The Golden Globe Awards for 2016

As is the case every year with all Award shows, there were some winners I agreed with and some I did not. Even though Casey Affleck's performance in Manchester by the Sea was great, Denzel Washington's performance in Fences was incredible and he should have won and will probably win the Academy Award.  For best screenplay clearly, the winner should have been Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea rather than Damien Chazelle for La La Land. La La Land is a good movie but in my opinion it received too many awards because it was a highly unusual musical. Both Fences and Manchester by the Sea were better movies.

All of the Golden Globe awards for me meant nothing against Merrill Streep's on point and great acceptance speech. Everything she said about Donald Trump and him making fun of a disabled reporter some months ago was as perfect and brilliant as any acting performance she has ever given.  The next day, Trump responded by calling Streep overrated as an actress and then repeating once again, that he never made fun of the disabled reporter, even though there is a video of him doing that exact thing. If Merrill Streep is overrated as an actress, then the profession of acting does not even exist.  





Best Motion Picture - Drama "Hacksaw Ridge" "Hell or High Water" "Lion" "Manchester by the Sea" "Moonlight" *WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy "20th Century Women" "Deadpool" "Florence Foster Jenkins" "La La Land" *WINNER "Sing Street"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Amy Adams - "Arrival" Jessica Chastain - "Miss Sloane" Isabelle Huppert - "Elle" *WINNER Ruth Negga - "Loving" Natalie Portman - "Jackie"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Casey Affleck - "Manchester by the Sea" *WINNER Joel Edgerton - "Loving" Andrew Garfield - "Hacksaw Ridge" Viggo Mortensen - "Captain Fantastic" Denzel Washington - "Fences"

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Colin Farrell - "The Lobster" Ryan Gosling - "La La Land" *WINNER Hugh Grant - "Florence Foster Jenkins" Jonah Hill - "War Dogs" Ryan Reynolds - "Deadpool"

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Annette Bening - "20th Century Women: Lily Collins - "Rules Don't Apply" Hailee Steinfeld - "The Edge of Seventeen" Emma Stone - "La La Land" *WINNER Meryl Streep - "Florence Foster Jenkins"

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Mahershala Ali - "Moonlight" Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water" Simon Helberg - "Florence Foster Jenkins" Dev Patel - "Lion" Aaron Taylor-Johnson - "Nocturnal Animals" *WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Viola Davis - "Fences" *WINNER Naomie Harris - "Moonlight" Nicole Kidman - "Lion" Octavia Spencer - "Hidden Figures" Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea"

Best Director Damien Chazelle - "La La Land" *WINNER Tom Ford - "Nocturnal Animals" Mel Gibson - "Hacksaw Ridge" Barry Jenkins - "Moonlight" Kenneth Lonergan - "Manchester by the Sea"

Best Screenplay Damien Chazelle - "La La Land" *WINNER Tom Ford - "Nocturnal Animals" Barry Jenkins - "Moonlight" Kenneth Lonergan "Manchester by the Sea" Taylor Sheridan - "Hell or High Water"