THE GOOD:
-Fargo won a good deal of recognition, and rightly so. It was awesome.
-Michael Keaton's speech gave a nice shout-out to family, mass, and the rosary
-Fey and Poehler made me laugh.
-Kevin Spacey won a well-deserved award and gave a very nice speech.
THE BAD
-with the exception of Gervais, none of the other presenters made me laugh
-Alison Tolman should have won for Fargo
-it seems like most speeches had someone up there trying to say something "important," but it felt annoying.
THE PREDICTABLE
-Transparent and The Normal Heart won awards.
-The Affair sounded pretentious, so I thought it would win.
Overall, it was a show with few surprises, but few people to root for.
As I wrote last year, the Golden Globes are less and less of a predictor of Oscars than they used to be.
|
YEAR |
GOLDEN
GLOBE
BEST
DRAMA |
GOLDEN
GLOBE BEST COMEDY |
OSCAR
BEST PICTURE |
|
2001 |
A
Beautiful Mind |
Moulin
Rouge! |
A
Beautiful Mind |
|
2002 |
The
Hours |
Chicago |
Chicago |
|
2003 |
The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Lost
in Translation |
The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
|
2004 |
The
Aviator |
Sideways |
Million
Dollar Baby |
|
2005 |
Brokeback
Mountain |
Walk
the Line |
Crash |
|
2006 |
Babel |
Dreamgirls |
The
Departed |
|
2007 |
Atonement |
Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
No
Country for Old Men |
|
2008 |
Slumdog
Millionaire |
Vicky
Cristina Barcelona |
Slumdog
Millionaire |
|
2009 |
Avatar |
The
Hangover |
The
Hurt Locker |
|
2010 |
The
Social Network |
The
Kids Are All Right |
The
King's Speech |
|
2011 |
The
Descendants |
The
Artist |
The
Artist |
|
2012 |
Argo |
Les Miserables |
Argo |
|
2013 |
12 Years a Slave |
American Hustle |
12 Years a Slave |
|
2014 |
Boyhood |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
|
Now, let's move on to the Oscars:
As I wrote earlier this week, I am not very excited about most of the nominees. Although I did just see American Sniper and I finally have a Best Picture nominee to root for.
This is important, otherwise, the show would be even more boring.
I would like to invite any of you readers to participate in my annual Oscar Game.
Just click this link.
The game goes like this:
OBJECT: Get the most points!
HOW TO PLAY: Fill out a score sheet for each category with your choice (who you want to win) and your prediction (who you think WILL win).
On the night of the Oscars, give yourself a point for each correct guess in MY PREDICTIONS. If you get a prediction wrong, subtract 1 point. Give yourself 3 points each correct guess in MY CHOICE. There is no penalty for incorrect guesses for MY CHOICE.
For example:
Category
BEST DIRECTOR
-MY CHOICE = Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
-MY PREDICTION = Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
BEST ACTOR
-MY CHOICE = Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
-MY PREDICTION = Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
BEST ACTRESS
-MY CHOICE = Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
-MY PREDICTION = Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
If Wes Anderson wins Best Director, gain 1 point for a correct guess in MY PREDICTIONS, but no points for an incorrect MY CHOICE (total points = 1)
If Steve Carell wins Best Actor, gain 3 points, for a correct MY CHOICE, but subtract 1 point for an incorrect MY PREDICTION (total points = 2)
If Julianne Moore wins Best Actress, gain 3 points for correct MY CHOICE and 1 correct MY PREDICTION. (total points =4)
You may NOT make a guess for a MY CHOICE in a category if you have not seen any of the films in the category. You may, however, make a blind guess for the MY PREDICTION section even if you have not seen any of the nominees.
PARTICIPATION:
Fill out the below score sheet and send it to me. I will be the designated score-keeper. You may change any choice up until the broadcast begins.
The winner will receive bragging rights and recognition on this blog.
You can change your answers up until the broadcast. Here is my ballot:
| Name | Catholic Skywalker |
| BEST PICTURE - MY CHOICE | "American Sniper" |
| BEST PICTURE - MY PREDICTION | "Boyhood" |
| BEST DIRECTOR - MY CHOICE | Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game" |
| BEST DIRECTOR - MY PREDICTION | Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" |
| BEST ACTOR - MY CHOICE | Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper" |
| BEST ACTOR - MY PREDICTION | Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" |
| BEST ACTRESS - MY CHOICE | Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl" |
| BEST ACTRESS - MY PREDICTION | Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MY PREDICTION | J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MY CHOICE | Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game" |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MY PREDICTION | Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" |
| BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - MY CHOICE | "American Sniper" (Jason Hall) |
| BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - MY PREDICTION | "The Imitation Game" (Graham Moore) |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - MY PREDICTION | "Foxcatcher" (E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman) |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MY CHOICE | "Unbroken" (Roger Deakins) |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MY PREDICTION | "Birdman" (Emmanuel Lubezki) |
| BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MY CHOICE | "Into the Woods" (Colleen Atwood) |
| BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MY PREDICTION | "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Milena Canonero) |
| BEST FILM EDITING - MY CHOICE | "American Sniper" (Joel Cox, Gary Roach) |
| BEST FILM EDITING - MY PREDICTION | "Boyhood" (Sandra Adair) |
| BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - MY CHOICE | "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - MY PREDICTION | "Foxcatcher" |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MY CHOICE | "Interstellar" (Hans Zimmer) |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MY PREDICTION | "The Imitation Game" (Alexandre Desplat) |
| BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MY CHOICE | "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" |
| BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MY PREDICTION | "Glory" from "Selma" |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - MY CHOICE | "Interstellar" (Nathan Crowley; Gary Fettis, Paul Healy) |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - MY PREDICTION | "The Imitation Game" (Maria Djurkovic; Tatiana Macdonald) |
| BEST SOUND EDITING - MY CHOICE | "Interstellar" |
| BEST SOUND EDITING - MY PREDICTION | "Interstellar" |
| BEST SOUND MIXING - MY CHOICE | "Interstellar" |
| BEST SOUND MIXING - MY PREDICTION | "American Sniper" |
| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - MY CHOICE | "X-Men: Days of Future Past" |
| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - MY PREDICTION | "Interstellar" |
| BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - MY CHOICE | "How to Train Your Dragon 2" |
| BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - MY PREDICTION | "How to Train Your Dragon 2" |
| BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - MY PREDICTION | "Ida" (Pawel Pawlikowski; Poland) |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MY PREDICTION | "CITIZENFOUR" |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - MY PREDICTION | "White Earth" |
| BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM- MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM- MY PREDICTION | "Me and My Moulton" |
| BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM- MY CHOICE | DID NOT SEE |
| BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM- MY PREDICTION | "Boogaloo and Graham" |
When guessing for MY PREDICTION, my rule of thumb is to choose the most pretentious title.
So I invite all of you to join in the fun!
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Below are my collected LIVE TWEETS from Golden Globes night (chronological from the bottom to the top).
Michael Keaton becomes the second Batman tonight to win a golden globe #GoldenGlobeAwards2015
CatholicSkywalker retweeted
Once again, we've been passed by the foreign press. What a sham. #GoldenGlobesWouldLookGreatNextToMyGoldenAxe
I'm going to be Live Tweeting the Golden Globes. But I'm going to be delayed. So I'll catch up on TIVO by about an hour in. #GoldenGlobes
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