Anyone watch last night’s telecast? I know we have a lot of people who record stuff, hence the spoiler warning.
I was happy with all the winners; for the first time in a long time I have been interested in films and shows that ended up being nominated so nothing disappointed.
Anyone who is interested in these things knew going in that the tone would be subdued. The “me too” and “times up” movements were at the forefront pretty much the whole time. I have mixed feelings about that. It’s a very worthy aspiration and yet at times it feels slightly diluted coming from such beautiful, privileged people. However,I don’t want to dwell on that too much unless that’s where the thread takes us.
Seth Meyers did an adequate job. I was hoping he’d be a little more cutting in his remarks. He’s never ugly or venomous, yet he usually manages to get his digs in effectively AND humorously and last night that didn’t seem to be the case. Of course, he may have toned it down in deference to the more serious tone of the evening.
I almost lost my shit when they honored Kirk Douglas. Through my tears I had to remind myself that I don’t know what he’s thinking; perhaps he’s happy to be alive. Still, the sight of his wasted body broke my heart. And where the hell was Michael?
Frances McDormand’s win was no surprise to anyone. I sure thought she’d have a few stronger words to say but I was also glad she looked happy and kept her sense of humor. During last year’s awards cycle, she looked positively miserable.
I’ll leave it for now and see if anyone wants to chime in.
I thought that the Kirk Douglas episode was horrendous. If that poor man has the misfortune to watch a recording of his appearance, and if he has any marbles left, I would bet that he will horrified and mortified. I’m glad that he is still alive if he experiences any joy day to day, but I think using him as a prop and a spectacle was disgraceful.
I enjoyed the rest of the show, and was pretty happy about a lot of the winners. I really enjoyed del Toro’s speech even though I haven’t seen his movie yet.
Why should someone be ashamed to show himself in public due to the ravaged of age? It’s nice to see someone from Hollywood who isn’t so vane that they don’t much care about such things. My only complaint is that he should have had a better microphone.
I didn’t see the whole thing, as I was flipping back and forth, but I was confused when saw the Aziz Ansari (sp?) accept the same award for the 2nd time. Was the network running a repeat right afterwards?
Sorry, I wan’t clear. It’s not that KD should be ashamed to show himself, I (selfishly) just felt bad seeing him that way :o
I didn’t notice A A being shown a second time. Not sure how I missed that or how it happened. On a related note, what was up with the sound being cut every so often? It seemed to coincide with acceptance speeches so I assumed it was an effort to censor bad language but I couldn’t tell from context what the speaker might have said.
And during Aziz Ansari’s acceptance speech, he thanked three people, Alan Yang, [someone else] and what sounded like Aziz Ansari. So was he thanking himself? Seemed a bit weird.
I think Natalie Portman’s dig at the Director’s award (something along the lines of “here’s the nominees, they’re all MEN!”) was gutsy but then I felt bad for the guys who were nominated. They all seemed to feel bad when their names were called. It is literally not their fault that no women were nominated.
I found it kind of rude, actually. It’s *not *their personal fault that no women were nominated. I think it’s quite fine and proper to shine a light on the abuses and inequity (and iniquity!) in the industry but it’s not fair to take away from others’ achievements or make them feel guilty for being acknowledged.
The Golden Globes are easily the most meaningless major awards ceremony in the entertainment business; unlike Oscars or SAG awards, they’re not handed out by actual professionals in the field, but by a small club. It’s a wonder of marketing they got as well known as they did.
It is, thus, kind of cool that this year’s ceremony had more meaning than “what actress did the plurality of 93 self-chosen people like the most?” I’m glad the ceremony went in this direction.
Of the 10 nominated films, I have seen 8, and was extremely happy and surprised that “Three Billboards” won, as it was one of my favorites of the year. I have yet to see “Lady Bird” but I loved “Get Out”, “I, Tonya” & “The Disaster Artist.”
I agree, the dig at the male directors as they were reading out the nominees names, was really unclassy and rude. They all looked extremely uncomfortable. There were also a few times where the presenters tried to connect the “Time’s Up” slogan to the film they were presenting that fell flat and was awkward.
Do you live in the Pacific time zone? If so, then yes - the show aired live starting at 5:00 Pacific for the people who want to see it live (as opposed to hearing spoilers about the winners), and was repeated at 8:00 for the people who are used to watching awards shows in prime time. The Emmys, and I think the Grammys, do the same thing. (The Oscars also air live nationwide, but they’re not repeated out west.)
Yep. Cal-ee-FOR-nia. I wasn’t actually watching, just flipping over from time to time to see if here was anything interesting. I would easily have missed the opening “repeat” notice.
I was kind of miffed at the composer who won best score. His first comment when receiving the award was “oh look - it’s a different color than the one I won last year.” That’s kind of a dick move, IMO.