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2011 Golden Globes

     If you thought the Golden Globes were somewhat predictable as to which movies and which actors would win awards, then you are right.  There were some big winners and some not so big winners this year.  For this article, I'm just going to focus on the movie awards.
     In the category of best original score, I was impressed with all of the nominees, but not so impressed with the winner, "The Social Network" composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.  Although I have not seen all of the movies nominated in this category, I have heard some of the score from all of them, and while they are all good, "The Social Network" has a somewhat boring score and is not my top pick for this award.  My top pick is "Inception" composed by Hans Zimmer because the score goes with a dramatic film.  While I like the score for "The Social Network", I don't exactly understand the reasoning why it won.
     However, "The Social Network" did get one of its most deserving awards, Best Screenplay.  Written by Aaron Sorkin, the film's dialogue gives an excellent insight into the founding of Facebook.  I hoped he would get the award because of all the movies I saw in 2010, no dialogue was as good as "The Social Network"'s.
     I only saw one animated film in theaters this year, and fortunately it was "Toy Story 3" because it won for Best Animated Feature.  The "Toy Story" films are some of my favorite films from my childhood and the third one is clearly the best.  I like it because it takes us from being a light and fluffy movie with lots of happiness at the beginning to an emotional roller coaster.  Parts of it are sad (like the ending) and other parts have the potential to send fear down the back of anyone watching it.  I like it for being a dynamic film in this sense and am extremely happy that it won this award.
     "The Fighter" was nominated for quite a few awards and won the one it deserves the most, Best Supporting Actor.  Christian Bale plays an excellent role as Dicky Eklund.  Melissa Leo won the award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Fighter" as well.  I did not expect her to win because there were other nominees such as Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech" who I thought had better performances than hers, but Leo had a much more important role in the story in "The Fighter" than many  of the other nominees.  This is a difficult category because the competition is very close.
     In terms of the race for Best Actor, the race in my mind was very close between Jesse Eisenberg playing Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network" and Colin Firth playing King George VI in "The King's Speech", both of whom are awesome in their respective roles.  I was hoping Jesse Eisenberg would win because he had to act like a complete asshole, but Colin Firth won because he had an even tougher role to play.  In his role as King George VI, he had to stutter a lot, something actors never want to do, or even try to do.  Although my first choice didn't win, I was pleased with the results in this category.
     Going back to "The Social Network", it won the two most prestigious awards of the night, Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Picture.  I thought the only real competition for "The Social Network" was "The King's Speech" only because both movies are based on true events.  I was expecting Tom Hooper to win Best Director for "The King's Speech", but I had no idea what to expect from the Best Picture category.  In both cases I was pleased with the results.
     Overall, the awards were won by the films that I thought deserved them most.  There were some categories, one being Best Actress, in which I hadn't seen any of the movies nominated and therefore it was hard for me to make good predictions for that category.  Some winners were to be expected, and others were complete surprises, but I must congratulate all of those who won and those who were nominated.  A full list of the nominations and winners is available at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association website.

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