Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Golden Globes!
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here are my thoughts on the winners… and the non-winners.
Golden Globes 2024: The movie awards
To no one’s surprise, Oppenheimer won Best Picture – Drama. The only other contender really was Killers of the Flower Moon. It’s not to say that the other movies weren’t deserving of the award, but with the Globes a precursor of how the Oscars are going to go it really could have only gone with either of the two.
With Oppenheimer winning Best Picture, it was a safe bet that the Best Male Actor – Motion Picture, Drama award would go to Cillian Murphy. I say that because he was my bet, too. I knew Andrew Scott would be a long shot, but I’m a sucker for the underdogs. However, this is Murphy’s second nomination (the first one was in 2006 for Breakfast in Pluto for the same category) and first win so I guess he’s an underdog of sorts as well.
Among the Best Female Actor – Motion Picture, Drama nominees, I felt Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone was the strongest contender, and I’m glad they won. It’s their first nomination and win.
No surprises for the Best Director – Motion Picture award. I *knew* Christopher Nolan would win for Oppenheimer. It could have only gone to Martin Scorsese if it hadn’t gone to Nolan. And yes, it’s the same reason for the Best Picture winner.
Life after Iron Man means winning Best Supporting Male Actor – Motion Picture. I wonder how Robert Downey, Jr. would crow over the fact that he won over Robert De Niro — Tony Stark-style. This is Downey’s second nomination for the category – the first was for 2009’s Tropic Thunder. He also won Best Actor for Musical/Comedy for 2010’s Sherlock Holmes.
Da’vine Joy Randolph had serious competition in Oscar winners Jodi Foster and Julianne Moore, but she emerged victorious, winning Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture for The Holdovers. I was rooting for Rosamund Pike’s questionably harmless ditz in Saltburn, but I’m glad the award went to Randolph. This also ups her chances at the Oscars — even for just a nomination.
Not gonna lie, I was rooting for Barbie to win Best Picture – Musical/Comedy, but Poor Things got the win. This doesn’t look good for Barbie’s chances at the upcoming Academy Awards, however they could still surprise us.
I promise I’m not salty, nor do I have anything against Academy Award-winner Emma Stone for winning Best Female Actor — Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy for her portrayal of the weirdly wonderful Bella in Poor Things. However, I was rooting for Margot Robbie for this category, mostly because I want an award to go to Barbie.
The first time Paul Giamatti was nominated for Best Male Actor — Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy was for 2005’s Sideways. Most people assume he’d won something for that role, but he did win for the category for the first time in 2011’s Barney’s Version. I wanted the award to go to Jeffrey Wright, though, mostly because of my love for American Fiction.
The Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Anatomy of a Fall award took me by surprise the most because I didn’t think Justine Triet & Arthur Harari would get it against Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Erick Roth and Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. But I’m glad it did because I had bet on this over Barbie getting the award.
Golden Globes 2024: The TV (AKA the non-movie) awards
Unsurprisingly, Succession received Best TV Series Drama, having won it twice before, in 2020 and 2022. I was rooting for The Last of Us. However, with Succession having ended, maybe the other HBO series will have a chance next year if they maintain the same storytelling magic. All isn’t lost for The Last of Us, though, since Nick Offerman just won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Succession definitely had the Best Television Male Actor – Drama Series in a chokehold. The HBO show had half the nominees, but this time around it was Kieran Culkin who emerged the winner. Last year it was his TV big brother, Jeremy Strong, who took the trophy home, and the year before that as well. In 2020, it was their TV dad Brian Cox who took home the trophy.
The Best Television Female Actor – Drama Series award went back to Sarah Snook for Succession this year. It had previously gone to Zendaya for Euphoria in 2023, however Snook had it the year before that. She was my choice for this year as well, but it would’ve been nice if Bella Ramsey had won it for The Last of Us. However, I’m happy that Snook got the award for the show’s final season.
I’m happy The Bear got Best Musical/Comedy Series, but I was rooting for Jury Duty just because its winning would definitely have been a surprise.
Best Television Female Actor – Musical/Comedy Series went Ayo Edebiri for The Bear. It’s her first Golden Globe nomination and win. For sentimentality’s sake, I wanted Elle Fanning to win it for The Great since we won’t be seeing it onscreen after its cancelation.
And it’s three out of five for The Bear, with Jeremy Allen White winning Best Television Male Actor – Musical/Comedy Series for the second year in a row. While I used the sentimentality reason for wanting Fanning to win, I couldn’t use it for Sudeikis to win over White. “Chef” deserves it.
This is Matthew Macfadyen’s first Golden Globe nomination and win. He was up against two other Succession stars, his TV brother-in-law Alan Ruck and the guy who made Macfadyen’s Wambsgans CEO, Alexander Skarsgård. Quite fitting that Matsson ended up sort of giving Wambsgan the Best Supporting Male Actor – Television award as well.
The Best Supporting Female Actor – Television award went to Elizabeth Debicki for The Crown. She was nominated for the same role last year as well. Definitely, a well-deserved win for Debicki, especially with how she transformed into the late Princess Diana’s doppelganger, head tilt and all.
I have to admit to having beef with Beef (yes, I did that but the sentiment holds true) for winning Best Limited Series, Anthology or Television Motion because I wanted the award to go to Fellow Travelers. Is it weird to admit that even though I’m Asian?
However, I completely agree with Ali Wong winning Best Female Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture for Beef. As much as I love Rachel Weisz, Wong’s road-ragey Amy really does deserve the win.
And the beef continues because I didn’t want Steven Yeun to win Best Male Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture because, again, I wanted Matt Bomer to win. Bad enough that the Golden Globes didn’t nominate Skippy and his glass of milk…
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell winning Best Original Song – Motion Picture for What Was I Made For was not surprising in the least. In fact, I made a fearless forecast last month that it would win. Would I have wanted “I’m Just Ken” to win over this? No, even if it would’ve been hilarious.
There was absolutely no way Ludwig Göransson wouldn’t win Best Original Score – Motion Picture for Oppenheimer. Will I elaborate more? No. In fact, in the spirit of the fearless forecast I made above, I’m saying it right now: this is going to not just get an Oscar nomination; it’s also going to win.
Far and away the Best Picture – Animated is Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. Hands down, I’m not taking any criticisms.
I called Anatomy of a Fall‘s win for Best Picture – Non-English Language. However, unlike its other win, this didn’t surprise me at all. I was waffling between this and Past Lives, and as much as I wanted the Greta Lee-led movie to win, I knew Anatomy was more in line with what awards shows like.
The one of the two newest Golden Globes award is Best Standup Comedian on Television. Its first recipient is Rick Gervais for his special Armageddon. I’m not sure how to feel about this since it’s quite a new award, but it seems fitting to award it to the man who’s hosted the awards show five times. Also, he didn’t show up to pick up his trophy. Classic Ricky?
The other new award, Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, went to Barbie. Like the other new award, I also don’t know how to feel about this. On one hand, I’m glad Barbie received one other award. On the other hand, is this something you give to a really popular movie that isn’t serious enough to get Best Picture?
So there you have it. Not a lot of surprises in this year’s Golden Globes. The question now is whether this is a good indication of what will show up for the Academy Awards nominations… Let’s wait and see.
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