--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Suggest seeing the Beginners - it was excellent. I took both > my kids and they loved it also. I also saw the Descendents - > wasn't overly impressed, but it was good film as compared to > many. I want to see the Artist, for something different and > will see Moneyball tonight as it hit the local $3 cinema. > > Thanks for posting these as I don't follow awards shows much.
I am in a position to have been able to download a version of the Golden Globes awards show and then fast-forward it, watching only the "good parts." I was interested in seeing what various celebrities look like these days, especially when drunk (the Golden Globes gig serves booze; the Oscars does not...Dustin Hoffman was definitely drunk). :-) I look forward to seeing "The Descendants." This much praise overcomes my initial "ho hum" reaction to the trailers. I watched "Moneyball" last night and found it a surprisingly good movie, even though I am officially The World's Premiere Not A Sports Guy. It's not really about baseball per se; it's about drawing outside the lines, thinking out of the box, and the occasional effect that has on people who believe that there is nothing *but* drawing inside the lines and thinking inside the box. > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:07 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of the Golden Globes > > >  > Winners in red and starred. My comments in whatever this color is. > > Cecil B. DeMille Award > Morgan Freeman > > About bloody time. > > Best Motion Picture - Drama > * The Descendants > > Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures > Haven't seen it, have seen the others. Hard to imagine a bunch of film > critics, foreign or domestic, ignoring the loving tribute to film that was > "Hugo," but at least they gave Martin Scorcese Best Director. > The Help > DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures > Hugo > Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures > The Ides Of March > Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City > Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing > Moneyball > Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International > War Horse > DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures > Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama > Glenn Close â" Albert Nobbs > Viola Davis â" The Help > Rooney Mara â" The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo > * Meryl Streep â" Iron Lady > > Haven't seen it. Winner should have been Glenn Close. At least they didn't > give it to Rooney Mara. > > Tilda Swinton â" We Need To Talk About Kevin > Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama > * George Clooney â" The Descendants > Haven't seen it. Loved his dick joke about Michael Fassbender though. > Leonardo DiCaprio â" J. Edgar > Michael Fassbender â" Shame > Ryan Gosling â" The Ides Of March > Brad Pitt â" Moneyball > Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical > 50/50 > Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment > The Artist > > * a La Petite Reine - Studio 37 - La Classe Americaine - JD Prod- France3 > Cinema - Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company > Good call. Although I have to admit I preferred "Midnight In Paris." > Bridesmaids > Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures > Midnight In Paris > A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema & Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics > My Week With Marilyn > The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company > Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical > Jodie Foster â" Carnage > Charlize Theron â" Young Adult > Kristen Wiig â" Bridesmaids > * Michelle Williams â" My Week With Marilyn > Haven't seen it, or "Carnage." Charlize Theron was good, but I hear Michelle > Williams was better, so this is probably a good choice. > > Kate Winslet â" Carnage > Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical > * Jean Dujardin â" The Artist > Good call, although I would have preferred the award go to either Brendan > Gleeson or Joseph Gordon-Levitt. > Brendan Gleeson â" The Guard > Joseph Gordon-Levitt â" 50/50 > Ryan Gosling â" Crazy, Stupid, Love. > Owen Wilson â" Midnight In Paris > Follow this category on Twitter using #GoldenGlobesComedyMusicalActor > Best Animated Feature Film > * The Adventures Of Tintin > > Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin > Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A > Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures > Good call. > Arthur Christmas > Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman; Sony Pictures Releasing > International > Cars 2 > Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures > Puss In Boots > DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures > Rango > Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink / GK Films > Production; Paramount Pictures > Best Foreign Language Film > The Flowers Of War (China) > The Country of China > (Jing Ling Shi San Chai) > New Pictures Film Company; Wrekin Hill Entertainment > In The Land Of Blood And Honey (United States) > The Country of United States > GK Films; FilmDistrict > The Kid With A Bike (Belgium) > The Country of Belgium > (Le Gamin au Velo) > Les Films du Fleuve; Sundance Selects > * A Separation (Iran) > > The Country of Iran > (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) > Asghar Farhadi; Sony Pictures Classics > Haven't seen any of them. > The Skin I Live In (Spain) > The Country of Spain > (La piel que habito) > El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.; Sony Pictures Classics > Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture > Berenice Bejo â" The Artist > Jessica Chastain â" The Help > Janet McTeer â" Albert Nobbs > * Octavia Spencer â" The Help > > I would have voted for Janet McTeer. > > Shailene Woodley â" The Descendants > Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture > Kenneth Branagh â" My Week With Marilyn > Albert Brooks â" Drive > Jonah Hill â" Moneyball > Viggo Mortensen â" A Dangerous Method > * Christopher Plummer â" Beginners > Haven't seen it. > Best Director - Motion Picture > Woody Allen â" Midnight In Paris > George Clooney â" The Ides Of March > Michel Hazanavicius â" The Artist > Alexander Payne