The 66th Annual Golden Globe awards have been handed out, and I actually fared pretty well in my predictions: I guessed 10 winners correctly out of the 14 movie categories, and 19 for 25 overall. But there still were several things that didn’t go as expected. Here are my 5 biggest surprises of the night.
Slumdog goes 4 for 4 I suspected that Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy would emerge victorious, but for the film to sweep all four of the categories in which it was nominated—including Best Drama—is remarkable. This film seems unstoppable for the rest of the awards season.
Kate Winslet’s one-two punch Obviously the HFPA wanted to give Winslet her first Globe this year. But her double wins (Best Actress in a Drama for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader) were shocking considering her tough competition in both races. Could this finally be her year at the Oscars?
Benjamin Button‘s shut-out For the second time in four days (following last Thursday’s Broadcast Film Critics Association awards), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button went into an awards ceremony tied for the most nominations and went home empty-handed. Button still stands to score the most Oscar nods on Jan. 22; will it actually be able to win a couple?
Best Actor: Colin Farrell? Emerging victorious over strong competitors like Last Chance Harvey‘s Dustin Hoffman and Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘s Javier Bardem (and apparently avoiding vote-splitting with his own In Bruges costar Brendan Gleeson), Farrell won the Best Actor in a Comedy category in the biggest surprise of the night. Now maybe people will seek out that terrific and wicked film (it’s on DVD).
Heath Ledger’s shocking win for Best Supporting Actor (Just kidding.)
Why does EW and Dave Karger care what 80 bottomfeeding foreign journalists give a statue to? And these people are known to accept bribes. It’s a joke, and so is EW for covering it as if it’s legit!
LMAO at the last one. Oh Dave, funny and hot!
Hurrah In Bruges! I was really glad when it got some notice for being such an excellent (and unfortunately overlooked) film, so yeah, hopefully some people will take this as a sign that they should see the movie!
And the golden globe once again proves its insignificance. Kate Winslet doubly rewarding. Anna Paquin as best actress in drama?!. And Colin Farrell best actor in comedy hahahahaha!!!. Absurd!.
Biggest surpise. Drews crazy hair, but she did look fabulous.
I agree Jason and Tom. I kept laughing with my husband when the winners were so emotional. They could win the award with about 25 votes. I got more than that in my high shcool election.
Hurray for Kate Winslet — hopefully she will win come Oscar night. She is constantly nominated, but has yet to win. Still not getting the love for Slumdog — it seems to have gotten awfully mixed reviews everywhere. But I can understand the Benjamin Button losses. It’s one of those “well done” films that you walk away from feeling just “eh”.
Folks, don’t take this too seriously. What did any of then win? A little statue. How can anyone be judged better than anyone else? None of them played the same role. Why is life a competition? I watch for entertainment and snarkiness only.
Kate Winslets over dramatized, phoney, effected speech turned me against her. I was also surised by the utterly lack of talent displayed in her acceptance performance. How is it she couldn’t have put her skills to work if she was going to fiegn suprise and humility, not to mention the phoney tears of joy. I almost vomited. Mickey Rourke gave the most sincere speech I’ve heard in 30 years of watching awards shows. It was very genuine and touching. One for the books.
Loved the special moments for Colin Farrell, Heath Ledger, Anna Paquin and Kate Winslet (it’s about time!). I have to admit it was strange for Colin to win, but I think he’s done a lot with changing his life around and it shows in his acting and speech-giving. Heath, enough said. He was golden. Anna, who else can pull off the drama of being a Southern telepathic waitress in love with a vampire trying to find her grandmother’s real killer in order to get her brother off of the hook than an actress from New Zealand? This is the thing about the Golden Globes, they like individuality, they like different. And Kate is just awesome in everything, I am so happy for her!
Oh Sweet Jesus people…if you’re annoyed EW is covering the Golden Globes and award ceremonies in general then I can tell you you’re reading the wrong magazine. Or at least that you would make the worst magazine editors in history.
Wow, Kim, how cynical of you. I thought it was anything but fake. Just because someone doesn’t behave the way you expect them to doesn’t mean they’re insincere. I thought Kate was very gracious, especially when talking about Leo and her husband. According to the live blogging from last night, it even brought others to tears. I guess you’d say they were faking it, too?
Anyone that doesn’t think Colin Farrel should have won haven’t seen the movie. I always thought he was gorgeous, but when I saw In Bruges, I realized the boy can act. See the movie, then hush!
I agree with Kim. I was so embarrassed for Kate Winslet for that lame speech. It made me feel the same way I do whenever Sally Field or Halle Berry get awards. So over the top. Tina Fey was funny, Mickey Rourke was great. He was totally sincere and I thought it was nice to see. Loved his sequened scarf.
Colin Farrell was just plain weird. Ricky Gervais was awesome. He’s so funny and was a tad awkward like David Brent last night, but it worked.
Colin Farrell was brilliant in the hilarious In Bruges – a film that is genius! Haters can suck it… lol