The Golden Globes were last night, and it honestly feels like the winners ended up playing second fiddle to the greater significance of the night. In the face of disturbing abuse from powerful men, Hollywood stood together to say "Time's Up," with the black dress code setting a somber mood. Oh, and Oprah Winfrey delivered the speech that may have kick-started her political career. It was a momentous cultural event, both a celebration of great cinema and a brutally honest reflection of the political and social climate of the last year. While there's plenty to be said about the overall ramifications of the evening in Hollywood and beyond, there's also the Oscar race to discuss. The Golden Globes aren't exactly the best barometer of Academy success, but it could provide some important insight into where this race is heading. Check out the list of winners from the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards!
Best Motion Picture- Drama- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Best Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- LADY BIRD
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama- Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture- Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture- Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director- Motion Picture- Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture- Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture- Animated- COCO
Best Motion Picture- Foreign Language- IN THE FADE
Best Original Score- Motion Picture- Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Best Original Song- Motion Picture- "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman
So those are the winners, but what does it all mean? Here are some of my biggest takeaways from the first big show in a race that is totally up in the air:
-Huge victories for Three Billboards and Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh's dark comedy and Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age story won the big prizes of the evening, taking home Best Motion Picture- Drama and Best Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, respectively. In an unpredictable awards season, the two films could not be more different. Lady Bird is universally beloved, a movie so earnest and enjoyable that it's virtually impossible to dislike it. On the other hand, Three Billboards is one of the most controversial films of the year, quickly succumbing to fiercely divisive online reactions after glowing festival reviews. Some people love this movie, and just as many people hate it. Can Three Billboards survive claims that its narrative lets a racist cop off the hook? I'm just not sure. But I think this is a huge win for Lady Bird, and unless Get Out takes the race by storm, Gerwig's film just might be the front-runner.
-Gary Oldman overcomes the threat of Timothée Chalamet
Before anyone had even seen the film, Gary Oldman was almost unanimously chosen as the Best Actor front-runner for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's Darkest Hour. But even with glowing reviews and solid box office, many grew tired of such an easy and familiar choice. Critics groups began to push for Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, and with Oldman's negative comments about the HFPA on everyone's mind, some thought that the young star could topple the veteran actor. Sadly, that didn't turn out to be the case- Oldman won and solidified his status as the one to beat in the race.
-Best Actress looks like a race between Frances McDormand and Saoirse Ronan
The two closest competitions of the evening came in the Best Actress categories- it was always going to be a narrow race between Frances McDormand and Sally Hawkins, and the race between Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie may have been even closer. In the end, the winners reflected the Best Picture winners, as McDormand and Ronan won for their acclaimed performances. But at the Oscars, there can only be one winner. Will it be McDormand for her portrayal of a grieving, brutally honest (and often vulgar) mother? Or will Ronan's honest and emotionally affecting turn as a lovably pretentious teenager win the hearts of the Academy? Or is there still room for an upset by Robbie or Hawkins? Only time will tell.
-Christopher Nolan might not win Best Director
As much as I love Guillermo del Toro, I just couldn't muster any enthusiasm for his Best Director win last night. And that's for one simple reason- Christopher Nolan delivered a superior and truly monumental and achievement with Dunkirk. At one point in time, he was practically guaranteed to win the Oscar. Now, it's less than a sure thing- del Toro has to be the favorite at this point, and with Natalie Portman's pointed comments about the lack of female directors, this very well could be Greta Gerwig's year.
-Get Out, Call Me By Your Name, The Post, and Dunkirk get shut out
Speaking of Dunkirk, it was one of four major Oscar contenders that ended up winning nothing last night. Nolan's World War II epic wasn't expected to win anything, but I have to imagine that it was a disappointing evening for some other supposed front-runners. Despite early jokes in Seth Meyers' monologue about its Oscar bait status, Steven Spielberg's The Post walked away with nothing, resulting in another rough night for the film. It seemed that the HFPA couldn't muster any enthusiasm for Jordan Peele's Get Out, and they seemed to care little for Luca Guadagnino's masterful Call Me By Your Name as well. Will that hurt their chances with the Academy? At this point, who knows.
-Allison Janney over Laurie Metcalf? It's a possibility
Laurie Metcalf has long been considered the favorite for her terrific portrait of the strong-willed Marion in Lady Bird, but she lost out to I, Tonya's Allison Janney in the Supporting Actress category. Both are great performances, and yet there's no denying that Janney has the showier role as LaVona Hardin. There's a good chance she comes out on top on Oscar night.
