The 66th Annual Golden Globes

For those of you CCAD Film Society members who have forgotten about the 65th Golden Globes and how they were held at a press conference because of the Hollywood writer's strike. This year we finally have the award show that we have all been waiting for, without the frequent clip shows and the awkward montages.

It was straight forward and I really enjoyed watching it. Although, there were some unexpected wins, this years Globe winners could be very easily predicted.

I am not a avid watcher of mini-series but, John Adams took almost every award with Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV, Best Performance by an actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Performance by an Actress (Laura Linney), and Best Performance by an actor in a supporting role (Tom Wilkinson).

Of course the acclaimed Mad Men won Best Drama for a Television Series and 30 Rock won Best Comedy for a Television Series. Does anybody else think that Tracy Morgan is sometimes annoying?

Congrats to Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey for winning Best Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Comedy. Tina Fey is a genius.

Gabriel Byrne won Best Actor in a Drama Television Series for In Treatment and Anna Paquin won Best Actress for True Blood.

Laura Dern (Recount) won for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-series or a Motion Picture made for television, I still think that Jurassic Park was her greatest work.

The only montage of the night was for Steven Spielberg who was being honored for his career achievements as director and producer. He received the Cecil B. DeMille award given by director and close friend Martin Scorsese.

Best Foreign Language Film went to Vals Im Bashir which looked beautiful and took around 4 years to make.

Best Animated Film went to my favorite, Wall-E. Pixar is brilliant. The detail and beauty of this film should be up for Best Picture.

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture went to Slumdog Millionaire. When I saw Slumdog I was laughing at the end credits but I did start dancing. The music was different and brought even more culture to the film. On another note, Clint Eastwood really does it all.

For Best Original Song, Bruce Springsteen won for The Wrestler. I have not really listened to this song or have I seen the film, but all I can say is thank God Miley Cyrus didn't win.

Best Screenplay went to Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. I loved the film and he was up against really well written movies. I think during the announcing of the nominees it sounded like the announcer almost said "Skeemplay" right before Frost/Nixon, which I found humorous.

Danny Boyle won Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire. Like I said I loved the movie and I am glad he won.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role went to Kate WInslet for The Reader. Finally people are giving her credit.

This next one was just a joke. If I was Philip Seymour Hoffman I don't think I would have showed up to the Globes either. The only reason I would go is to honor Heath Ledger. Heath thankfully won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. In my opinion and not everyone agrees with me but he was the best thing that came out of The Dark Knight. I guess I was just disappointed in the other nominations and feel bad for Hoffman and Ledger. (Feel free to bash on this opinion)

Sally Hawkins won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy) for Happy-Go-Lucky. This is a film I would like to see because I love British humor and she was in awe when she won this award.

I had no idea who would win Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy) but I guess Colin Farrell did an award winning job for his performance in In Bruges.

It was such a toss-up for Best Performance by an Actress (Drama). Every actress was brilliant. Of course I was rooting for Meryl but Kate Winslet walked away with this win. I still have to see Revolutionary Road but even Kate was surprised to have won this award. Does anyone else think that she is in love with Leo? She hugged and kissed him first when she won and confessed her love to him before her husband. Leo didn't have a date with him and has been waiting for her ever since Titanic. Or I can just be making things up in my head, but if anyone else feels this way don't be afraid to speak up.

What a comeback for Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, this role was made for him and I am glad he won Best Performance by an Actor (Drama). I need to see this film but lucky he won this against some other really outstanding performances.

Vicky Christina Barcelona won for Best Motion Picture (musical or comedy). Personally Burn After Reading was my favorite but congrats to Woody Allen.

Slumdog Millionaire won for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and I couldn't be happier. It was a fantastic movie.

(The 81st Annual Academy Award Nominees will be announced Jan. 22nd)