Last night was quite a night to the kick off the official award season. There were some suprises, some snubs, a great Mel Gibson knock by Ricky Gervais, and a speech from Martin Scorcese that will be remembered for some time. Lets get to it.

Best Picture (Drama)/Director – Who would of thought? Avatar retains the heavyweight title not just at the box office but also in award land.  What can’t this movie do. The only thing I can say is, let someone else grab the glory. The Hurt Locker is the movie of the year and more deserving to take the top dog prize than James Cameron’s [Insert movie title here].   Team “Locker” was snubbed here. Kathryn Bigelow and Jeremy Renner (Hurt’s director and main star) had defeat in their eyes. It was obvious. Even Cameron admitted he thought Bigelow was going to win for Director. Come on Hollywood Foreign Press. Get with the program.

Best Picture (Comedy/Musical) – The Hangover? Wait, please repeat that, The Hangover! Todd Phillips was completely stunned his monster comedy hit would result with him accepting a Golden Globe.  His initial remark “we did not expect this, Harvey Weinstein is going to kick my ass, but I have Mike Tyson behind me so I’ll be ok.” Haha. Zach Galifiankis, where were you last night man? This whole thing was great. This is what makes the Globes almost, or even better than the Oscar show.

Best Actor (Drama) – Jeff Bridges – one of the most talented actors in our generation. I did not see Crazy Heart but I can imagine how good he must have been. He is an all-timer. Even the audience gave him the standing-O.  He was wasted in his acceptance speech but it was awesome.

Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) – RDJ – this was a joke. When a movie sucks, it should lose any chance of taking home awards, even it its for acting. RDJ is a great actor but I cannot believe he won an award for this role. Great acceptance speech though. He admitted his wife told him Damon would win for The Informant, and thus shouldn’t prepare anything. That is great.

Best Actress (Drama) – Sandra Bullock winning was the best award win all night. The Blindside was the ultimate surprise movie.  Per the trailer, you might think it would be cheesy. Nuh uh. The Blindside was awesome. It was equivalent to the guy who comes off the bench to drop 50.  Bullock is going to get Oscar gold. Miss Congeniality with an Oscar? Now that’s a suprise.

Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) – Meryl Streep – Boring, she wins everything. Yes, she is a talent, but watching her win 1083737 awards is getting annoying.

Best Supporting Actor – Chris Waltz – this is a LOCK. We talked about it when Inglorious first hit theaters that Waltz would be in the discussion. Now, this guy winning Oscar gold is more of a lock than Brett Favre coming back from retirement. His voice is so eerie though.

Best Supporting Actress - Mo’Nique  – you’ve come a long way since Beerfect. Congrats

We did get that right. There are 2 categories for best actor/actress and 1 for supporting. It is not a typo.

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Gervais knocking Gibson was awesome. “I like a drink as much as the next guy, unless that guy is Mel Gibson”…enter Mel Gibson. haha

Martin Scorcese’s speech in taking home the Cecil B Demille award (aka Lifetime Achievement) was amazing.  He is incredibly well spoken.  Speeches like that remind me of why I love movies so much. 

Oscar noms get released on Feb 2. It wil be interesting.