Saturday, May 25th, 2013

The Globes

by SONY (courtesy of Telegraph.co.uk)

I wanted badly to comment the Globes, but I’m letting the specialists to do this, and my thinking will come later, less about the awarding, more about the films. I’ve noticed the grudge against Ricky Gervais from people with nothing to do with the movie industry. One former waitress and actual wife and mother who "personally can't stand Angelina Jolie" [sic] was feeling bad for her when the comedian joked about the cartoon named The Tourist, with all his 6.o imdb rate. Here you have the interview Gervais gave to Piers Morgan during this last's "Tonight Show", and here you have the full YouTube version of his presentations at the ceremony. How can I forget ? Here is the 2010 video from the 67 'th Golden Globes Ceremony , to see that it was not very different in style, so the guys at HFPA were aware of what sort of routine will be presented. Utterly funny, spicy, not vulgar as maybe this criticizing "columnists" would rather enjoyed instead, by not revealing anything close to reality. My opinion on HFPA was never too high, I was very enthusiastic when Slumdog Millionaire won the award for drama, two years ago. But it always smelled bad, when they nominated and sometimes awarded almost irrelevant movies or actors. Of course everyone is in a way or another subjective, it's not a … [Read more...]