2011 Golden Globe Winners

I know, the Golden Globes were quite a while ago, but I have just been so busy (high school stuff)! Better late then never!

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Best Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: The Social Network
Who should of won: Black Swan


Best Director - Motion Picture
Winner: David Fincher - The Social Network
Who should of won: Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Colin Firth - The King's Speech


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Natalie Portman - Black Swan


Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
The Kids Are Alright


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Annette Benning - The Kids Are Alright


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Christian Bale - The Fighter
Who should of won: Geoffry Rush - The King's Speech


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Winner: Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Who should have won: Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Arron Sorkin - The Social Network


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Winner: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Who should have won & nominated: Clint Mansell - Black Swan


Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: Toy Story 3
Who should of won: The Illusionist


Best Foreign Language Film
In A Better World (Denmark)


Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Winner: "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - Burlesque
Music & Lyrics by Diane Warren
Who should have won: NONE!


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Best Television Series - Drama
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (AMC)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Winner: Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy (FX)
Who should have won: Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (TNT)


Best Television Series - Comedy/Musical
Winner: Glee (NBC)
Who should have won: 30 Rock (NBC)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical
Winner: Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS) <-----(good for him!) Who should have won: Steve Carrel - The Office (NBC) Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical
Winner: Laura Linney - The Big C (Showtime)
Who should have won: Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC)


Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Carlos (SUNDANCE)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino - You Don't Know Jack (HBO)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes - Temple Grandin (HBO)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Winner: Chris Colfer - Glee (FOX)
Who should have won & been nominated: Jack McBrayer - 30 Rock (NBC)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Lynch - Glee (FOX)

The Tourist

As I was walking out of the theater after the movie the thought that came into my head was, "Why? Why and how was this movie even considered for a Golden Globe nomination?" What did they see in this movie? Was it the twist at the end that was supposed to be surprising.
Johnny Depp plays a terrible sexy math teacher, Frank Tupelo. He is so self conscience about his fame, that it makes him seem ignorant and that effects his acting and character. It makes his character awkward when he is supposed to be charming, and makes his character seem stupid when he is supposed to be comedic. Angelina Jolie, on the other hand, is always sexy. But this role is nothing new for her. Elise Clifton-Ward slowly struting around in designer dresses in a foreign country doing something important. Not any characters that you have not seen before.
Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp) is a high school math teacher visiting Italy. Something about his love life fell apart, blah, blah, blah... Elise Clifton-Ward is some sort of spy or something, it wasn't really clear what kind. They first meet on a train (thats an unusual place to meet a love interest in a mystery movie). Elise is trying to protect the man she loves (guess who), he did something bad and now the FBI is after him (original). She trys to distract the agents with Frank, complicating things.
Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes said it best. "It was a big year for 3D movies, Toy Story, Despicable Me, Tron. Seems like everything this year was 3-dimensional. Except the characters in The Tourist. Um, I feel bad about that joke. I, no I’ll tell you what. I’m jumping on the bandwagon cause I haven’t even seen The Tourist. Who has? But no, it must be good cause its nominated so shut up, okay. And I’d like to crush this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so that the Hollywood foreign press could hang out with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. That is, that is rubbish. That is not the only reason, they also accepted bribes."

Cyrus

Cyrus is an interesting movie, I will say that. The actors are great. The cinematography, great. Plot line, great. Script, great. The thing that threw me off was its sense of humor, if that is what it was...
John, played by John C. Reilly, is recently divorced (recently meaning two years). Not yet over his soon to be married ex-wife, he lives alone, lonely. But his ex convinces him to get out of the house and go to a party. There he meets a lady named Molly (Marisa Tomei). It is an instant connection. But she has a son, a 21-year-old son, named Cyrus (Jonah Hill), who lives at home. Unwilling to share his mother's love with someone else, he does everything in his power to scare off John.
Overall it is a good movie, but the humor? The humor? I just don't get it! Throughout the movie I was thinking "is that supposed to be funny?" There are points in the movie where you laugh your ass off. But there are also parts when the character says something with such a bland demeanor that you do not know if you are either supposed to laugh out loud or sit still. Is the seriousness part of the humor? I still do not know...