â" The Descendants > * Martin Scorsese â" Hugo > > Good choice. It was between him and Woody Allen. > > Best Screenplay - Motion Picture > Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist > Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash - The Descendants > George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides Of March > * Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris > > At least they gave Woody Allen something. And it really was a helluva script. > > Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian - Moneyball > Best Original Score - Motion Picture > * Ludovic Bource - The Artist > One of those categories I rarely care about. > Abel Korzeniowski - W.E. > Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo > Howard Shore - Hugo > John Williams - War Horse > Best Original Song - Motion Picture > "Hello Hello" â" Gnomeo & Juliet > Music By: Elton John > Lyrics By: Bernie Taupin > "Keeper, The" â" Machine Gun Preacher > Music & Lyrics By: Chris Cornell > "Lay Your Head Down" â" Albert Nobbs > Music By: Brian Byrne > Lyrics By: Glenn Close > "Living Proof, The" â" The Help > Music By: Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas > Lyrics By: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas > * "Masterpiece" â" W.E. > > Music & Lyrics By: Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry > Another category I don't care about. > > > Best Television Series - Drama > American Horror Story (FX) > Twentieth Century Fox Television > Boardwalk Empire (HBO) > Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front > Productions, HBO Entertainment > Boss (STARZ) > Lionsgate Television in association with Grammnet NH Productions, Roya > Productions and Old Friends Productions > Game Of Thrones (HBO) > Bighead, Littlehead, 360 Television, Grok and Generator Productions in > association with HBO Entertainment > * Homeland (SHOWTIME) > SHOWTIME Presents, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, > Fox 21 > Good call. I would have voted for "Game Of Thrones." Or "Breaking Bad," of > course, which for some reason was not nominated, after its best season ever. > Go figure. > Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama > * Claire Danes â" Homeland (SHOWTIME) > Good call. She really was phenomenal. > Mireille Enos â" The Killing > Julianna Margulies â" The Good Wife (CBS) > Madeleine Stowe â" Revenge > Callie Thorne â" Necessary Roughness > Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama > Steve Buscemi â" Boardwalk Empire (HBO) > Bryan Cranston â" Breaking Bad > * Kelsey Grammer â" Boss (STARZ) > Good call. Shakespearean performance of the year. This is the first category > in which all of the nominees deserved to be there IMO. Great performances by > all. > > Jeremy Irons â" The Borgias > Damian Lewis â" Homeland (SHOWTIME) > Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical > Enlightened (HBO) > Ripcord Productions in association with HBO Entertainment > Episodes (SHOWTIME) > SHOWTIME Presents, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions > Glee (FOX) > Ryan Murphy Television, Twentieth Century Fox Television > * Modern Family (ABC) > > Twentieth Century Fox Television > Haven't seen it. > New Girl (FOX) > Chernin Entertainment in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television > Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical > * Laura Dern â" Enlightened (HBO) > Good performance, even if you have to turn away from the screen every five > minutes. > Zooey Deschanel â" New Girl (FOX) > Tina Fey â" 30 Rock (NBC) > Laura Linney â" The Big C (Showtime) > Amy Poehler â" Parks And Recreation > Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical > Alec Baldwin â" 30 Rock (NBC) > David Duchovny â" Californication (SHOWTIME) > Johnny Galecki â" The Big Bang Theory (CBS) > Thomas Jane â" Hung (HBO) > * Matt LeBlanc â" Episodes (SHOWTIME) > > Haven't seen it. Hard to imagine anyone being better in this category than > Thomas Jane, however. > > Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television > Cinema Verite (HBO) > A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films > * Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS) > A Carnival/Masterpiece Co-production > Haven't seen it, The only one in this category I did see, in fact, was the > BBC series "The Hour." Good, but there were better mini-series to be > nominated that weren't. > > The Hour (BBC AMERICA) > Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production. > Mildred Pierce (HBO) > A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer > and HBO Miniseries > Too Big To Fail (HBO) > A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films > Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for > Television > Romola Garai â" The Hour (BBC AMERICA) > Diane Lane â" Cinema Verite (HBO) > Elizabeth McGovern â" Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS) > Emily Watson â" Appropriate Adult > * Kate Winslet â" Mildred Pierce (HBO) > Haven't seen it, or any of them for that matter. > Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for > Television > Hugh Bonneville â" Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS) > * Idris Elba â" Luther > Good call. He really is phenomenal in this role. Although Bill Nighy was > great, too. > William Hurt â" Too Big To Fail (HBO) > Bill Nighy â" Page Eight (Masterpiece) > Dominic West â" The Hour (BBC AMERICA) > Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series > or Motion Picture Made for Television > * Jessica Lange â" American Horror Story (FX) > Didn't watch it, or most of the others. Kelly MacDonald was good, but hardly > the best actor or actress in that series this year. > > Kelly MacDonald â" Boardwalk Empire (HBO) > Maggie Smith â" Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS) > Sofia Vergara â" Modern Family (ABC) > Evan Rachel Wood â" Mildred Pierce (HBO) > Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series > or Motion Picture Made for Television > * Peter Dinklage â" Game Of Thrones (HBO) > YES, YES, YES, YES!!! Finally, revenge for all those centuries of short > people jokes and dwarf tossing contests. Performance of the year by an actor. > Paul Giamatti â" Too Big To Fail (HBO) > Guy Pearce â" Mildred Pierce (HBO) > Tim Robbins â" Cinema Verite (HBO) > Eric Stonestreet â" Modern Family (ABC) >
