Golden Globes
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wana10
christoph waltz took best supporting actor, that's awesome
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Alucard
Glad Up won best animated and muiscal score at the globes
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Philosopher B.
Avatar cleaned up way too much. Downey's speech was fucking rad, though I dunno if he should've won.
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Reboneer
It's only the Golden Globes, who actually cares about those?
The TV stuff was okay, the Movie stuff was fuckin retarded. I'm too depressed by the imminent Avatar winnin best picture at the Oscars to care.
Winners, I've bolded the especially shitty choices, and underlined ones I agree with. Ones I'm kind of ambivalent on, or haven't seen enough of the nominees to really know/care I left normal.
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Iaculus
Was Christoph Waltz the guy who played Hanz Landa?
If so, I'd like to know who the other nominees were, because I'm struggling to see how it could even be a contest.
If so, I'd like to know who the other nominees were, because I'm struggling to see how it could even be a contest.
Dave
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Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
This was a good choice.
Damon for Invictus, Harrelson for Messenger, Tucci for Lovely Bones (lol), Plummer for Last Station
edit: dammit Dave. I feel a little guilty underlining Waltz since I haven't seen any of those other movies, but I really loved his performance
Showtime throws a lot of money at the Foreign Press, what can I say? Although, I haven't seen said TV show.
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Chazwozel
The Hangover deserved the win for best comedy. Twas good.
The Golden Globes are much more of a popularity/biggest box office contest. A Serious Man was a much better movie.
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Chazwozel
What? No it wasn't. It was nowhere near as mass appealing as Hangover was.
What? No it wasn't. It was nowhere near as mass appealing as Hangover was.[/QUOTE]
I agree. It was nowhere near as successful as The Hangover.
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Chazwozel
What? No it wasn't. It was nowhere near as mass appealing as Hangover was.[/QUOTE]
I agree. It was nowhere near as successful as The Hangover.[/QUOTE]
Well in addition to being more successful it was the better movie. To me watching comedies is about fun more than anything. Hangover was definitely more fun.
I'll give you that. Hangover was more accurately a comedy. It was kind of weird that Serious Man was in that category instead of Drama. I'd still be raging over it losing to Avatar either way!
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Chazwozel
A Serious Man was a dramedy/black comedy? I mean there were funny parts to it.
Yeah, it was on the line. But I think I'd put it more as a drama for the Golden Globes' purposes.
Dave
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That brings us to an interesting question as to what exactly constitutes a comedy. "The Truman Show" was billed by the Golden Globes as a comedy as was "Man on the Moon" but I would say that neither were.
What criteria makes a movie a comedy? Is there a percentage of funny material that has to be present? What about a movie like Showgirls where it's hysterical but not intentionally?
I have not seen "A Serious Man" but I've heard it's like "In Bruges" in that it has funny parts but is a serious movie.
What criteria makes a movie a comedy? Is there a percentage of funny material that has to be present? What about a movie like Showgirls where it's hysterical but not intentionally?
I have not seen "A Serious Man" but I've heard it's like "In Bruges" in that it has funny parts but is a serious movie.
The honest answer is: whichever category the studio thinks it has a better shot at winning.
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Chazwozel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama- 1980: Chevy Chase in Caddyshack.
Just bought The Hurt Locker on Bluray and watched it last night. If it's the Best Picture of the Year, this year was really shitty for movies.
It's good, but it also slides into retarded territory on occasion. It's one of the best Iraq movies. And it's definitely engrossing/gripping. But Best Picture it is not.
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Alucard
Wait Caddyshack was a comedy why were they categorizing it as a drama?
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Just bought The Hurt Locker on Bluray and watched it last night. If it's the Best Picture of the Year, this year was really shitty for movies.
It's good, but it also slides into retarded territory on occasion. It's one of the best Iraq movies. And it's definitely engrossing/gripping. But Best Picture it is not.[/QUOTE]
Interesting. I've heard nothing but glowing praise for it. Well, I guess we will see if it can knock ASM off the top of my list.
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