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Dreamgirls Conquer The Golden GlobesBy Josh Tyler: 2007-01-15 23:43:42
This year’s 64th Annual Golden Globes Awards couldn’t have been more predictable. The people everyone knew would win did, and the speeches were every bit as boring as audiences might have feared. There were few bright spots in the award ceremony, disappointing since last year’s batch of winners actually proved to be pretty entertaining.
Maybe the difference is in who won. Last year we had naturally funny people like Steve Carell getting awards, this year it was America Ferrera and Helen Mirren. Talented actresses? Sure. Entertaining when asked to speak off the cuff? Hell no. Take Forest Whitaker. Great actor. He’s been the frontrunner to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama for weeks. Scratch that, he hasn’t just been the frontrunner, he’s been a total lock. Not just to win the GG, but every other award anyone is bothering to present. The others didn’t even need to bother showing up. When he won, what did we get? Forest Whitaker standing on stage staring blankly, as if in shock. He looked like a deer in headlights. It was just that kind of night. This year's biggest winner was without a doubt Dreamgirls. Bill Condon's musical garnered three awards, Best Picture Musical or Comedy, Jennifer Hudson for Best Supporting Actress Musical or Comedy, and Eddie Murphy for Best Supporting Actor Musical or Comedy. The funniest moment in the evening came from Sacha Baron Cohen, who pwned all the haters by winning Best Performance In A Musical or Comedy for Borat. His speech involved the difficulty in being trapped beneath his co-star’s testicles. It’s a miracle they were even able to air it. If there was a low point to the GG’s night of lulls, it was Babel winning Best Picture – Drama. It’s easily the most pretentious movie of 2006, the kind of film that critics love to rub themselves all over but moviegoers are completely baffled by and disinterested in. Unfortunately for the GGs, those people who have no use for Babel are the same ones watching their broadcast waiting for a close-up of Angie and Brad (of which there were plenty). Without further ado, here’s the full list of this year’s mostly boring Golden Globes winners. Cecil B. DeMille Award Warren Beatty Best Motion Picture - Drama Babel Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Helen Mirren – The Queen Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Forest Whitaker – The Last King Of Scotland Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy Dreamgirls Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy Sacha Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls Best Animated Feature Film Cars Best Foreign Languge Film Letters From Iwo Jima (Japan, United States) Best Director - Motion Picture Martin Scorsese – The Departed Best Screenplay - Motion Picture The Queen Written by Peter Morgan Best Original Score - Motion Picture The Painted Veil (Desplat) Best Original Song - Motion Picture "The Song Of The Heart" – Happy Feet Music & Lyrics By: Prince Rogers Nelson Best Television Series - Drama Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Touchstone Television; ABC Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama Hugh Laurie – House (FOX) Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy Ugly Betty (ABC) Touchstone Television; ABC Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy America Ferrera – Ugly Betty (ABC) Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC) Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television Elizabeth I (HBO) Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I (HBO) Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Bill Nighy – Gideon's Daughter (BBC) Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Emily Blunt – Gideon's Daughter (BBC) Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth I (HBO)
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January 16th, 2007 at 16:51
Josh, I appreciate your review of the Globes, but must take exception to your knee-jerk reaction to Babel's win.
I will not attempt to judge your comment on the basis of whether you found the film difficult to understand or not, but you must certainly acknowledge that there must be something to the film when it gets such high praise from so many people. I for one have been a close follower of Inarritu's work since AMORES PERROS, and was delighted to see this film, which I thought was the strongest nominee, win the award.
Moderation goes a long way when writing a review.