Here are some thoughts just to wrap up the Golden Globes:
1. I’m really happy for Alejandro González Iñárritu. Even though I did have some quibbles with Babel, ultimately his win made me feel really proud of what we Mexicans can achieve and the talent we have in our country. His win was historic because he became the first Mexican director to ever win a Golden Globe award. If only our government took notice of this and decided to give more support to our film industry and the new emerging talents.
2. And speaking of Mexicans, the whole crew of Ugly Betty (which included Salma Hayek) really looked surprised and shocked. I was happy for them, even though I’ve never seen the show. Besides, America Ferrara gave one of the most emotional speeches of the night.
3. Meryl Streep is a class act. You probably already know that, but I never get tired of saying that she has to be the most ego-less and humble actress in Hollywood despite her reputation as the “best living actress”. And she’s great at writing speeches too. The way she read the names of several independent films (The Queen, Notes on a Scandal, etc) and demanded for them to be shown in more theatres was really classy. She also acknowledged the other nominated actresses and thanked everybody who worked on the film. The best part of the speech, however, was when she ended it with “That’s all”, her character’s catch phrase.
4. It was a British invasion that night. Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighty, Peter Morgan, and Emily Blunt all won Golden Globes in their respective categories. It was really nice to see all of them recognized, especially Blunt, who can become one hell of an actress and the next big thing if she choses the right roles. So far she’s on the right track.
5. Grey’s Anatomy better than 24!? Give me a break. Season 5 was the best of them all. Oh well, at least 24 won the Emmy last year.
6. I really really wanted Pan’s Labyrinth to win the Best Foreign Film category. Guillermo del Toro deserved that award so much. I still haven’t seen Letters from Iwo Jima but Eastwood is one of my favorite directors so all is good.
Finally, how did I do with my predictions? …. Since I only predicted the film categories I got a score of 11/14. I missed the two music categories: Best Original Score and Best Song because I normally suck at predicting these categories. I also missed Best Foreign Film because I wanted Pan’s Labyrinth to win so badly.
So that was that, on to Oscar nominations on Tuesday!
