated
Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures
Julie & Julia
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Nine
The Weinstein Company/Relativity Media/Lucamar Productions/Marc Platt Productions; The Weinstein Company
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Sandra Bullock – The Proposal
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Julia Roberts – Duplicity
Meryl Streep – It’s Complicated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days Of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penélope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Best Animated Feature Film
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
Coraline
Laika, Inc.; Focus Features
Fantastic Mr. Fox
American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox
The Princess And The Frog
Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Best Foreign Language Film
Baaria (Italy)
The Country of Italy
Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Country of Spain
El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
The Maid (La Nana) (Chile)
The Country of Chile
Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)
The Country of France
Chic Films/Page 114/Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics
The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band – Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte) (Germany)
The Country of Germany
X Filme Creative Pool/Les Films Du Losange/Lucky Red/Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics
Best Director – Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Clint Eastwood – Invictus
Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – District 9
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Nancy Meyers – It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up In The Air
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!
James Horner – Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski – A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell – Where The Wild Things Are
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Cinema Italiano” – Nine
Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston
“I See You” – Avatar
Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen
Lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell
“I Want To Come Home” – Everybody’s Fine
Music & Lyrics By: Paul McCartney
“The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” – Crazy Heart
Music & Lyrics By: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
“Winter” – Brothers
Music By: U2
Lyrics By: Bono
Best Television Series – Drama
Big Love (HBO)
Anima Sola Productions and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions
House (FOX)
Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions
True Blood (HBO)
Your Face Goes Here Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Glenn Close – Damages (FX NETWORK)
January Jones – Mad Men (AMC)
Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Simon Baker – The Mentalist (CBS)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)
Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
30 Rock (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.
Entourage (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Modern Family (ABC)
Twentieth Century Fox Television
The Office (NBC)
Universal Television Studios, Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Courteney Cox – Cougar Town (ABC)
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
Lea Michele – Glee (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)
Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)
Matthew Morrison – Glee (FOX)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Sony Pictures Television
Into The Storm (HBO)
Scott Free and Rainmark Films Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Masterpiece/BBC Co-production
Taking Chance (HBO)
Motion Picture Corporation of America and Civil Dawn Pictures in association with HBO Films
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Joan Allen – Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens (HBO)
Anna Paquin – The Courageous Heart Of Irena (CBS)
Sigourney Weaver – Prayers For Bobby (LIFETIME)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kenneth Branagh – Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Endgame (PBS)
Brendan Gleeson – Into The Storm (HBO)
Jeremy Irons – Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Adams – Hung (HBO)
Rose Byrne – Damages (FX NETWORK)
Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX)
Janet McTeer – Into The Storm (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Emerson – Lost (ABC)
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
William Hurt – Damages (FX NETWORK)
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)
So what a load of garbage eh? I don’t really watch TV so I have no strong opinion one way or the other about the television based awards, but put them here anyways for those who are interested. These award shows, whether they be in the US or elsewhere, are generally crap but sometimes they make the right decisions. I agree with the awards to Scorsese (obviously), Mo’Nique (supporting actress), Christph Waltz (supporting actor), Up (best animation), The White Ribbon (best foreign language. well maybe I would have given it to Broken Embraces), and Jason Reitman (Screenplay). I would say that in those cases teh right call was undoubtedly made. HOWEVER! Avatar being best film?!?!? Maybe best CG but best film? That movie was just special effects, what a crap recycled storyline! I admit that watching it in 3D blew my mind and for that it probably deserves to be the 2nd highest grossing film of all time, but it’s not best film. Jeeeezuz. Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor but how could he get the award for Sherlock Holmes? Sandra Bullock for her crappy football movie? HA! Then James Cameron for best director…Well he made one heck of a visual experience with Avatar nodoubt but….the movie just wasn’t that good. Look what Kathryn Bigelow did with 0.000000001 of the budget Cameron had. Bollocks. What a joke these awards turned out to be. Some were good, but too many of the most important awards just went to some crap popular choice, not real artistry. Balls.
And I’m done.
Wow, I couldn’t have said it better myself. There were a lot of dirty looks that went out to Cameron and the Avatar crew that night by the competing nominees – and rightly so. I think Up should have won best picture if they were going to choose an animated film – that movie alone blew every other life action film that was made this year clear out of the water.
But I don’t really count these things (Golden Globes and Oscars) worth anything anymore – they’re basically just an excuse for Hollywood to shell out awards to the movies that made them the most money that year or continually pat their favorite actors, whom half the public probably doesn’t even know of, on the back. Although, as much as I was routing for Colin Firth to win best actor since it was his first nomination and all, Bridges did deserve some credit for his performance (which I’ve heard is very good) – so kudos to him.
Indeed, I have not seen the Jeff Bridges movie so i cannot say he was good or bad myself but I have heard nothing by rave reviews thus far. I appreciate your taking the time to comment, I thought people were going to come in here and tell me how Avatar blew their mind and was the best movie ever and that I’m crazy. Blew your mind, sure, best movie? Never. I’m not alone!
I concur!!! Bullocks! Hogwash! Peter Pan knickers!!! ( hey…dont judge )
I am with Sanda Bullock tho…That movie made me smile
Peter Pan knickers? you’re a nutter
Jay, i just saw Fantastic Mr Fox (Golden) and Up in the Air (Sweet Dude)
I havent seen Crazy Heart yet….but i am already boo-ing ( Clooney! Clooney! Clooney! )
Are u as suprised as i am that Daniel Day didnt win? He always wins hahahahhaha
Fantastic Mr. Fox is quite a bit of funa nd I’m glad you liked it, as I like anything Wes Anderson makes. I do feel that it is his tamest effort and although I like it a lot in comparison to his other films I don’t think it is as good (which isn’t putting it down because his first couple of movies are my favourite all time) but go figure that Mr. Fox gets him the best reviews of his career. Obviously reviewers (and audiences?) are trite. Now read my reviews on movies…maybe I do the same thing. I saw Brothers on the weekend. meh.