Well, that's it for this year's Golden Globes. But with the SAGs and PGA Awards just around the corner, the Oscar race is far from over.
Images courtesy of Fox Searchlight and A24
Best Motion Picture- Drama- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Best Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- LADY BIRD
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama- Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical- James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture- Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture- Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director- Motion Picture- Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture- Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture- Animated- COCO
Best Motion Picture- Foreign Language- IN THE FADE
Best Original Score- Motion Picture- Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Best Original Song- Motion Picture- "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman
So those are the winners, but what does it all mean? Here are some of my biggest takeaways from the first big show in a race that is totally up in the air:
-Huge victories for Three Billboards and Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh's dark comedy and Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age story won the big prizes of the evening, taking home Best Motion Picture- Drama and Best Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, respectively. In an unpredictable awards season, the two films could not be more different. Lady Bird is universally beloved, a movie so earnest and enjoyable that it's virtually impossible to dislike it. On the other hand, Three Billboards is one of the most controversial films of the year, quickly succumbing to fiercely divisive online reactions after glowing festival reviews. Some people love this movie, and just as many people hate it. Can Three Billboards survive claims that its narrative lets a racist cop off the hook? I'm just not sure. But I think this is a huge win for Lady Bird, and unless Get Out takes the race by storm, Gerwig's film just might be the front-runner.
-Gary Oldman overcomes the threat of Timothée Chalamet
Before anyone had even seen the film, Gary Oldman was almost unanimously chosen as the Best Actor front-runner for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's Darkest Hour. But even with glowing reviews and solid box office, many grew tired of such an easy and familiar choice. Critics groups began to push for Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, and with Oldman's negative comments about the HFPA on everyone's mind, some thought that the young star could topple the veteran actor. Sadly, that didn't turn out to be the case- Oldman won and solidified his status as the one to beat in the race.
-Best Actress looks like a race between Frances McDormand and Saoirse Ronan
The two closest competitions of the evening came in the Best Actress categories- it was always going to be a narrow race between Frances McDormand and Sally Hawkins, and the race between Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie may have been even closer. In the end, the winners reflected the Best Picture winners, as McDormand and Ronan won for their acclaimed performances. But at the Oscars, there can only be one winner. Will it be McDormand for her portrayal of a grieving, brutally honest (and often vulgar) mother? Or will Ronan's honest and emotionally affecting turn as a lovably pretentious teenager win the hearts of the Academy? Or is there still room for an upset by Robbie or Hawkins? Only time will tell.
-Christopher Nolan might not win Best Director
As much as I love Guillermo del Toro, I just couldn't muster any enthusiasm for his Best Director win last night. And that's for one simple reason- Christopher Nolan delivered a superior and truly monumental and achievement with Dunkirk. At one point in time, he was practically guaranteed to win the Oscar. Now, it's less than a sure thing- del Toro has to be the favorite at this point, and with Natalie Portman's pointed comments about the lack of female directors, this very well could be Greta Gerwig's year.
-Get Out, Call Me By Your Name, The Post, and Dunkirk get shut out
Speaking of Dunkirk, it was one of four major Oscar contenders that ended up winning nothing last night. Nolan's World War II epic wasn't expected to win anything, but I have to imagine that it was a disappointing evening for some other supposed front-runners. Despite early jokes in Seth Meyers' monologue about its Oscar bait status, Steven Spielberg's The Post walked away with nothing, resulting in another rough night for the film. It seemed that the HFPA couldn't muster any enthusiasm for Jordan Peele's Get Out, and they seemed to care little for Luca Guadagnino's masterful Call Me By Your Name as well. Will that hurt their chances with the Academy? At this point, who knows.
-Allison Janney over Laurie Metcalf? It's a possibility
Laurie Metcalf has long been considered the favorite for her terrific portrait of the strong-willed Marion in Lady Bird, but she lost out to I, Tonya's Allison Janney in the Supporting Actress category. Both are great performances, and yet there's no denying that Janney has the showier role as LaVona Hardin. There's a good chance she comes out on top on Oscar night.
Well, that's it for this year's Golden Globes. But with the SAGs and PGA Awards just around the corner, the Oscar race is far from over.
Images courtesy of Fox Searchlight and A24
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