I Love You, Phillip Morris - Trailer

2011 Golden Globe Nominations

The Golden Globes have never been reliable for having good taste or being well judged critics, so the choices are not surprising... Keep in mind that I have not seen all of the films that have been nominated. I am basing my approval and disapproval on what I have seen, heard, and read...
deserves: +

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Black Swan +
The King's Speech +
The Social Network
The Fighter
Inception

Best Director - Motion Picture
Derek Aronofsky - Black Swan +
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech +
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David O. Russell - The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network +
Colin Firth - The King's Speech +
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine +
James Franco - 127 Hours
Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole +
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone +
Natalie Portman - Black Swan +
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine +

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are Alright +
Red
The Tourist

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp - The Tourist
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version +
Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack +

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Annette Benning - The Kids Are Alright +
Anne Hathaway - Love and Other Drugs +
Angelina Jolie - The Tourist
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are Alright
Emma Stone - Easy A +

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale - The Fighter +
Michael Douglas - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Jermey Renner - The Town +
Geoffry Rush - The King's Speech +

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams - The Fighter +
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech +
Mila Kunas - Black Swan +
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me +
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist +
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico, Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)
In A Better World (Denmark)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are Alright +
David Seilder - The King's Speech +
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network +

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
"Bound To You" - Burlesque
Music By: Samuel Dixon
Lyrics By: Christina Aguilera and Sia Furler
"Coming Home" - Country Song
Music & Lyrics By: Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges
"I See The Light" - Tangled
Music By: Alan Menken
Lyrics By: Glenn Slater
"There's A Place For Us" - Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
Music & Lyrics By: Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood and David Hodges
"You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me" - Burlesque
Music & Lyrics By: Diane Warren

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Best Television Series - Drama
Boardwalk Empire (HBO) +
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC) + The Walking Dead (AMC)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) +
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC) +
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME) +
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC) +
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men (AMC)
Piper Perabo – Covert Affairs (USA)
Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy (FX)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) +

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
30 Rock (NBC) +
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) +
The Big C (SHOWTIME)
Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC) +
Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC) +
Steve Carell - The Office (NBC) +
Thomas Jane - Hung (HBO) +
Matthew Morrison - Glee (FOX)
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (CBS) +

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette - United States of Tara (SHOWTIME)
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC) +
Laura Linney - The Big C (SHOWTIME)
Lea Michele - Glee (FOX)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Carlos (SUNDACE C) +
The Pacific (HBO)
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ) +
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO) +

Best Performance by an Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Idris Elba – Luther
Ian McShane - Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ) +
Al Pacino – You Don't Know Jack (HBO) +
Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez – Carlos (SUNDANCE C) +

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Hayley Atwell – Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Claire Danes – Temple Grandin (HBO)
Judi Dench – Return To Cranford +
Romola Garai – Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt – The Client List

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Scott Caan – Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
Chris Colfer – Glee (FOX)
Chris Noth – The Good Wife (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC)
David Strathairn – Temple Grandin (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Hope Davis – The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX) +
Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) +
Julia Stiles – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC)

This is Spinal Tap

The ridiculous 'rockumentary' about an up and coming parody rock band, Spinal Tap, in the '80s. Getting their start in Britain, these unintelligent "musicians" are blind to the fact that they have no talent and no following, except for a small audience of potheads and relating idiots.
Their well thought out songs of stupidity are not that bad in my opinion. The eccentric lyrics are well thought out and are catchy, in a 'we're gonna make you laugh your ass off' way. They do not have bad voices and they are pretty bad ass at electric guitar.
Their antics off stage are even more wacky then on stage.
To sum up the movie, in four words. Comical sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.