70th Golden Globe Awards: Results

Last night was the 70th Golden Globe Awards.  Which, you know, were entertaining and what not.  Stuff happened, awards were won, Jodie Foster came out (which I swear, I thought she did a few years ago?).

Best Picture - Drama	Best Picture - Musical or Comedy	Best Actor (Drama)
Argo	Les Misérables	Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress (Drama)	Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty	Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables	Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress	Best Director
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained	Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables	Ben Affleck, Argo
Best Screenplay	Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained	Life of Pi	"Skyfall," Skyfall
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Brave	Amour
Best Series (Drama)	Best Series (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actor (Drama)
Homeland	Girls	Damien Lewis, Homeland
Best Actress (Drama)	Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Claire Danes, Homeland	Don Cheadle, House of Lies	Lena Dunham, Girls
Best Actor (Miniseries or TV Film)	Best Actress (Miniseries or TV Film)	Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys	Julianne Moore, Game Change	Ed Harris, Game Change
Best Supporting Actress	Best Miniseries or TV Film	Cecil B. DeMille Award
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey	Game Change	Jodie Foster

So, a few notes.  I either agreed with or had no opinion on most of the awards (more an agreed with in regards to the movies and no opinion in regards to the TV).  I didn't think that Argo really deserved to win as many awards as it did - the movie is good, yes, but it does bother me as both a Canadian and a historian, and I thought other films were more deserving.  I kind of wish that Bradley Cooper had won best actor instead of Hugh Jackman, and I'm a bit divided on the best actress for a dramatic TV show.  I love that Maggie Smith won her category, and that Anne Hathaway won hers - I also really loved Anne Hathaway's acceptance speech.

For the most part I was neither wowed nor bored by the presenters, although I did think that Jennifer Garner's continuation of husband Ben Affleck's acceptance speech when she presented was a bit tacky.  I did really love Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell's bit - I thought it was great. I also loved how Robert Downey, Jr introduced Jodie Foster.  Oh; the Megan Fox/Jonah Hill thing was lame.  Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were also great, I particularly loved their monologue and the Sarah Palin jokes.

Finally, Jodie Foster.  I loved her acceptance speech - from when she was talking about her career in general to when she came out.  I was a bit surprised by the coming out itself, not because I didn't realize she was gay but because I swear to God the coming out happened a few years ago when her and long-time partner Cydney Bernard broke up.  She wasn't exactly in the closet anymore, she was simply not commenting on her personal life - something that I respect.  Regardless of her sexuality, I think she was really deserving of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, after nearly 50 years in the film business.

18th Critics' Choice Awards: Results

So, last night was the 18th Critic's Choice Awards.  Once again, I didn't watch it, but here are the results and my commentary.

Best Picture	Best Actor	Best Actress
Argo	Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln	Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
I really don't think Argo should have won here.  Sure, it was good, but not the best picture.  There were other movies that were a lot better in this category	I actually really agree with this.  While I don't necessarily think Lincoln should win its best picture noms, I do think Daniel Day-Lewis deserves the win for best actor	I still haven't seen this yet, but I really want to and this just makes me want to more
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress	Best Young Actor/Actress
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master	Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables	Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
I really think that anyone in this category could have won. Except for Matthew McConaughey. I don't know how he got nominated	Yes. Just yes. This was so deserved.	I really want to see this now, just based on how much award recognition this has gotten
Best Acting Ensemble	Best Director	Best Original Screenplay
Silver Linings Playbook	Ben Affleck, Argo	Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
This was well deserved, but then once again, I think anyone could have won here	I kind of think that anyone else could have been a better win than this. Sorry, Ben Affleck, I love you, but yeah	Once again, this is making me want to see Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Tony Kushner, Lincoln	Life of Pi	Anna Karenina
I can see this.  There were a lot of good nominations in this category	Now I really want to see Life of Pi	This was another really good category.  Everyone could have won
Best Editing	Best Costume Design	Best Makeup
Zero Dark Thirty	Anna Karenina	Cloud Atlas
Really want to see this!	I think any one of the films nominated here deserved to win	Ditto
Best Visual Effects	Best Animated Feature	Best Action Movie
Life of Pi	Wreck-It Ralph	Skyfall
Ditto, again	Wreck-It Ralph is definitely the best nominated here	Any one could have won
Best Actor in an Action Movie	Best Actress in an Action Movie	Best Comedy
Daniel Craig, Skyfall	Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games	Silver Linings Playbook
I think I would have actually gone with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper here	I'm not sure who I would have gone with here. I do kind of question how Gina Carano got nominated though	I think this could have gone anyway, to be honest
Best Actor in a Comedy	Best Actress in a Comedy	Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook	Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook	Looper
Bradley Cooper really deserved this. So did Paul Rudd	I love how Jennifer Lawrence won both the action and comedy categories. I think she was the best win here	Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Although, how did Prometheus get nominated?
Best Foreign Film	Best Documentary Feature	Best Song
Amour	Searching for Sugar Man	"Skyfall," Skyfall
I really want to see everything in this category	I have no comment.  The only one I'm actually interested in here is Bully	I love this song, so much
	Best Score
	John Williams, Lincoln
	Of course John Williams won. John Williams should always win

