It was a great “Golden Globes” ceremony, up until the end!
First off, Ricky Gervais saved NBC from another no host Golden Globes disaster. His Mel Gibson drinking line was hysterical, and his plugging of his shows and “The Invention of Lying” were right on!
Facial hair was popular – George Clooney and William Hurt leading the way. Hurt’s beard looked like it was a foot long.
Paul McCartney presented Best Animated Feature and “Up” won. Hey, it was a great movie (though I was pulling for “Fantastic Mr. Fox, of course)!
Felicuty Huffman embarassed herself with the worst on-stage presentation.
Cher presented Best Original Song! She looked great.
A thing I noticed was that a lot of nominated films (and winners) came out in the early part of the year and not as many from the end, which is usually the case (e.g. – “Julie & Julia”, “Up” and “The Hangover”, which ended up winning Best Picture Comedy or Musical).
The big losers of the night include: “Nine”, “The Hurt Locker”, and “Up in the Air”. The George Clooney film won just one award out of it’s six nominations.
Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”), Robert Downey, Jr. (“Sherlock Holmes”) , Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”), Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”), Mo’Nique (“Precious”), and Christoph Waltz (“Inglorious Bastards”) were the acting winners. And shockingly, “Avatar” won Best Director and Best Picture Drama. What?! Are you kidding me?! For me this means that there’s a chance that history could be made at the Oscars by “Up”.
“Up” does have a shot at the Best Picture Oscar, but couldn’t at the Globes. As of 2007, animated films could only be eligible in their own category (which Pixar has sweeped the last four years). From 1989-2007, three animated films won Best Picture Comedy or Musical. They were “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Lion King”, and “Toy Story 2”. “The Little Mermaid”, “Aladdin”, “Toy Story”, “Chicken Run”, “Shrek”, “Finding Nemo”, and “The Incredibles” were all nominated in that category but lost. Of course “Beauty and the Beast” has been the only animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, but, sadly, didn’t win.
I hope Ricky Gervais is invited back next year.
And don’t forget to watch “The Ricky Gervias Show”, on HBO, beginning in February