BEST:
- All of the NBC jabs. From everyone.
- The opening jokes from Ricky Gervais about the differences between the British and American Office
- Mo’Nique winning for Precious. Totally deserved it. Her speech was touching also.
- Alec Baldwin winning for 30 Rock
- Ricky Gervais: “I enjoy a drink as much as the next man…Unless the next man is Mel Gibson!”
- Christopher Waltz winning for his performance in Inglourious Basterds
- Martin Scorsese’s cute speech sounding more like a film school lecture than an acceptance speech for a career achievement award
- This tweet from Lizz Winstead of The Daily Show: “James Cameron is looking more and more like Bea Arthur.”
WORST:
- Most of Gervais’ hosting
- Alec Baldwin not being present to accept his award for 30 Rock
- Sandra Bullock winning for The Blind Side over Gabby Sidibe in Precious. Yes, you read that right. SANDRA BULLOCK won over PRECIOUS’s Gabby Sidibe.
- James Cameron winning Best Director and then quoting his own movie in the “Na’vi language”
- The poor layout of the awards ceremony making it difficult for anyone to get up to the front to accept their awards
- Cuing the music for everyone EXCEPT Meryl Streep
- A lack of awards for Inglourious Basterds, which I had expected
- A lack of awards for Precious, which I hadn’t expected
- A lack of George Clooney, just in general
- Chloe Sevigny’s dress, which apparently “got stepped on and ripped,” even though you couldn’t tell a difference because it was kind of a mess
I never regret watching the Globes, but this year I think I enjoyed baking cookies during the show more than I enjoyed the actual awards ceremony itself. (Crunchy fudge cookies, for anyone who’s wondering.)
I don’t know what you’re talkinga bout. Chloe’s dress was flawless.
Signed,
Chloe Sevigny fangirl since 1998
LOL. I figured you’d disagree!
Haha, I agree with everything. (Except I would like to add that Chloe Sevigny herself is kind of a mess.)
I can’t wait until Cameron gets served at the Oscars.
Thanks. And unfortunately, I’m scared he won’t be served anything BUT Oscars at the Oscars…I wish other people and films had the chance to win what they deserve (with Precious, The Hurt Locker, etc.), but I foresee Avatar and James Cameron being the big winners all night. Hopefully the Globes don’t set the precedent for the Oscars TOO much this year.
I agree.I liked Avatar, but I know that the academy LOVES big, theatrical presentations rather than more subtle films. I’m more worried about Best Actress though. Neither Meryl Streep nor Sandra Bullock deserve the award over Gabrielle Sidibe in Precious or Carey Mulligan in An Education.
Yes. A thousand times yes. I was so horrified by the Globes overlooking Sidibe. Ugh. The Academy needs to be smarter than that…I really need for them to give Best Actress to her. It will be glorious!
I love how much flak NBC got during the show for the whole Conan-Leno mess — have you seen the clip of Jimmy Kimmel doing the 10 at 10 on Leno? He just rips into him … it was hilarious, but also kind of … uncomfortable.
Yes, I did see that! It was awesome. Especially because you know Leno brought Kimmel on to rip into HIM for impersonating Leno on his show, but…that totally backfired.