2009 Golden Globes! Wow!

Does anyone watch this stuff anymore? Do the Golden Globes matter except to the people who design DVD covers, and maybe Academy voters looking to see what the trends are? Does Joe Sixpack watch this stuff? I mean, pop culture is my side job, and I don't even watch this stuff. I have a life, you know?

What makes the Globes "special" is that you have film awards and television awards in the same room at the same time. This is great because it legitimizes television and makes it seem as important as film. Also, celebrities get to rub shoulders with each other and all the TV actors get to schmooze with film people and try to get film roles, and film actors get to try to convince some network people that they would be perfect for that new hour of crime drama at 9:00 on Wednesdays. I don't even want to cover this, to be honest, but some interesting things happened and it falls within the scope of the blog I guess. No red carpet fashion reviews, though. IT'S ABOUT THE WORK, YOU JOAN RIVERS TYPES!

The Globes are a bit weird, since they split films up between drama and musical/comedy. Like for instance, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona won Best Musical or Comedy. Now, I'm pretty sure it's not a musical, but I was unaware that it was a comedy. Whatever. Colin Farrell won Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) for In Bruges, a film I really, really liked, so it's good to see some smaller films get some recognition.

Kate Winslet won two awards, one for Best Actress in Revolutionary Road (which isn't even in wide release yet), one for Supporting Actress in The Reader. Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture, Director (Danny Boyle), Screenplay and Score. Mickey Rourke, this year's Robert Downey Jr., won Best Actor for The Wrestler, which also took home Best Song for some musician guy from Jersey named Bruce Springsteen. Who the heck is that guy?

On the television side, it was the usual suspects (30 Rock, Mad Men); and HBO took home all the rest. John Adams, a miniseries that I was kind of on the fence about, won Best Miniseries or TV Movie and the majority of the acting awards in that category. Paul Giamatti (who I love as an actor but I feel is somehow wrong for period films), Laura Linney, and the great Tom Wilkinson all won for their roles. I would have liked to see Wilkinson win for his role as Jim Baker in Recount, though, but at least Laura Dern won for her portrayal of that attorney general lady from Florida who seemed a little crazy on TV.

Also, Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight, which I heard was a pretty decent film.

Ultimately, though, none of this is really important. The Oscars, coming soon, are more important I GUESS, but seriously, it's all just a bunch of celebrities patting each other on the back. If any civilians have an interest in this stuff, it's probably just to see the films they liked get recognition. Like I was happy to see In Bruges get some love, but so many films and television shows get ignored in these things. It's difficult to really care about this stuff, and that's why this is such a halfhearted posting.