Yes, the Golden Globes gives Hollywood another chance to pull a contortionist act and pat itself on the back. Yes, it is a spectacle. But it's a spectacle that is oh so amusing!
Even we here on the blog could not resist the sparkliness of the festivities (the dresses! the stars!) nor the inevitable mishaps (the unexplainable and frequent bleeping! Christian Bale's crazy beard!). Also, we realized, 'Hey! We actually saw some of these shows/movies!'
And so we watched. And thus, came the live blog for your reading pleasure.
Here are some excerpts in 2 parts. First, here's Lea's coherent assessment at the end of the night, on the evening as a whole:
L: as an ~awards show, it was disappointing. Whenever they have Ricky Gervais presenting at these kinds of shows, he's hilarious, but I found him unfunny and just mean the majority of the time. Tina/Steve and RDJ were the highlights of the awards show for me.
11:05 PM
As far as winners/losers, I was glad to see The Social Network win for so much. It was definitely one of the best movies I've seen all year, so I was glad. And SUCH a deserving win for Colin Firth
TV-wise, I'm glad to see Boardwalk getting recognition b/c it was such a high quality show.
But Glee winning is just going to encourage the bad writing on that show
Oh, but the sweetest win was Chris Colfer. I may hate Glee, but his emotions and his speech were so genuine, it was great to see.
Below are portions of our conversations that took place while we were watching the awards last night. Beware, as there is much flailing. Take it in slowly, and you'll be just fine:
The evening looked promising:
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| Master of Ceremonies. The beer may have been light, but the jokes weren't. |
1/16/11, 8:00 PM
L: The globes are starting! The globes are starting!
Z: Yay! Has Ricky already got a drink?
L: Ricky Gervais is drinking a beer
Z: Starting light, I see
However, the night slowly started to unravel when Christian Bale walked up to the stage to accept his award for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' for 'The Fighter'. Don't get us wrong, we love him, but...
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| Thumbs up on the acting. Thumbs down on the hair. |
(Around 8:05 p.m.)
Z: It's Christian Bale with a Jesus beard
L: Andrew Garfield is SO CUTE OMG
Z: Christian Bale!!!
L: (right after realizing the beard) WHAT HAS HE DONE TO HIS FACE?!
L: Every time they show Bale's beard, a puppy dies.
L: Every time they show Bale's beard, a puppy dies.
Then, there was the frequent bleeping, much to our confusion on the blog:
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| Mysterious bleeping began with Bale. |
L: "What you didn't see at home: Bale just ended his speech by launching into a big, expletive-laden Robert DeNiro lovefest."
L: Yeah, the crowd is too loud. And it keeps bleeping things out
8:20 PM
L: Maybe everyone is swearing very loudly!
lol
Z: Well, they are allowed to drink at this awards show
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| Even Giamatti, awarded 'Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Comedy' couldn't escape the bleeps. |
Z: Damn you, censors! I want to hear Paul Giamatti swear!
L: How drunk is Giamatti?
L: I've loved him since he played JOHN ADAMS!!!!!!!!
Z: He's saluting Canada...so, pretty drunk.
Z: Not that I have anything against Canada.
John Adams. Another film I have yet to see.
10:30 PM
L:~miniseries
Z: My mistake. I remember you said it gets pretty graphic.
L: Someone gets their boob cut off. Anyways.........
First, as Garrett Hedlund presented an award with Leighton Meester:
L: Zosette! Zosette!.....TRON
Z: it's FLYNN!!! Where's your lightcycle at?!!!
Then, as Olivia Wilde presented an award with the bravest Hufflepuff there ever was Robert Pattinson:
L: TRON
Z: I want my lightcycles!
And finally, as Jeff Bridges presented the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture to Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan':
Z: JEFF BRIDGES!
L: THE DUDE
Z: TRON!
A lot of the wins made complete sense to us. Hence, more flailing:
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| Adorable. |
On Chris Colfer's win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV Series:
L: OMG I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM. HE LOOKS SO SHOCKED
Z: You go, KURT!!!!! I liked his speech.