39th People's Choice Awards: Results

So I didn't actually watch this year's People's Choice Awards, so I can't comment on the actual ceremony itself, although based on the list of presenters and the host, I do wish I had thought to record it.  What I'm going to do instead is make a quick commentary on some of the night's wins.

Just to predicate this, I am going to point out that the wins really show the voting demographics of the awards.  Young people, very young people, vote for these awards.

Favourite Movie	Favourite Action Movie	Favourite Comedy Movie
The Hunger Games	The Hunger Games	Ted
You know what, I'm a little surprised here.  I thought Hunger Games was great, but it was up against The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, which were both better	Once again, surprised here, for the same reasons.  I don't think Hunger Games was really all that actiony, either.	This category kind of surprised me.  The nominations were a bit weird.  Ted definitely was not the worst possible winner.
Favourite Drama Movie	Favourite Movie Franchise	Favourite Movie Fan Following
The Perks of Being a Wallflower	The Hunger Games	Twihards, Twilight
I actually really loved this movie.  Of the other movies in this category, I think it was the best deserving one	I'm a bit iffy about this one, just because at this point The Hunger Games isn't really a franchise.  It's the first instalment in one	This category basically sums up who these awards are aimed for.  I do find it funny that two of the franchises nominated here didn't release a movie this year
Favourite Movie Actor	Favourite Movie Actress	Favourite Dramatic Movie Actor
Robert Downey, Jr	Jennifer Lawrence	Zac Efron
I think any one of these actors could have won.  This is the only category I've really liked so far	I feel the same about this as I did about the last category.  I really like Jennifer Lawrence, I'm happy she won	I'm a little surprised that Zac Efron won.  Not complaining, because it's Zac Efron, but surprised
Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress	Favourite Action Movie Actor	Favourite Movie Superhero
Emma Watson	Chris Hemsworth	Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man in The Avengers
I love Emma Watson and I'm really glad she won.  The Perks of Being a Wallflower was great	I found it interesting how Chris Hemsworth won here, but lost the superhero nomination.  It's weird	Okay, yeah. Iron Man is awesome.  I'm happy with this. I do find it interesting how all of the people nominated here are men
Favourite Comedic Movie Actor	Favourite Comedic Movie Actress	Favourite On-Screen Chemistry
Adam Sandler	Jennifer Aniston	Jennifer Lawrence/Josh Hutcherson/Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games
How does Adam Sandler still win these awards? I think he's kind of passed his time here	I'm also a bit disappointed here.  Don't get me wrong, I love Jennifer Aniston on Friends, but I don't think she's the best comedic actress this year	Um... yeah. No.  Not the best. It was good, but not the best.  I would have gone Andrew Garfield/Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man here
Favourite Movie Icon	Favourite Face of Heroism	Favourite Network TV Comedy
Meryl Streep	Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games	The Big Bang Theory
I'm happy with this.  Meryl Streep is awesome	I'm not really sure what this category means, it's confusing. I do find it odd that all the superheros were men, while all the faces of heroism were women	I like this show. It's great. And, also important, it's not Modern Family
Favourite Network TV Drama	Favourite TV Comedy Actor	Favourite TV Comedy Actress
