It's the awards season again!!! Yay!
We began our journey on red carpet with The Golden Globes on January 10th with a loss of belief in Hollywood's judgement as that loss keeps increasing in size every and each year.
First of all I have to say this: Ricky Gervais, I love you and I respect you. An award show that was so... whatever that was, could only be managed that well. Even though I question why he would return to host such a disgrace for the 4th time knowing that all of the things he makes fun of in his opening speech are not only jokes but ridiculous and harsh facts, I believe he just returns to host every time just to be ironic.
Let's start slow. Even though The Golden Globes has it's integrity quite shaken in my eyes, I am very happy that the success of Mozart In The Jungle had been acknowledged. Mozart In The Jungle received 2 Golden Globes; one for a much deserved Best Television Series in Comedy or Musical category and one for Best Performance by an Actor in a TelevisionSeries in Comedy or Musical with the amazing Gael Garcia Bernal. If you don't know my thought and feelings on Mozart In The Jungle or even worse, if you've never heard about it, I invite you to click right here.
Let's move on to our second highlight of the night I'm pretty sure if you have internet and if you know how to use it properly, you have seen this right here at least a hundred times by now.
But how cute Lady Gaga's speech was! She truly is a humble soul.
Following the "Leonardo DiCaprio never won an Oscar" craze people were overly excited over him getting a Golden Globe, welcoming it with a "Finally!". What these people apparently don't know that this is Leo's 3rd Golden Globe and a Golden Globe is not an Oscar. So there you go.
Moving on... I am a musician and songwriter. Why do I tell you this? Because this makes me extra sensitive in the best original song/best original score categories. I am very satisfied with the win of Ennio Morricone in the best original score with The Hateful Eight. I always admire a Tarantino movie with its every aspect; but the score in this one was especially exceptional.
As I was waiting for the announcement for the best original song, I was getting ready to bitch about it because I seriously thought that The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was going to fuck that up. To my surprise the only acceptable nominee got the award. So let's thank whoever is responsible for the talent of Sam Smith and move on.
Getting Mel Gibson to introduce Mad Max: Fury Road... Good move. Cliche but good move.
And as the last but not least, well maybe the least, Best Motion Picture in Comedy or Musical.
So let's break it down shall we? Start with the nominees... The Big Short: that's nice, good, okay. Joy: okay, half way drama half way comedy, I like those. Spy: Melissa McCarthy is one of my favourite comedians, that's great. Trainwreck: I absolutely adore Amy Schumer and her comedy really speaks to me. Aaaandd The Martian: ....What?
And guess who won? The biggest musical comedic gift the motion picture history has given us: The Martian!
So I wonder, what really happened there? I assumed there really was a mistake when they even nominated The Martian as a comedy/musical, but I guess it was all planned?
This is how I imagine it went:
THFPJ1: Hey! Have you seen the movie The Martian? That was so good! We should totally give it an award.
THFPJ2: Yes but people would think we're favouring it if we pick it over these other much better dramas.
THFPJ1: Oh I know! Let's put it in another category and give it the award in there.
THFPJ2: Okay, but we have only two categories: drama and comedy.
THFPJ1: Then we'll put it in the comedy category. We'll add comedy to it's genre on its IMdB page; no one will notice.
THFPJ2: Let's do it!
And kids, this is the story of how The Martian became a comedy.
But look at that face:
How could they deny him a globe?
Remember, this is only the beginning of the awards season. I'm not yet done with my nagging. I'll see you next time.
And as always, thank you for reading my humble opinion.
