Golden Globes 2019 Reactions

​If the 2019 Golden Globes proved anything it’s that the real awards should be going to whoever is in control of PR budgets. It’s the only viable explanation for some of the wins.

​Best Picture – Drama
“Bohemian Rhapsody” – This is the perfect example of marketing dollars put to good use. Even if the Golden Globes used stacked rankings to vote, there is no other explanation aside from that as to how this won.
Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Green Book” – A quasi pleasant surprise but I still fail to see how this was considered a comedy or musical. Also I am a little sad that “Crazy Rich Asians” didn’t win.
Best Director – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” – Great choice, no complaints.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close, “The Wife” – Not sure what happened here, and I can’t even blame advertising money (unless the entire movie’s ad budget was spent on a ‘For Your Consideration’ campaign).
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Just, wow. I continue to wonder if the voting members of the HFPA were sent a different cut than the one I saw.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” – Not a surprise, and I won’t necessarily argue with whether or not she deserved it. I will argue with “The Favourite” being classified as a Musical or Comedy.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, “Vice” – Shocked by this one as well, especially considering it’s the press who votes, and the press who’ve been pretty unkind to the film.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Proving that sometimes the Golden Globes gets things right. Also points to the director of the Golden Globes who told the orchestra to stop playing King off when she challenged everyone to employ 50% women on their upcoming projects.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” – Again, nice to see they got a few things right (though I felt he wasn’t the supporting character…)

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly, “Green Book” – Pretty surprised by this win, just because there were stronger (and equally voter appealing) choices in the category.
Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse” – No surprises here (and a well deserved win).
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
“Roma” – Again not a surprise, and well deserved.
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, “First Man” – Called it.
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Shallow” — “A Star Is Born” – Probably the easiest category to call…

Best Television Series, Drama
“The Americans,” FX – Sigh, fine.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve” – Highlight of the evening for me. Thank you Sandra Oh for helping continue to pave the way for Asians on screen.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Richard Madden, “Bodyguard” – He should have just handed the award to the Netflix PR team… Don’t get me wrong I like Richard Madden, but I tried to watch “Bodyguard” and was so bored.
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
“The Kominsky Method,” Netflix – Part of me wants to chalk this up to Netflix money again, but I also haven’t seen this yet so maybe it was amazing? I will also say, I enjoyed the acceptance speech.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – Ughhhhhhhh finee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” – See reasoning for the show winning series.
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story,” FX – I’m glad to see this getting attention it was quite well done!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora” – Escape at what? Also I am all for recognizing the various artists who work on a project but I don’t think we need to know that xyz person made your TEETH.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story” – This was quite the performance as well.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects” – Well I thought it was going to be Amy Adams who was the beneficiary of HBO’s bank rolling… I was close?
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ben Whishaw, “A Very English Scandal” – I won’t argue.

Let’s be honest though. The real winners of the night? All of us for getting to behold Sandra Oh’s parents.