Grey's Anatomy	Chris Colfer	Lea Michele
Once again, I love this show.  It's great, but also not great. I'm happy with this win	I think I would have gone with Neil Patrick Harris here.  I like Chris Colfer, but I'm not as big of a fan of his character	Yeah... This could have gone a few ways.  I'm not complaining about the winner, I just find it odd
Favourite TV Drama Actor	Favourite TV Drama Actress	Favourite Cable TV Comedy
Nathan Fillion	Ellen Pompeo	Awkward
Nathan Fillion is the kind of guy who should be nominated for everything and win everything he's nominated for. Just saying	There were a few really good people nominated here, so I think it could have gone a few ways	Honestly, I don't actually watch any of these shows, so I have no comment
Favourite Cable TV Drama	Favourite TV Crime Drama	Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show
Leverage	Castle	Supernatural
I haven't watched any of these either, although I have heard of a lot of great things	Castle is great because of Nathan Fillion.  I would have also liked it if Bones had won too	This was a really good category and had some interesting nominations.  It could have gone anyway
Favourite New TV Comedy	Favourite New TV Drama	Favourite Daytime TV Host
The New Normal	Beauty and the Beast	Ellen DeGeneres
I don't watch The New Normal or pretty much anything else here.  I've been told New Normal is really good though	How did this win? Seriously? How? How did it even get nominated?	Ellen is awesome!
Favourite Late Night TV Host	Favourite TV Competition Show	Favourite Celebrity Judge
Jimmy Fallon	The X-Factor	Demi Lovato
I would have gone with Conan here, just saying	I don't actually watch anything here, but I've been told The X-Factor is great	I would have gone with Blake Shelton, who wasn't even nominated
Favourite Premium Cable TV Show	Favourite New Talk Show Host	Favourite TV Fan Following
True Blood	Steve Harvey	SPNFamily, Supernatural
Huh. Is True Blood still good?	I kind of find it funny that Katie Couric, Jeff Probst, and Ricki Lake all somehow qualify as new talk show hosts	Once again, who cares about the fan followings? Really? This is a category?
Favourite Song of the Year	Favourite Album of the Year	Favourite Music Video
"What Makes You Beautiful," One Direction	Up All Night, One Direction	"Part of Me," Katy Perry
I'm a little surprised "Call Me Maybe" didn't win, just because that's everywhere	I can see this, given who else was nominated. A little surprised Maroon 5 didn't win though	And I'm totally surprised that neither "Gangnam Style" nor "Call Me Maybe." They were everywhere
Favourite Male Artist	Favourite Female Artist	Favourite Band
Jason Mraz	Katy Perry	Maroon 5
How does Chris Brown keep on getting nominated for things? How does Chris Brown still have a following?	Honestly, I think of all the people nominated here, Katy Perry is the least deserving	I can see this. They were kind of everywhere this year
Favourite Pop Artist	Favourite Hip Hop Artist	Favourite R&B Artist
Katy Perry	Nicki Minaj	Rhianna
I would have gone with either P!nk or Adele here	Nicki Minaj is probably the biggest name here	I don't think I actually like any of the artists in this category. Sorry
Favourite Country Artist	Favourite Breakout Artist
Taylor Swift	The Wanted
Um... yeah. I can name 4 artists nominated for this who should have won instead of Taylor Swift	I'm really surprised that The Wanted won here, instead of any of the other artists nominated
Favourite Humanitarian	People's Voice
Sandra Bullock	Christina Aguilera
I'm not really sure what this category was for, but Sandra Bullock is awesome	Also not sure what this category is for, sorry