# 67th Golden Globe Awards (2010) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373 "2010-01-18T00:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/61 "2010-01-18T04:57:54Z")
The visuals look kinda dumb to me but I’ve never liked CGI. I thought Lord of the Rings III was practically unwatchable even though the story was good. I just had a hard time looking at it. I sometimes get nauseous when I watch CGI movies on the big screen and they have panned scenes – I see the pixellation. This includes some movies I did like, like Gladiator. But the Avatar people also look corny. Like a cross of Smurf and Native American. I’m unsure how seeing them bigger on 3D would make that more effective. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/62 "2010-01-18T06:03:27Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > But the Avatar people also look corny. Like a cross of Smurf and Native American. I’m unsure how seeing them bigger on 3D would make that more effective. It’s not seeing them bigger and in 3D, it’s living with them for an entire movie, getting to know them and the world of Pandora. I happen to think the previews look like shit too, but you can’t tell anything about how amazing this world is from the previews. It needs total immersion on the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/63 "2010-01-18T06:04:31Z")
Btw, the full list of winners: > [@](#): > > **FILM** > > - Best Picture, Drama – Avatar > - Best Picture, Comedy/Musical — The Hangover > - Best Director — James Cameron, Avatar > - Best Actress, Drama — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side > - Best Actor, Drama – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart > - Best Actress, Comedy/Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia > - Best Actor, Comedy/Musical — Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes > - Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious > - Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds > - Best Foreign Language Film — The White Ribbon > - Best Animated Feature — Up > - Best Screenplay — Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air > - Best Original Score — Michael Giacchino, Up > - Best Original Song — The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart > > **TELEVISION** > > ``` > * Best TV Series, Drama – Mad Men > * Best TV Series, Comedy — Glee > * Best TV Miniseries — Grey Gardens > * Best Actress, TV Miniseries — Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens > * Best Actor, TV Miniseries — Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance > * Best Actress, TV Drama — Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife > * Best Actor, TV Drama — Michael C. Hall, Dexter > * Best Actress, TV Comedy — Toni Collette, United States of Tara > * Best Actor, TV Comedy — Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock > * Best Supporting Actress, TV — Chloe Sevigny, Big Love > * Best Supporting Actor, TV — John Lithgow, Dexter > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/64 "2010-01-18T11:38:35Z")
Thanks for the list, Equipoise. I’m surprised by Margulies’ win. In every role she plays, the character seems completely devoid of joy. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/65 "2010-01-18T11:41:13Z")
I’m deligted for Mad Men, Glee and Michael C. Hall. Avatar though? What the hell? The visuals are amazing but the story is awful. You know how it will end after sitting through the first 5 minutes. There is nothing in the story that is anything new. Nothing that hasn’t been done to death in many many films. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/66 "2010-01-18T12:04:31Z")
Can we all just leave **cricetus** alone and not make this thread about him and his feelings towards Avatar. There are already two threads (at least) for him to do that in. As to the Globes. Would have liked to see _Up in the Air_ win a few more but what you gonna do with the Avatar juggernaught picking up steam. I thought Ricky did a very good job. He was very Ricky Gervais about the whole thing and that’s gonna rub a lot of people up the wrong way but I really like his stuff. I loved his intro for Mel Gibson, several people in the audience looked truly shocked at that. Was delighted to see Lithgow and Hall win for Dexter. I’ve just finished watching Season 4 over the weekend and was very impressed with both. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/67 "2010-01-18T14:16:53Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Anyone see Mariah Carey on the red carpet? Good lord! :eek: I’ve seen quite a bit of snark about Mariah’s dress, but I was not complaining. I don’t care for her music, and every time I hear her speak she sounds like a world-class idiot. But one thing I _do_ enjoy is looking at her body. 😃 She can show off her boobs any time she wants to, IMO. I haven’t seen _Avatar_ but I plan to (hope that doesn’t make me stupid). Reactions I’ve heard about it have been overwhelmingly positive and I’m not at all surprised it won. I did see _The Hangover_ and and I believe it did deserve the trophy. On the TV side, _Mad Men_’s win was totally predictable and a safe choice. Never seen _Glee_ (doesn’t look like my cup of tea, but I might check it out now), and I was quite surprised it won over some pretty strong competition. The show itself: Gervais was kind of funny a few times, but the whole “Ooh, I’m such a bad boy and I’m gonna say bad things on live TV” didn’t really pan out as promised. No rambling drunken speeches to speak of, no really spontaneous surprises (James Cameron saying “I have to pee” doesn’t count). Robert Downey’s off-the-cuff, unrehearsed speech was clearly scripted and rehearsed. A fairly bland night overall, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/68 "2010-01-18T15:03:02Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > But is Avatar loved because it had a fantastic story and great, well developed, interesting characters, good story flow and a lasting effect on its viewers? Or because it is the most expensive/advanced visual film ever made? I’m not really trying to say Avatar is a shitty movie, but is it really its immense amount of special effects that made it win? If a movie has those fantastic graphics AND a fantastic story and acting that is one thing. Maybe I just tend to like films who worry a lot more about the story and the characters then ones that spend their money on the scenery. I agree, I wasn’t a fan of Lord of the Rings, but I _get_ why they were acclaimed. Avatar just seemed like it was trying to be an epic fantacy, but didn’t at all live up to it. Didn’t think Gervais was that bad a host… some of the crowd seemed to turn on him a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/69 "2010-01-18T15:12:20Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > No rambling drunken speeches to speak of, no really spontaneous surprises (James Cameron saying “I have to pee” doesn’t count). Drew Barrymore may not have been drunk, but that was the essence of rambling. “I’ve been in show business since I was five years old, but I have no idea how to act on stage! It never occurred to me that I could ever win an award! I’m just so damn cute, you have to forgive me . . . I’m going to gush incoherently about how unprepared I am, even though I own my own production company!” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/70 "2010-01-18T15:15:26Z")
