Critics' Choice Awards reax: Boos & cheers from our forum posters
Below, some of our forum posters' reactions to the Critics' Choice Awards. Disagree? Add your voice to the discussion of the Critics' Choice Awards in the ENVELOPE FORUMS.
Atypical: This was a big night for "Slumdog Millionaire," and I think I'm happiest for Danny Boyle winning best director. That was a great acceptance speech for him. I wish that Dev Patel could have been there, since he probably would have had one of the best reactions of winning an award and just being in the presence of those A-listers. I'm somewhat surprised that Sean Penn was even there, or Brangelina (both of them looking flawless), or Clint Eastwood.
Pacinofan: I do think they try to predict the Oscars a lot of the time (maybe not the year "Sideways" won). "Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind" won the Critics' Choice awards and those films did not make many major critics' top 10 lists much less top them. As much as I loved "Chicago," it would apply to that film as well.
Caresa: WTH with giving it to "Slumdog Millionaire" then? This is completely bogus! IMO, "Slumdog" is highly overrated.
Jason Travis: Over all, a dense program, but we can expect this from the Broadcast Film Critics awards. However, the winners were all very deserving. "Slumdog Millionaire" cleans up, no surprise. Glad it won score too, but I was counting on it to win best song too — that's a great track, though we might get sick of hearing it over and over as the film continues to rack up awards, and its theme must be played each time. Surprised that "Benjamin Button" got zilch; perhaps this really is going to be honored as just a technical achievement. I have no doubt that it will win Makeup at the Oscars, but could that be it? Maybe Visual Effects.
AJ: The wins themselves were good overall but the show was just so "blah." Also, what happened to the woman backstage interviewing the winners when they came offstage? She interviewed Josh Brolin and the other guy (was it James Franco or Emile Hirsch? I feel stupid for forgetting) . . . to awkward results . . . and then we never saw her again. It was like they were trying to erase the painful moments of the evening in hopes to salvage as much excitement that they possibly could.
Rockstitution: Ugh . . . the only reason Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep tied because there was no clear front-runner. Because they didn't nominate Kate Winslet, either Hathaway or Streep would obviously win. They ended up tying so they have a better chance of getting the category right at the Oscars. And Winslet winning in supporting is obviously a make-up award for not nominating her in Lead. Watch Winslet win the Drama Globe and Meryl win the Comedy one.
I was not satisfied with the best actor category. Mickey Rourke clearly was a stronger actor in The Wrestler. It was a major physical and emotional transformation.I think they are picking Sean Penn because he is doing Harvey Milk. And that is political - not just about pure performance.
Posted by: PR | January 10, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Slumdog Millionaire may be the "most nearly perfect" film in 20-25 yearsIt is honestly told faux dramatic effect thrown in to make us cry - we just do fromthe evolution of the story and charaters. There are not many human emotions, conflicts, hard questions, and resulting human serious delemas not tackled and handled with the perfection in this movie. It is a classic, and there are not many bona-fide classics. The Academy will probably not warm to it enough given their entirely political bend, their tendancy to be borught off, and their desire to please the public with stars rather than substance when the two collide. Slumdog is brilliant.
Posted by: noel spaid | January 10, 2009 at 02:56 PM
Two times Oscar winner, Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time.
She is the most nominated and the most cheated in the history the golden globe and the Oscars and is in a class above the others.
Kate Winslet's performance deserved of an award over her's in Doubt? I mean, come on!
Posted by: Roxanne | January 10, 2009 at 12:12 PM
I cannot believe Mickey Rourke is being overlooked in the all the recent awards ceremonies. The man towers above all the other actors this year. I hope the Oscars get it right.
Posted by: jemimakahn | January 09, 2009 at 09:40 PM
I was satisfied with many of the awards given out last night. I was especially excited by Sean Penn's best actor victory, and the best ensemble award. I really wanted Milk to win best picture though, because I think it's a stunning film.
Posted by: Mike | January 09, 2009 at 09:40 PM
Near sweep for Slumdog in all the interesting categories! Thrilled!
Posted by: Shug | January 09, 2009 at 09:40 PM