Every end and beginning of the year, we moviegoers focused on awards season. The peak surely and definitely is the Oscars. But before, let’s predict and warm-up with The Golden Globes. What I love about the award, is that they tend to be ‘kinder’ for underrated stars and they also give awards for TV series. What about this year?
Aired yesterday, 11th of January 2015, The 72nd Annual Golden Globes Award was raining with stars. Boyhood won a couple of big categories, like Best Director and Best Drama. But you know, other than the winners, we have expectations and personal opinions on many elements of the show. So, here’s mine :
- I personally love Tina Fey, so I love her being the host (for the third time) with her gal pal and partner-in-crime, Amy Poehler. Would like to see them both in the upcoming movie, Sisters.
- Best acceptance speech : George Clooney, Amy Adams, Patricia Arquette, Maggie Gylenhaal, Michael Keaton, also Common and John Legend
- I personally were more blown away by Birdman than Boyhood, but I do love Richard Linklater’s movies before. When he said that Boyhood is his personal movie, then that explains his commitment to do a movie with 12 years in the making.
- Patricia Arquette deserve the award as well. When I saw her in Boyhood, I thought ‘she’s a great actress. I don’t think she has won anything.’ It’s great that she gets this, hopefully she’ll earn an Oscar too. She depicts all mothers playing the mother in the movie.
- One of her her contenders were Emma Stone (second Globe nomination), loved her in Birdman. I didn’t see Andrew Garfield anywhere near her.
- Maggie Gylenhaal and Jake Gylenhaal were so cute together that night, both talented and wonderful. I’d like to see her in Honorable Woman.
- Michael Keaton is one winner I thought really earn his award. Maybe Birdman couldn’t be so grand without him as the lead (Norton also a great addition, but they are so solid together). It’s good to know his background from his speech.
- No one really surprise if Amy Adams won this year. I still haven’t seen Big Eyes, but the woman have done her homework consistently as a great actress for past years. Her contenders in Best Actress in Comedy or Musical; Emily Blunt (she’s so stunning with her white dress), Helen Mirren (I loved her in A Hundred-Foot Journey), Julianne Moore and (why hasn’t anyone brought up how wonderful a very young girl get this nomination?) Quvenzhané Wallis for Annie.
- One LOL moment was when I read this on twitter about Frances McDormand
- Also, it seems Gone Girl wasn’t amongst the favorite or felt invisible, though have multiple nominations. I don’t think I see David Fincher or other cast, only Rosamund Pike.
- I’m quite happy for Jennifer Anniston for her award (I’m interested to see her in Cake ) though she seem quite tense during the show
- Amongst best joke of the show, was Amy Poehler’s : “Jennifer Aniston is here tonight, nominated for the film Cake. We should explain for the Hollywood people in the room: Cake is like a fluffy desert that people eat on their birthdays … And birthdays are thing people celebrate when they admit that they’ve aged”.
- Again, if Birdman did not won for Best Screenplay, something is wrong
- When I saw Eddie Redmayne in My Week with Marilyn and Les Miserables, I thought how this man surely looks average but humble. He’s quite passionate of doing his work. I have got to see him in The Theory of Everything
- I did not know much of George Clooney’s work behind the camera after I saw him getting the Cecil B. Demille Award. But I can’t believe they only put that scene from Up in The Air. That’s one movie that made me starting to like him, and inspired the blog.
- I loved how Lupita Nyong’O looked geeky by adding glasses in her outfit on stage
- I love three leading cast of Foxcatcher, but it’s a shame seeing how Foxcatcher also missed out some winning. Better luck at Oscars?
- I can’t comment much on TV category, but to say I loved Allison Janney in Mom. I did want to see Normal Heart.
The stunning Emily Blunt
Here are the list of winners to complete this post :
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Best Drama
WINNER: “Boyhood”
“Foxcatcher”
“The Imitation Game”
“Selma”
“The Theory of Everything”
Best Comedy
“Birdman”
WINNER: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Into the Woods”
“Pride”
“St. Vincent”
Best Director
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Ava Duvernay, “Selma”
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”
WINNER: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Actress in a Drama
Jennifer Aniston, “Cake”
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
WINNER: Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Best Actor in a Drama
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”
David Oyelowo, “Selma”
WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
WINNER: Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Bill Murray, “St. Vincent”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Inherent Vice”
Christoph Waltz, “Big Eyes”
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Amy Adams, “Big Eyes”
Emily Blunt, “Into the Woods”
Helen Mirren, “The Hundred-Foot Journey”
Julianne Moore, “Map to the Stars”
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Annie”
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year”
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
WINNER: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”
WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Force Majeure Turist,” Sweden
“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett,” Israel
“Ida,” Poland/Denmark
WINNER: “Leviathan,” Russia
“Tangerines Mandariinid,” Estonia
Best Animated Feature
“Big Hero 6″
“The Book of Life”
“The Boxtrolls”
WINNER: “How to Train Your Dragon 2″
“The Lego Movie”
Best Original Song
“Big Eyes” from “Big Eyes” music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
WINNER: “Glory” from “Selma,” Music and lyrics by John Legend and Common
“Mercy Is” from “Noah,” Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
“Opportunity” from “Annie,” Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
“Yellow Flicker Beat” from “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1,” Music and lyrics by Lorde
Best Score
“The Imitation Game”
WINNER: “The Theory of Everything”
“Gone Girl”
“Birdman”
“Interstellar”
TELEVISION
Best TV Comedy or Musical
“Girls”
“Jane the Virgin”
“Orange Is the New Black”
“Silicon Valley”
WINNER: “Transparent”
Best TV Drama
WINNER: “The Affair”
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Good Wife”
“House of Cards”
Best Actress in a TV Drama
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder”
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
WINNER: Ruth Wilson, “The Affair”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Best Actor in a TV Drama
Clive Owen, “The Knick”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
WINNER: Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
James Spader, “The Blacklist”
Dominic West, “The Affair”
Best Actress in a TV Comedy
Lena Dunham, “Girls”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
WINNER: Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin”
Taylor Schilling, “Orange Is the New Black”
Best Actor in a TV Comedy
Louis CK, “Louie”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Ricky Gervais, “Derek”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
Best Miniseries or TV Movie
WINNER: “Fargo”
“The Missing”
“The Normal Heart”
“Olive Kitteridge”
“True Detective”
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
WINNER: Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Honorable Woman”
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Frances McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge”
Frances O’Connor, “The Missing”
Allison Tolman, “Fargo”
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Martin Freeman, “Fargo”
Woody Harrelson, “True Detective”
Matthew McConaughey, “True Detective”
Mark Ruffalo, “The Normal Heart”
WINNER: Billy Bob Thornton, “Fargo”
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is the New Black”
Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
WINNER: Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Allison Janney, “Mom”
Michelle Monaghan, “True Detective”
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie
WINNER: Matt Bomer, “The Normal Heart”
Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”
Colin Hanks, “Fargo”
Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge”
Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan”
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Readers, what do you think about the show? Who do you think get snubbed? Or, deserve the win?