67th Annual Golden Globes Results

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Yesterday I posted the 67th Annual Golden Globes nominees, as well as my brief editorial about how little these awards mean. But I also took a stab at who/what I thought was going to win based entirely on popularity, broad appeal, buzz and popular opinion.

And for the most part I was wrong.

Here are the results of the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture — Drama
Avatar – Winner
*The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side – Winner
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
*Gabourey Sadibe, Precious

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart – Winner
*George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
*The Hangover – Winner
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
*Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia – Winner
Julia Roberts, Duplicity

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes – Winner
*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
Mo-Nique, Precious – Winner
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
*Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz, Nine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
*Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Basterds – Winner
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
*Up – Winner

Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The White Ribbon – Winner
The Maid

Best Director — Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
*James Cameron, Avatar – Winner
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Up in the Air – Winner
It’s Complicated
District 9
*The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up – Winner
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
*Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“I Will See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” The Crazy Heart – Winner
“Winter,” Brothers
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want to Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine

I don’t profess to know everything in film, but I know what I like and I have a pretty good sense about what’s being appreciated most. So while I only got 2 right, this only goes to prove how random this is. Sure, everytime there is an awards ceremony, there is always going to be a result that you don’t agree with. But with only a 100 or so voters, there is more likely to be a sway in the tally.

There are also too many variables, but they have to draw the line somewhere. How a film can get a Best Picture but not any other awards makes little sense, and suggests to me that Avatar got that nod for “best accomplishment in film” but there was no category for that.

Only the MTV Movie Awards makes up categories to suit their sponsors, er contestants.

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32 thoughts on “67th Annual Golden Globes Results”

    1. I’m not so sure about that, Toshio. At least folks know ‘Avatar’ will be among the top films for best pic. The irony in it is that the Academy expanded the list to ten, so possible audience and critics favorites won’t be forgotten.

  3. Robert Downey Jr is a great actor. He is really popular right now, more power to him. But getting a Globe for a film that is neither musical or comedy? HORSEPUCKY.

    I laughed at Ricky Garvais once introducing Colin Farrell. He bombed introducing Gerald Butler and Jennifer Aniston. All and all I give Ricky a 3 out of 5.

    By the way, I don’t know about that other post reading hot women, but Helen Mirren in that dress last night could give half the starlets a run for their money. Halle Berry is still smoking hot too.

    1. I think Ricky Gervais is very, very funny — but that wasn’t my favorite performance with him. Moreover, I don’t think a puritanical American audience will ever fully, fully embrace Gervais’s british humor. My mother damn near fell off her chair when he made penis jokes…

  4. the sauce I thought was cool.. especially the Mel part.

    Billy Collony would have been cool, for the dont give a shit attitude…and I think he’s out there but funny as hell.

  5. Awesome really? I get the arrogance and I love a good jab at the celebrities like Cris Rock did a while back.. but somethin’ about this fellow I dont find hilarious at all. actually he stunk it up IMO

    1. I don’t know, I like his arrogance. He is the first host I have seen that lookd like he really didn’t care about what people thought. Most hosts try and be ‘edgy’ and controversial on purpose, but really just come off as fake. I thought he genuinely didn’t give an F, and was funny doing it. Plus he looked legitimately sauced.

    1. All awards shows are given based on popularity. The people who are asked to vote on these categories vote on what THEY feel is the best of that category.

      Name an award show that ISNT based on the popularity of its members votes.

  9. These are a fucking JOKE

    I am sorry, but the Golden Globes have always been A JOKE.

    Avatar was good, but cmon, I MEAN REALLY???

    Everytime i see the results for the Golden Globes I can always tell its a joke of an awards ceremony, and its not even close to the Oscars. Which is like the superbowl for me.

    I think the Hangover was an amazing movie, but the fact that it won that category makes me sigh.

    Im pretty glad i fucking missed it now

    What, a, joke the Golden Globes are.

    1. 500 days of summer, in my opinion, was a far superior film. The Hangover is funny (not nearly as funny as it is hyped up to be) but this is an overall film award.

    1. No. The Hurt Locker is the most overrated movie of the year. It was good, but c’mon, “near perfect” LMAO! Gedda fuck outta here! I’m not shocked at all that it didn’t win.

  14. I thought the show was complete when Kate Winslet took my breath away as she presented the Best Actor award (she could have just stood there and twiddled her thumbs and I would have been impressed — that woman is flat out gorgeous and talented). Then Ricky Gervais wise-cracked that he “likes a drink as much as the next man, unless the next man is Mel Gibson” when he introduced the Aussie to present Best Director, and I figured that would definitely complete the show for me… and then Cameron won for directing Avatar… followed by Avatar winning Best Picture. And the show went kaput. I’m still baffled.

    1. Yeah, that Avatar win just took all credibility out of the show for me. With the Oscars expanding the best pic nods to 10, and the way they have given out academy awards for music like candy (seriously, three six mafia has an oscar), I thought this would be an opportunity for the Globes to gain respectability. Then – Avatar, which is a solid film but come on – wins best picture for a drama. Way to go. I was surprised it was nominated, shocked when it won.

      1. That they think a comedy and musical is the same thing took credibility out for me.

        But consider your issue with Avatar. Dances with Wolves won a best picture, so if it did a good job with the same storyline it would be irresponsible for them NOT to give it best picture!

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