Was it me, or did Harrison Ford seem like he had a few before he got up on stage? Something seemed off with him. I didn’t see **300 Days of Summer**. Would it be a downer to a single guy who has trouble maintaining a relationship from caviler women who seem to look at them as a “time waster”? It may still be a great movie, but I don’t want the whole, misterious, (mean), woman uses a nice guy as a punching-bag, (or sex toy). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/71 "2010-01-18T15:19:02Z")
I think he was just bored. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/72 "2010-01-18T15:23:57Z")
I’d like to see 500 Days of Summer, based solely on how freakin’ adorable Joseph Gordon-Levitt was during the whole ceremony. Boy, was he happy to be there. It’s probably just that I’ve always found Toby Maguire annoying, but his look of consternation when he didn’t win tickled me. Dude, were you under the impression you had a shot here? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/73 "2010-01-18T15:29:28Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Drew Barrymore may not have been drunk, I know I was, which explains some of my posts last night. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/74 "2010-01-18T15:31:43Z")
> [@Hrududu](#): > > I’m deligted for Mad Men, Glee and Michael C. Hall. > > Avatar though? What the hell? The visuals are amazing but the story is awful. You know how it will end after sitting through the first 5 minutes. There is nothing in the story that is anything new. Nothing that hasn’t been done to death in many many films. Well, it won for Best Director, not Best Story, so maybe they just thought it was very well put together? I’m not sure how they judge categories like Best Director EDIT: Replaced “Best Producer” with “Best Director” ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/75 "2010-01-18T15:33:24Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I’d like to see 500 Days of Summer, based solely on how freakin’ adorable Joseph Gordon-Levitt was during the whole ceremony. Boy, was he happy to be there. > > It’s probably just that I’ve always found Toby Maguire annoying, but his look of consternation when he didn’t win tickled me. Dude, were you under the impression you had a shot here? I like him too. I liked him in Mysterious Skin, and his character in 3rd Rock From the Sun when I watched it. I really want to see that movie, but I need to know the film’s angle before I risk renting it. Like I said, it may be a good flick even if I’m not personally in the mood for it. For all I know, it could be a GOOD movie for me to see. I just don’t like when they hold the ultra-independent girl up to be unscathed while the boy is heart broken, and in despair. So anyone think I should rent it? Or should I wait until I’m less sensitive about love? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/76 "2010-01-18T15:39:33Z")
500 Days of Summer had no business being nominated for anything. Good cast, but a lot of cliched writing and film school directing stunts. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/77 "2010-01-18T15:47:25Z")
I agree with you on Avatar, but due to your posts in this thread, I hope you don’t mind or take it personally that I hold out for a second opinion **cricetus**. The reason I asked was that I was surprised The Hangover won the Globe, when I heard so many good things about 500 Days. I thought it looked more like a drama than a comedy anyway. I’m still glad a comedy like The Hangover got recognized. Not that I even liked it enough to see it again, (it was worth seeing once), It’s just nice to see a goofball comedy get a win. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/78 "2010-01-18T16:00:06Z")
My mom and I both cried a small amount at 500 Days of Summer, and we are both in happy relationships. I won’t say anything else but that we both also loved it. Unless you think just watching a movie will kill you just see it. The Hangover won because it was funny and EVERYONE seemed to see it compared to a lot of comedies - it made SO MUCH money at the box office last summer and people kept talking about it and talking about it and now it’s on DVD and they’re talking about it more. And **Raguleader** yes James Cameron won best director for Avatar but Avatar also won best drama film. Does anyone know how the Hollywood Foreign Press picks their winners? Do they care about public opinion somehow? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/79 "2010-01-18T16:11:22Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > My mom and I both cried a small amount at 500 Days of Summer, and we are both in happy relationships. I won’t say anything else but that we both also loved it. Unless you think just watching a movie will kill you just see it. I thank you for addressing my question, (I know it’s a bit OT). Right now it may kill me – yes. But I will see it eventually. Knowing two people in happy relationships broke down tells me it may be a little much for me. I also don’t want people to think I’m against the “unscathed ultra-independent girl” character, as they exist in real life. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373/80 "2010-01-18T16:55:02Z")
Yeah you may want to wait seeing “500 Days of Summer”. I loved the movie, but friends who have seen it and didn’t like it usually said that Summer treated Tom so badly that it was hard to sympathize with her character. And why are we wasting time talking about Avatar (not going to watch it because I’m not a fan of action flicks) when we should be talking about [Christina Hendricks’ outfit?](http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/christina-hendricks-golden-globes-2010.jpg) Wow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/67th-golden-globe-awards-2010/525373.md?page=5)