As expected Slumdog Millionaire (aka City of SlumGod or The Constant Slumdener) swept in a decidedly weak year. Its international pedigree was just too much to resist for the Hollywood Foreign Press. It didn’t connect with me, but lots of people seem to love it. Presenter Ricky Gervais was definitely a highlight, especially his Winslet-Holocaust reference. I also enjoyed all the Springsteen-Mickey Rourke love. Any In Bruges attention is always good. Click below for the full list of winners and some comments.
FILM
Best Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture, Comedy Musical: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL•E
Best Actor, Musical/Comedy: Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Best Actress, Musical/Comedy: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Original Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millonaire
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg
I love Kate Winslet, and her double win should translate into an Oscar for something. Ledger and WALL-E are deserving. I can never get enough of Scorsese and Spielberg on stage together or a retrospective about great filmmakers like Spielberg.
TELEVISION
Best Drama Series: Mad Men
Best Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Best Actress, Drama: Anna Paquin, True Blood
Best Comedy Series: 30 Rock
Best Actor, Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Actress, Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best Miniseries: John Adams
Best Actress, Miniseries: Laura Linney, John Adams
Best Actor, Miniseries: Paul Giamatti, John Adams
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson, John Adams
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Recount
Yes, John Adams really is that good. If you have the time (>8 hours) and a passing interest in the origins of the United States, do yourself a favor and check it out. Recount (B, I guess) did portray all sides of the 2000 Florida Recount, but it’s obviously biased for Gore and as much as I like Laura Dern (especially when she works for David Lynch), her Katharine Harris is written and performed as a caricature. I haven’t seen In Treatment (not sure what this is) or True Blood (not a vampire fan). I haven’t seen enough of Mad Men.
2 comments:
Preshow notes: They interviewed Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, and PuffDaddy, but none of the people actually in the best films of the year.
The Mark Wahlberg/Jeremy Piven interview with Tiki Barber is the MOST AWKWARD thing I've ever seen. Barber references the mercury thing and says he would've 'gotten back in there' and Wahlberg makes it worse. Unmissable tv.
I hate Sting - his intro was singer/songrwriter/social activist - kill me.
Rourke/Springsteen was great, and I enjoyed Rourke's speech and shout out to Axl for Sweet Child O Mine, which really added some good texture to The Wrestler (A-...still thinking about the review).
Gervais was hilarious, as usual, and I loved the Extras/Holocaust reference - the funniest moment of the night for those that have seen the Extras with Winslet.
Winslet was touching with her reference to Leo, who really is getting screwed by Rourke this year - his performance in RevRoad is awesome.
Great to see 30 Rock win instead of Monk.
It felt good to watch the Globes after last year's hiatus - too bad the best year ever didn't have a decent globes.
I missed the Piven thing so hopefully it'll show up on youtube. I caught the social activist thing with Sting and scoffed out loud.
My favorite Extras episode is the one with Winslet - just love her talking dirty.
I really need to see Ben Button - hopefully Friday - just to see what the problem is.
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