Just some random thoughts about last night's Golden Globes... and thank goodness for TiVo, we watched the last two hours of the 24 premiere "finale"... and then it was off to back-up TiVo where I managed to "watch" the 3-hour GG telecast in approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes! Nice!
Great to see Brokeback Mountain as the big winner of the evening. Seems like it would take a fairly big upset to not have a repeat wins in the same categories (Picture, Director, Screenplay, Song) come Oscar time. One award that I really would have liked to have seen the movie win is Best Score... just hearing those few pangs of music brought me right back into the film... and I am getting a tad tired of John Williams always winning in this category... is there really a detectable difference from his sweeping, epic, soaring scores from one movie to the next?
Also was thrilled to see Felicity Huffman take home Best Actress for Transamerica (I am assuming it'll eventually get to Phoenix). Will be interesting to see if she'll be able to take the Oscar as well. I think her current Desperate Housewives gig hurts her "street cred" .. but then again, Helen Hunt won the Oscar not too far removed from her televison sitcom career. And really what other alternative is there in this category? Somehow (and having nothing to do with her actual performance) I don't think its quite time to hear the phase... Academy Award Winner Reese Witherspoon.
Speaking of DH, if you thought Mary Louise Parker's win in the Best Actress in a Comedy was an upset or surprise, you obviously have not watched Weeds. MLP is a revelation in this role and a most deserving winner... that said, I would not rule out the probability that a split among the 4 Housewives was at least partially responsible ... and very nice to hear MLP give a shout-out to the late John Spencer at the end of her speech.
I watch and enjoy Commander In Chief... but Best Actress in a Drama for Geena Davis? This show is not exactly a bastion of fine acting (I'd say even the far superior Donald Sutherland is more scenery-chewing than anything else)... so this one surprised me a bit. Backstage, Davis said of her Presidential stoicism ... "I'm so in character that I don't know what my face is doing." Umm, Geena we've noticed. That said, a great and funny acceptance speech.
Tough call for me in the Best Actor in a Comedy... so many deserving nominees... Zach Braff, Steve Carrell, and Jason Lee. My heart, of course, belongs to Braff... but I would not have been disappointed with a win by the others... but Carrell's acceptance speech was one the best in recent memory, so for that reason alone I am glad that Carrell took home the Globe. (UPDATE: I transcribed Carell's speech! Click here to read!)
An FYI on Transamerica, apparently it does not open to the public until this Friday, January 20th, and then it apparently will be in Limited release for a while. I have been searching for it in Chicago.
Posted by: Scott C | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 12:05 PM