golden opportunities
Last Sunday's Golden Globe Awards was a little boring, wasn't it? I mean, I love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler individually and together, but I just thought they weren't as sidesplittingly funny as their previous years hosting the show and as I know they could be (although, yes, I loved their Would You Rather bit). Even the other presenters' gimmicks were blah, like Ricky Gervais' or like Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader's. I felt a little bad for the latter's bit because it was actually quite apparent that they themselves knew they were bombing. It totally didn't compare to Kristen Wiig's partnering with Will Ferrell at 2013's show.
And I really can't understand that whenever a new show is nominated for any number of the TV series categories, they win the awards no matter what. I mean, they could be really good, but it just honestly seems more to me that the Golden Globes award these new shows solely for their novelty. The worst part of it is on the following year, this winning show is found nowhere near their nominations. So maybe for your TV series categories, Golden Globes, just skip the whole nominations bit and award the newest thing out there, would you?
Also can't believe they didn't present a memoriam for Robin Williams. If they had gone out of their way and made a special award for his voice acting work as the genie in Disney's Aladdin back in 1993, surely they are very capable of honoring the rest of his legacy this year since a simple video montage would've sufficed.
Man of the Year was even playing on TBS that Sunday morning. I've always thought that was a pretty good movie so I've always kind of wondered why it isn't so popular. Anyway, during the scene where Robin Williams' character is on SNL and reveals that he didn't win the presidency, I started to tear up because I was reminded of his comedic genius. He is truly, truly one of the most tragic Hollywood losses in my opinion.
In other TV-related news, I was quite upset that our cable was down for most of Monday and didn't come back up until the evening, so neither I nor the DVR caught the first hour of the Major Crimes Season 3 finale just when Phillip Stroh was back. So had to wait until TNT posted the ep on their On Demand yesterday. I did still, however, watch the second hour Monday night to get my Major Crimes fix for the week, but it turned out to be quite disappointing as well in terms of the episode's conclusion. Don't wanna give away any spoilers but let me just say I found it so clever how the show alluded to one of the possible dangers of using Uber. Mostly, though, I was disappointed because neither Brenda Leigh Johnson nor Sergeant Gabriel made a special comeback appearance in the show. So I'm still hoping for that to happen eventually. Please, producers of the show, Corey Reynolds and especially Kyra Sedgwick? Even seeing Chief Pope again would be awesome.
Speaking of which and going back to the Golden Globes, was very glad to see J.K. Simmons win as Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. I've only seen trailers of the movie but even from that and having seen a number of his other works, I know J.K. Simmons is a great character actor and so I thought that was a well-deserved win.
Lastly, while I was composing this entry since Monday, didn't realize that this year's Oscar noms would be out this past Thursday morning. So here very quickly are my main thoughts on the nominations which I'd expect are quite similar to all the controversies surrounding them: Surprised Bradley Cooper and American Sniper made it in the mix, glad Edward Norton is back in the award shows circuit, a little sad Amy Adams isn't nominated this year and Marion Cotillard just came out nowhere, didn't she? Glad J.K. Simmons is in there, glad for Steve Carrell, too. Didn't notice Gone Girl wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay until I heard it on the radio Friday but of course noticed that Rosamund Pike's on the Best Actress list when I first read it.
Now I believe the only movie I've seen among all those nominated is Gone Girl so I do find it kinda funny for me to even have thoughts on the matter. I guess the Oscars have become more about the nominees, the winners and the show itself for me in the last decade or so, rather than the movies they're recognizing and celebrating. Because, honestly, what do the Oscars really matter now anyway?
And I really can't understand that whenever a new show is nominated for any number of the TV series categories, they win the awards no matter what. I mean, they could be really good, but it just honestly seems more to me that the Golden Globes award these new shows solely for their novelty. The worst part of it is on the following year, this winning show is found nowhere near their nominations. So maybe for your TV series categories, Golden Globes, just skip the whole nominations bit and award the newest thing out there, would you?
Also can't believe they didn't present a memoriam for Robin Williams. If they had gone out of their way and made a special award for his voice acting work as the genie in Disney's Aladdin back in 1993, surely they are very capable of honoring the rest of his legacy this year since a simple video montage would've sufficed.
Man of the Year was even playing on TBS that Sunday morning. I've always thought that was a pretty good movie so I've always kind of wondered why it isn't so popular. Anyway, during the scene where Robin Williams' character is on SNL and reveals that he didn't win the presidency, I started to tear up because I was reminded of his comedic genius. He is truly, truly one of the most tragic Hollywood losses in my opinion.
In other TV-related news, I was quite upset that our cable was down for most of Monday and didn't come back up until the evening, so neither I nor the DVR caught the first hour of the Major Crimes Season 3 finale just when Phillip Stroh was back. So had to wait until TNT posted the ep on their On Demand yesterday. I did still, however, watch the second hour Monday night to get my Major Crimes fix for the week, but it turned out to be quite disappointing as well in terms of the episode's conclusion. Don't wanna give away any spoilers but let me just say I found it so clever how the show alluded to one of the possible dangers of using Uber. Mostly, though, I was disappointed because neither Brenda Leigh Johnson nor Sergeant Gabriel made a special comeback appearance in the show. So I'm still hoping for that to happen eventually. Please, producers of the show, Corey Reynolds and especially Kyra Sedgwick? Even seeing Chief Pope again would be awesome.
Speaking of which and going back to the Golden Globes, was very glad to see J.K. Simmons win as Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. I've only seen trailers of the movie but even from that and having seen a number of his other works, I know J.K. Simmons is a great character actor and so I thought that was a well-deserved win.
Lastly, while I was composing this entry since Monday, didn't realize that this year's Oscar noms would be out this past Thursday morning. So here very quickly are my main thoughts on the nominations which I'd expect are quite similar to all the controversies surrounding them: Surprised Bradley Cooper and American Sniper made it in the mix, glad Edward Norton is back in the award shows circuit, a little sad Amy Adams isn't nominated this year and Marion Cotillard just came out nowhere, didn't she? Glad J.K. Simmons is in there, glad for Steve Carrell, too. Didn't notice Gone Girl wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay until I heard it on the radio Friday but of course noticed that Rosamund Pike's on the Best Actress list when I first read it.
Now I believe the only movie I've seen among all those nominated is Gone Girl so I do find it kinda funny for me to even have thoughts on the matter. I guess the Oscars have become more about the nominees, the winners and the show itself for me in the last decade or so, rather than the movies they're recognizing and celebrating. Because, honestly, what do the Oscars really matter now anyway?