L: And I hate Glee! But I'm glad he won
Z: I like it sometimes; he's usually part of why I like it
L: But yeah, I like Glee for everything except the ~serious story lines. They do an extremely poor job at them. BUT! Kurt's serious story lines are the only ones I think they do pretty consistently well.
On Boardwalk Empire's win for Best Television Series--Drama:
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| Nucky and Margaret sans Jimmy and Richard Harrow, alas. |
Z: BOARDWALK!!!!
L: BOARDWAAAAAAALK
Z: YAYY
L: MARGARET!!!!
L: OMG IS JIMMY THERE?! WHERE IS JIMMY
Z: Michael Pitt, where are you?! Where's Richard Harrow?!
L: I has a sad
Z: Richard Harrow is lying down at a sniper's perch right now; Jimmy is beating on some fools
On Colin Firth's win for Best Actor in a Drama for "The King's Speech":
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| All hail King Firth. |
L: SO deserving. This is going to sound weird, but he makes having a stutter sound natural.
It had to have been sooo difficult to keep that up the whole movie. It was really just a fantastic performance
10:50 PM
and a delightful movie.
Z: I need to see this movie.
L: YOU NEED TO SEE EVERY MOVIE
Z: it's true; I need to see a million movies.
On The Social Network winning basically everything including Best Screenplay--Motion Picture:
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Z: Wow, Social Network is cleaning up the place
L: Social Network is gonna win everything. I need to see that movie again. WE SHOULD WATCH IT TOGETHER
L: Really though, it was such an interesting movie that really made you think
and they REALLY don't portray Mark Zuckerberg in a good light
On Al Pacino winning 'Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Motion Picture' for 'You Don't Know Jack':
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| No 'stop talking music' for this BAMF. |
L: People just hand out awards to Pacino. SHARE THE WEALTH, PACINO! naw j/k I love me some Pacino.
Z: He should make his own awards; [and call them] The Pacinos. God knows he has so many. He should just melt down all of his old awards and hand them out to people.L: PACINO'S AWARDS COULD STOP WORLD HUNGER
Z: He and deniro should make their own award. Then, world peace could be achieved.
L:They won't play the 'stop talking' music for Pacino either
Z: No one tells pacino to stop talking.
L: He'll kill you.
Z: Godfather style.
Z: lol; the orchestra waited for him, and they played a flourish at the end of his speech.
You know you've made it when you get an orchestra flourish at the globes... at the end of your long speech.
And, of course, we were happy to see many of our favorite celebrities. Especially these two, who brought out the biggest flails of the night from both of us.
Maybe they should've hosted the whole thing instead?
Maybe they should've hosted the whole thing instead?
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| "Gervais, I'mma let you finish...but I'm gonna get the biggest laughs of the night." |
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"As stars who are also writers, it gives us great pleasure to honor the nominees for best screenplay." -- Steve "Screenplays we could have written if we had time. Like the one about the mountain climber. " -- Tina "I would have given my right arm to have written that." -- Steve |
L: He really can do no wrong.
Z: I'm following Slezak's live blog, and he has a good suggestion: Tina and Steve should host the Oscars.
L: That's brilliant!
Z: I'm following Slezak's live blog, and he has a good suggestion: Tina and Steve should host the Oscars.
L: That's brilliant!
Z: Somebody pitch that! Or, they could have Liz Lemon and Michael Scott host the Oscars.
That would be hilarious.
L: GREATEST. OSCARS. EVER.
Z: If that ever happens, Lea, WE HAVE TO GO.
And there you have a glimpse of our take on the night, which was much like the Golden Globes themselves--a mixture of things that make sense with some ridiculousness thrown in, but nonetheless always entertaining. Hope you enjoyed it.
[Image Credits: kypost.com; EW.com; LAtimes.com, GoldenGlobes.org]
2 comments:
That was an extremely entertaining read! I wish I had been there in some form... :)
Glad you enjoyed it, friend!!! :)
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