After a terrible year for actors and writers, the studios finally pulled their heads out of their asses just in time for awards season! And though the Golden Globes are back for only the second year after trying to right their wrongs, I thought the evening was a perfectly fine one.
I say that mainly for the performances that were recognized rather than the host. Jo Koy, whose comedy I am not familiar with, was a bit awkward. Sure, he only had ten days notice for the gig, but still, a comedian should be able to work the room. Screw what the writers gave him! If the crowd wasn’t feeling it early, he should have just abandoned it altogether and just did his own thing. Oh well, I can’t imagine he’ll have the chance to redeem himself next year. I also read that the in between commercial break announcements were also quite cringe at times. Thank goodness for DVR!
Anyway, as I said, there were a slew of incredible performances nominated this year, so there were very few wins I would have been disappointed with. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t totally. For instance, would I have liked to have seen Mark Ruffalo or Charles Melton take the win over Robert Downey Jr? Yes. Though Downy was a hilarious and gracious winner, so I suppose I can’t hate on him too badly. Though I can’t judge the performance yet, I was actually quite surprised that Lily Gladstone beat out the other actresses in her category. I thought for sure Greta Lee and Sandra Huller had a leg up on her. Especially given the other two wins for Anatomy of a Fall.
Poor Past Live just couldn’t break through and that’s such a shame. While it wasn’t one of my favorite films of the year, it’s been a critic and audience darling, so I thought it’d have the edge. I will say that none of the other film winners surprised me much. I can only hope that The Holdovers‘ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph can hold onto this into the Oscars. Oppenheimer comes as no shock as the drama winner, with the excellent and long deserved Cillian Murphy snagging the actor trophy unsurprisingly, as well. I’d also give Emma Stone the edge for the Oscar at this point, which for this performance, I wouldn’t be mad about. I did see a Tweet about how Billie Eilish will probably score her second Oscar (best original song) before Bradley Cooper ever receives one. That seems like it will likely be true come time.
On the television side, while I know it was the “weakest” season of Ted Lasso, I was surprised to see it leave totally empty-handed. Not that all the wins for The Bear weren’t totally deserved! That show’s second season rocked! Beef and Succession taking home all the wins for their respective categories came as no surprise either. That supporting actor category was so tough! As much as I loved Matthew Macfadyen’s performance in Succession‘s final season, I couldn’t help but be a little bit bummed for Ebon Moss-Bachrach. I would have also loved to have seen Christina Ricci cinch the sole win for Yellowjackets because she’s absolutely brilliant in that show, but I suppose Elizabeth Debicki must have played a pretty convincing princess Diana.
All in all, a great evening! Highlight hilarious moment goes to Jennifer Lawrence mouthing into the camera, “if I don’t win, I’m leaving” as she popped up during the nominations. She stayed, and fan-girled super hard over Stone’s win. I love actors who love other actors. Onto the Emmy’s next week!