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What are your Golden Globe reactions?
Well, I like to think did OK publicly predicting the often squirrelly Golden Globes for the first time. I scored 8 out of 14, missing:
Original song: Prince’s pleasant but forgettable little tune from “Happy Feet” beat the “Dreamgirls” original song “Listen.” I don’t think the HFPA was listening in this case.
Animated film: I had “Happy Feet” instead of “Cars” but I’m happy to be wrong about a Pixar movie losing. “Cars” is better than “Happy Feet,” but it’s not better than “Monster House.”
Screenplay went to “The Queen” instead of “Babel.” Well, I WAS right about “Babel” getting one big award, I just guessed the wrong one!
Foreign Language Film: “Letters from Iwo Jima” won over “Pan’s Labyrinth.” I should have figured on Eastwood love despite the film’s fading fortunes.
Score went to “The Painted Veil” instead of “Babel.” That led to the best blog comment I read all night on Hollywood Elsewhere: “ Good choice! The music from “The Painted Veil” is haunting, sweeping and at times emotionally uplifting … at least that’s what I heard from a guy I work with who’s sister’s best friend from college’s mother saw it said.” Walter Sobchak
In what was probably the night’s biggest surprise, “Babel” picked up the top award … and nothing else. Still, I don’t think this makes it the Oscar favorite. “Babel’s” international themes resonated strongly with foreign press voters. But as far as the Academy is concerned, I’m starting to lean toward “The Departed,” with a possible upset by “Little Miss Sunshine” or even “Dreamgirls,” which I think still has a chance even though its buzz has started to turn into a backlash. Heck, the backlash may help it.
Highlights of the evening:
— Meryl Streep’s speech, especially her call for requesting that small films play alongside the big blockbusters.
— Sacha Baron Cohen for giving the funniest acceptance speech of the evening and NOT doing it as Borat.
— Jennifer Hudson including in her thank-yous Florence Ballard, the “lost” Supreme on whom Effie is based.
— And I love the genuine emotion of winners like Hudson, America Ferrara and Forest Whitaker. It’s always so much more entertaining than reading off a bunch of names. Well, except when Meryl Streep does it.
Please be advised my blogging might be a bit erratic this week, as I am on call for jury duty. In the meantime, tell me - what did you all think of the show?
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By SRCputt
January 16, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this
I want Streep to give at acceptance speech at every awards show I see. She’s always entertaining in those shows.