The Golden Globes

[MeanJoePhaser]

Aka the awards given out by people who don't exist. Hollywood Foriegn Press Association! Ha! Might as well claim it's the gnomes and elves.

WINNER FOR BEST PIXAR MOVIE...and the award goes to UP!

 

[Winged Victory]

I'm just relieved that Michael C. Hall finally won an award for "Dexter"--it was about time!

 

[Kira's Mom]

James Cameron just won Best Director for Avatar. Titanic all over again...flashy effects beat out great stories again. That sucks.

 

[Data Holmes]

James Cameron just won Best Director for Avatar. Titanic all over again...flashy effects beat out great stories again. That sucks.

Which did you want to win?

 

[Kira's Mom]

^Hurt Locker.

 

[Data Holmes]

^Hurt Locker.

I've heard mixed reviews about that one, but I still need to see it myself at some point. Besides, isn't direction more about the visual aspect, where as writing is more about the story.

 

[Michael Chris]

YAY for GLEE!!!

 

[Data Holmes]

Yay for Bridges...

 

[Kira's Mom]

^Hurt Locker.

I've heard mixed reviews about that one, but I still need to see it myself at some point. Besides, isn't direction more about the visual aspect, where as writing is more about the story.

Direction is about the whole package- not just the look. Writers and actors can only do so much...they need a good director!

Yay for Jeff Bridges, maybe he will finally win an Oscar (though I was rooting for Colin Firth).

 

[ancientone51]

Happy for several here...Glee, Downey, Bullock and Streep.

Nice second half in my opinion.

 

[Samurai8472]

Yay for Bridges...

Obadiah Stane and Tony Stark win in one night. How cool is that.

 

[I am not Spock]

It's all a big popularity contest. Cameron wins for Avatar... what a surprise. At least now that means the big studios might greenlight more science fiction movies.

I was pleased for Downey Jr, though.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

^^

You're correct, it is a popularity contest.

However:

Yay for Mo'nique....Jeff Bridges...Michael Giacchino....(and Drew Barrymore even won an award!)

I'm not watching the awards; actually, I caught the list on IMDB...

I really should be studying anyhow.

 

[chrisspringob]

Avatar has some serious mo' for the Oscars, and Up in the Air seems to be stalling out. I wouldn't be surprised if both best picture and best director at the Oscars comes down to Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker. Which would be ironic since James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow (directors of said films) were once married to each other.

 

[Samurai8472]

The only two globes, the two reasons to watch this show



Drop dead gorgeous

 

[Kegg]

^Hurt Locker.

Not that the direction wasn't good, but it did feel a little like every indie film about the war; the gritty, real look and so on.

I would have been fine with it winning (or Avatar, truthfully, as it is something of a directorial achievement as far as that flashiness goes) but neither really would have been my pick for best director.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Loved that RDJ won. His Holmes was a lively take on the iconic character, and I definitely enjoyed his performance the most out of those in that category.

Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique get more unstoppable each day (not undeservedly; they were both terrific).

On The Hangover, it winning is unusual, but I'd call it legitimate. If you're going to have a "Best Comedy [or musical, but that's a pretty small genre these days]" prize, you should be prepared to recognize one of the dominant forms of comedy. Doing The Hangover well requires just as much art, in its own way, as a highbrow comedy (as proof, just look at how many films do lowbrow comedy wrong).

 

[auntiehill]

I'm just happy that Dexter got recognized. Both Lithgow and Hall deserved their awards.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

The only two globes, the two reasons to watch this show



Drop dead gorgeous

ah yes Miss Joan Holloway played by the stunningly curvy Christina Hendricks

kudos to Mad Men again, Glee, Michael C Hall and surprisingly The Hangover, I personally thought Inglorious Basterds, Hurt Locker, and Up in the Air were better films than Avatar

we'll see how the oscars go

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Cameron deserves all the awards they can give him for Avatar. Certainly in terms of movie history it may as well have been the only movie released this year.