The 2015 Golden Globes, overall not too shabby
Posted by Leah on
1/12/2015 2:13:27 PM
How quickly time flies! Can you believe its award season in Hollywood again? (Although at this point there’s really no “season” per say, as there’s different awards held all year long.) And as I’m sure you know at this point (unless you live under a rock), the 72 annual Golden Globe Awards were held last night (Sunday, January 11). Long touted as Hollywood’s biggest party and well known for its long line of drunk (and drunker as the night wears on) celebrity speeches, the Golden Globes almost never disappoint. Last night was no exception with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting for the final time and plenty of hits, misses and pure surprises.
Among the biggest surprises of the night was the Showtime series The Affair taking home the win for the Best TV Drama. This was a big surprise for a couple of reasons. One reason being that with the show first premiering in mid-October of last year it hasn’t really shown up on anyone’s radar yet. I know I’d never heard of it before last night! Another reason is that (so far) it has the weakest ratings of the shows nominated in the category. The Affair was up against heavy weights Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The Good Wife and Downton Abbey, all of which deserved the title more (in my mind). In my opinion the Hollywood Foreign Press got this one wrong by a long shot!
Another surprise was that Transparent, the first online streaming series from Amazon, took home both Best TV Comedy and Best Actor in a TV Series (Comedy) for Jeffery Tambor. I have yet to see the show (I’m sure I’ll get to it sometime this winter) but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. The acceptance speeches by Jill Soloway (the show’s creator) and Tambor were wonderfully heartfelt moments to watch with Soloway thanking her “moppa” and dedicating the award to Leelah Alcorn and “too many trans people who die too young” and Tambor dedicating his award to the transgender community for all of their courage and support.
Among the other “hits” of the night was the win for Michael Keaton in the Best Actor in a Comedy category for his role in Birdman. He was said to be a shoe in for this award, and I guess “they” were right, but that didn’t make the moment any less wonderful. His speech was also deeply touching as he went into his upbringing (born as Michael John Douglass, the 7th child in a family from rural Pennsylvania) and thanked his “best friend”, his son. Birdman also won for Best Screenplay.
Now on to the misses. Jeremy Renner earned himself the “creepiest guy at the party award” when he was presenting with Jennifer Lopez and made a comment about her “golden globes”. Not that it was a surprise in the dress she was wearing, but he didn’tneed to call even more attention to “them”!
If Jeremy Renner took home the “creepiest guy award” then Kevin Hart definitely won the “pushy salesman you want to leave but won’t award” While on stage to present the award for Best Animated Film with Salma Hayek, Hart made numerous obnoxious plugs for his upcoming movie The Wedding Ringer. Before seeing this over-zealous sales pitch The Wedding Ringer was on my “I might see it sometime (if it’s free) list. Now I have no interest in it whatsoever. Anything pushed that hard can’t possibly be good, right?
As is usually the case, there were a few wins that, although unsurprising, I don’t really feel were deserved. How to Train Your Dragon 2 won for Best Animated Feature, beating out the other, better, films in the category The Lego Movie (should’ve won!), Boxtrolls, The Book of Life and Big Hero 6.
The other film that I feel has won far more acclaim than deserved was Boyhood. The only “remarkable” thing about this movie is that it took a decade to film with the same actors throughout; otherwise this thing is as entertaining as watching grass grow or paint dry. Despite that it still took home Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, which makes it a shoe-in for the Oscars in a month.
Overall, despite being entertaining enough, this year’s Globes will simply go down in history. Nothing truly great happened and nothing terribly awful happened. The only really bad thing was that this was the last time Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host. In summation nothing memorable happened; but for those of you keeping score at home, here’s the full list of winners:
· Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Transparent
· Best TV Series, Drama: The Affair
· Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Kevin Spacey
· Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Ruth Wilson
· Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Jeffery Tambor
· Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Gina Rodriguez
· Best Miniseries or TV Movie: Fargo
· Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Maggie Gyllenhaal
· Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Billy Bob Thornton
· Best Supporting Actress on TV: Joanne Froggatt
· Best Supporting Actor on TV: Matt Bomer
· Best Picture, Drama: Boyhood
· Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
· Best Actor, Drama: Eddie Redmayne
· Best Actress, Drama: Julianne Moore
· Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Michael Keaton
· Best Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams
· Best Supporting Actor: J. K. Simmons
· Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette
· Best Director: Richard Linklater
· Best Screenplay: Birdman
· Best Foreign Film: Leviathan (France)
· Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2
· Best Original Score: The Theory of Everything
· Best Original Song: “Glory” from Selma