I’m made no bones about my disinterest in The Golden Globes in the past. But, without fail, I always end up watching them. I don’t know why. It’s not as if there is any intrinsic value to the awards. It’s become my catchphrase of sorts, but truly, who cares what The Hollywood Foreign Press thinks?
I mean, c’mon. Any organization the lumps together the best performances in a musical or comedy can’t be taken seriously.
That said, there were a few surprises last night. Most notably Kate Winslet winning for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Reader AND Best Actress for her role in Revolutionary Road. Usually double nominations cancel each other out. But in this case Winslet proved what many other film fans have been saying for years – she is simple one of the best working actresses around right now.
The genuine emotion she displayed after winning Best Actress almost had me thinking The Golden Globes actually meant something. Now THAT’S acting!
Also quite an upset for Mickey Rourke to sneak a Best Actor trophy out from under Sean Penn. I knew from the trailers that The Wrestler looked special and this confirms it. Although I’m kind of tired of hearing the Rourke “comeback” story. It’s true that he was slumming it in direct-to-DVD crap like Out In Fifity and They Crawl. But he’s been on the comeback trail with more high-profile roles since turning up in Once Upon A Time In Mexico back in 2003.
That’s my opinion anyway.
Rourke’s exchange with The Wrestler’s director Darren Aronofsky during his speech was the only shocking moment of a broadcast that normally prides itself on unscripted moments. Calling Aronofsky a “tough son of a bitch,” the cameras totally caught the autuer jokingly giving Rourke the bird.
I thought that was kind of funny.
Other than that, not much to report. Wall-E for Best Animated was kind of a given, but I was glad to see it happen all the same. Also, kudos to Colin Farrell taking home the Best Actor trophy for his performance in In Bruges. That was a movie both Joe and Gordon were excited about earlier in the year and I never got a chance to see it. Now that it’s on DVD, I want to check it out.
Speaking of Joe and Gordon, don’t forget to tune in to The Triple Feature podcast the three of us host tonight at 9:00 PM CST. I’m sure we’ll be talking about The Golden Globe winners and their chances for Oscar gold in a month.
In the meantime, answer me this: Did you guys watch The Golden Globes this year? What did you think of the broadcast? Did any winners suprise you? Do you think anyone got snubbed? Leave your comments below!
You're approaching it the wrong way. Do you know how The Golden Globes are different from The Oscars? They give the celebrities booze! I like to think of that as my invitation to join the festivities!
THE GOLDEN GLOBES ARE THE BEST AWARDS EVER!
Do you know what’s sad? I’ve heard of none of the winners except Dark Knight – and Wall-E.
To be fair, most of the winners popped up at the end of the year. Well, except for In Bruges which I think was late Spring and Vicky Christina Barcelona which was maybe early Summer. But those were smaller offerigns, not widely seen.
I was pretty surprised by Anna Paquin’s winning over January Jones for best actress in a TV series. Happy to see In Bruges get some recognition, I liked that movie. Other than that, so many of those movies came out in just the last few weeks that I haven’t had a chance to see them.
I was glad to see Slumdog Millionaire sweep most of the big awards. Since they pretty much shut out The Dark Knight from the whole show, at least my other favorite got some love.
I was shocked by Ferrell’s win. Shocked may be overstating it but it did make me look up from my copy of Watchmen to pay attention. I remember all the trailers for In Bruges and thinking about how awesome it looked. It was being billed as some crazy comedy with a midget and Colin Ferrell so I finally caught it on DVD and was caught off guard by the story. You should really check it out Tom. I’d rank it right up there with the Wrestler in terms of quality of movies I’d seen last year.
I was very surprised and happy that Kate Winslet won for both her nominations. She’s an outstanding actress who is always being snubbed for her performances.
Honestly, I was a little surprised by the fact that Heath Ledger won best supporting actor. I thought he did an great job, but just because you’re dead doesn’t guarantee you an award, no matter how good/bad you were. I kinda thought Philip Seymour Hoffman would get it.
Also I was very happy that Jeremy Piven DID NOT win for best supporting actor. I’m kind of tired of him always winning when quiet frankly, Neil Patrick Harris deserves it much more (Rain Wilson too).
I was ridiculously happy to see In Bruges win for something, anything, and I’m really glad Slumdog did so well, but I was kind of hoping Benjamin Button would win something, as that is my favorite movie of last year. I honestly don’t know if it was nominated for anything, or if it came out early enough to count, though.