If you’ve seen my Golden Globes review, you know what to expect; a bit of written opinion, but mostly memes. If you haven’t seen it, then I’ll leave a link at the end of this post. Enjoy.
Best Picture – Everything Everywhere All at Once
A huge surprise for this one, but a great surprise nonetheless. It’s nice to see that they’ve gone for a more mainstream choice this year rather than bowing to more traditional fare like The Fablemans or All Quiet on the Western Front. And it’s nice that they didn’t give the award to Avatar, ‘cause that would’ve been a whole load of bs. Sausages fingers ftw 🙂
Lead Actress – Michelle Yeoh
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. You go Michelle Yeoh-Yeoh. No, I’m not a particular fan of Mean Girls, but the pun works. Kind of. But seriously, Yeoh was fantastic when I saw her for the first time in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and she’s killed it in everything I’ve seen her in since, so this is long overdue.
Lead Actor – Brenden Fraser
I probably would’ve picked Colin Farrell or Bill Nighy as my choices, but I can’t deny that Fraser was the best part of The Whale, and it’s great to see him finally recognised by an establishment that, along with Hollywood, has kept his career in limbo for the past couple of decades. Overall, a deserved win.
Director – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Again, Martin McDonagh probably would’ve got my vote here, but he’s had a lot of success in the recent past with Three Billboards, so it’s nice to see the little guy(s) get some deserved recognition rather than the bigger players. Fanny packs ftw (I don’t get why Americans call them that, but then again, we have different linguistic differences here and there, so I’ll allow it). Disappointing not to see any female directors in the listing, but there were some great competitors here nonetheless.
Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis
It’s great to see Curtis getting some well-deserved recognition here, and it’s particularly great to see more recognition for sexagenarians in general (shoutout to Angela Bassett).
Anthropomorphic googly-eyed rocks ftw.
Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan
My vote would’ve gone to Barry Keoghan’s soulful performance in Banshees but, then again, the omnipotent enigma of the fanny pack can’t be denied, so I’ll support it. And it’s just generally great to see Hollywood outsiders getting more recognition across the board.
Animated Feature – Pinocchio
I feel like The Last Wish deserved more love here, but I kind of predicted Pinocchio would grab this one, so yeah. It is what it is.
Documentary Feature – Navalny
I’m afraid my viewing range on this category is poor, so I’m unable to pass judgement on this one.
Live-action Short – An Irish Goodbye
Again, I can’t help ya here. 🙁
Cinematography – All Quiet on the Western Front
I somehow haven’t managed to watch the majority of this list yet, so again, I will gracefully bow out of the judgement here.
Makeup and Hair – The Whale
I think some recognition should have gone to The Batman here (c’mon, the emo make-up! The emo hairstyles! The general emo aesthetic!). After all, it’s the only Batman movie that does the realistic make-up around the eyes. Emo Pattinson will have his vengeance.
Costume Design – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
A deserved winner. Babylon had a fair amount of material dazzle going for it, but Wakanda Forever’s designs were still way cooler.
International Film – All Quiet on the Western Front
Yep. Seems fair. I’ve definitely seen all those films.
Documentary Short – The Elephant Whisperers
So…I haven’t seen any of these.
Animated Short – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Again…nothing.
Production Design – All Quiet on the Western Front
Hmm, I would’ve gone for The Fabelmans here, but hey, at least they didn’t give the award to Avatar 🙂
Original Score – All Quiet on the Western Front
Nope, this guy should’ve gone to Banshees, and that’s my final word on the matter.
Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of the Water
🙁
Original Screenplay – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nice. You couldn’t fit much more creative and original, whacky ideas than EEAaO, so this is a very well deserved one.
Adapted Screenplay – Women Talking
I did enjoy the many onion layers of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, but the screenplay for Women Talking was undeniably impressive too. I guess Foghorn Leghorn just needed to p-put a bit more pepper on it, son.
Sound – Top Gun: Maverick
Fair enough. Sad that The Batman didn’t get more recognition for its grungy sounds though. Emo Pattinson will be sad. Sadttinson, if you will.
Original Song – Naatu Naatu, RRR
I feel like EEAaO should’ve bagged this one, but I guess it does have quite a lot of awards already at this stage. Best not to be greedy.
Editing – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nice. It takes a lot of technical skill to include so much madness in one film and still manage to make it meaningful and emotionally satisfying.
Overall, a pretty impressive year. No dramatic slaps, of course, but you can’t have everything.